Oh, my gods. I just found out a friend of mine is in the off-Broadway musical Love, Janis, about the life of Janis Joplin ( Read more... )

My brother is doing something way cool. He's taking a solitary 2-week walking trip on the Buckeye Trail, the southwestern Ohio section from west to east. How fabulous is that? He rawks. He leaves Saturday (I think).

"Smell is a potent wizard." (Helen Keller)

For those of you unfamiliar with it, I bring you Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, makers of exquisite fragrances with evocative names and intriguing combinations of oils. Their products and website have attracted an entire culture of sensual aesthetes, who compare detailed notes on the fragrances, swap tiny ( Read more... )

Something nice happened to me. :-) The first part of it happened months ago and I almost wrote about it then, but didn't; more has happened, so here you go.

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I belong to some "color" communities on LJ. I nearly swooned when I saw this picture, posted to the blue community:


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I greatly enjoyed my evening constitutional, as usual. ( Read more... )

Apollo and the muses be praised -- I found my song!

For weeks I've been wondering about this great song I've been hearing on the mall loop tape ( Read more... )

The first big-name band I ever saw live in concert was Duran Duran.

And that event occurred just LAST NIGHT!!!!!

OMG! Squee to end all squee!

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Inspired by duriyah, someday I really want a sari (with choli), ( like this: )