7.28.2006

After an evening spent hopping around town from happy hour to happier hour, I can't help but think, wouldn't it be so much easier if all I was looking for *was* tea?

I'd know just the places to go. Like Samovar Tea Lounge in San Francisco. They have green tea, white tea (I bought some loose leaf white tea to take home one day), black tea, red tea, they even have kosher tea! I was going to make a bad joke about being thankful because the one thing I know I'm *not* looking for is bacon in my tea, but I refrained. Yes, that is my idea of refraining.

Back to tea, if you haven't had Moroccan mint tea, you must taste this sweet exilir at some point in your life. The Persians are not to be outdone when it comes to tea AND love, it seems. I've never had Persian Love Tea exactly but I'm going to try this recipe!

And finally, for the tea adventurists among you, there is boba! I'm surprised that Wikipedia has an entry on boba but I guess they have an entry on everything. You can try to make your own (let me know how that goes) or you can just stop by any boba shop in the Sunset District or the Quickly shop on Castro and 17th. Yum.

7.27.2006

Public Service Announcement





Stilettos are really good for retrieving that piece of paper that slid behind your desk into that unreachable netherworld between your desk and the wall . . . if you don't mind a hole pierced through the middle of your paper.

7.26.2006

Almost Guaranteed Fabulous Hair Days!


This one is for my curly-haired friends. Ladies, gentlemen, Chia pets, I have found the holy grail of all hair styling products! Introducing . . . Dadada Da Dada! . . . Paves Flawless Red Carpet Firm Hold Repairing Styling Mousse!

I have coarse, thick, color-treated curly hair that tends to frizz. With this mousse, I don't even have to use a leave-in conditioner, and I'm nearly guaranteed a good hair day! I had to get used to this mousse, because it's watery and not as foamy as regular mousses. So distributing it is a bit different. It comes out of the bottle a bit drippy but once you get used to applying it, waiting a bit, and then scrunching up the curls so they won't be crunchy, you will love having shiny, perfect curls. I'm impressed with this product because it makes my curls look fantastic! It makes my hair really shiny (which nothing other than a serum will do - and serums leave it feeling heavy and sticky) and my curls are springy. I love it!

I've gone through 2 bottles and have had excellent hair days with each use, with only one exception, on a very humid day at the beach in Santa Monica. I was shocked, since I've become spoiled by my Paves Red Carpet mousse and now expect consistent fabulousity, but that was my only bad hair day with this stuff. You have to admit, to have gone through 2 bottles of this stuff with nearly always fabulous hair is amazing!

Okay, that was all the good news. I'm sorry to do this to you, but there is bad news, too. I originally found my Paves Red Carpet mousse (you know I love saying "Red Carpet mousse") at my humble, local Walgreen's. But they stopped carrying it! I think they may have it online, however. I know Ulta is selling it online (www.ulta.com).

I called Paves Professionals' 800 number twice to ask what retail establishment is selling the mousse. The first time I was told "some Target stores" carry it. Well, I checked, and not the stores near me. The second time I left a message asking where I could buy it and no one called me back. I am so in love with this mousse and freaked out by the diminishing product left in my last bottle that I looked up their customer service email address and emailed them my question. No response to date. (Shame, shame, Ken Paves and his employees). So, the product is great, but the customer service is not. I don't know why they wouldn't be eager to tell a customer where to buy this stuff. If you see it in a store, grab yourself a few bottles to hoard . . . and tell me where it was so I can get there immediately!

7.25.2006

Bueller, Bueller, anyone? Anyone?

Hello, out there, Universe! *wiggles bootay in interplanetary display of disco-readiness* I'm all alone out here in space (of the cyber variety) so far and looking forward to populating this blog with little slices of life, opinions and reviews from San Francisco.