Zara Shopping

Zara $39.90

Every so often I stop into Zara.  The other day I spied this awesome lucite handbag.  Check it out.  $39.90.  If you are as winter weary and I am, this could spice up the future for you!

Mail Order Specs - Warby Parker

One of the venture capitalists in my office walked by me with new glasses.  I liked them!  He stopped and told me he ordered them from Warby Parker.  WB's site will allow you to select 5 frames, try them out at home, make your choice and send them back for the prescription.  What a great concept.  Better yet, for each pair of glasses you order, they donate a pair to charity.  How cool! All for $95.00


 http://www.warbyparker.com/our-story

Calypso!

With dreary weather like what is happening today (snowstorm) in New England, sometimes it's good to go for a change.  After wearing Chanel's Allure for many years, I decided to go with a new fragrance.  There is a shop called Calypso in most major cities.  Boston being one.  If you have not been, stop in.  It's eye candy for island/summer travel.  Calypso also offers a line of fragrances.  Well, the founder can explain better.  Read below her description of her products.

Calypso Christiane Celle Fragrances

"French-born entrepreneur Christiane Celle is the founder of the world renowned Calypso St. Barth boutique on the island of St. Barthelemy. In the mid-‘90s, she left the island, relocated to New York and opened Calypso Christiane Celle in East Hampton. Raised in the French Riviera, Christiane began her fragrance line in 1995, seeking to capture the fragrances that evoke the southern breeze of the Mediterranean and the gardens of Provence. Originally created exclusively for the loyal clientele and jet set Hamptons vacationers, her fragrance line is now available to a wider audience. Each one of her beautiful eau de toilettes are created in the old tradition of French perfumery in Grasse, France."

http://www.calypsostbarth.com/fragrance/eau-de-toilette?gclid=CL21r5-IibYCFVEU6wodmgkAYQ

I bought Mimosa. I like it! They also have scented candles. Nice gift!

Digital Etiquette

Redefined Etiquette

For those of us who don't know, scan the article below about the Etiquette for TODAY.  With the World moving over all the way (no body's waiting) to digital please:

Don't leave any VM's  - no one wants to go through the whole rigmarole of press this to 'listen' press this to 'delete'.  How many times have you told those callers that leave msgs "I don't ever listen to my VM (especially at home), they are all hangups".

If the person is not there, text them if you want to say something.  If you just want to chat, call them back.  Better yet, txt them to ask, "do you want to chat".  Phone gets answered that way.  Just did it with my son....Txted him 'can you chat'.  He went to his car, and we chatted for a long time.

Thank you!   We know you thank us.  We don't have to open another email to hear it firsthand.

I JUST did this on a trip I took.  Was supposed to have dinner with a friend.  Msged her on FB prior, she said 'love to'.  When I got to town, she had moved/changed her cell a while ago.  Left a few VM's on her home phone.  Guess what?  Never listens.  Oh well.  Next time.

Our age group might say something like this..oh my, I DON'T EMAIL.  Earth to them, then you are out of the loop.  I have lots of friends like that.  They are out of the loop.  As my son says, just text, that's enough.

End of NYT article:

"The anthropologist Margaret Mead once said that in traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Here’s hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion, but that time-wasting forms of communication do."

As who said?  The times, they are achangin'.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/etiquette-redefined-in-the-digital-age/?hp