Medusa on Dec 22 2010 | Filed under: Out and About
The Nail File From our friend Medusa…. So I completed my second marathon a couple of months ago. The good news: My time wasn’t humiliating (for my age) and I came through it with nine toenails intact. The bad news: Eewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! This is one of the charming side benefits of running that runners somehow forget [...]
Medusa on Dec 06 2010 | Filed under: Out and About
Does this tutu make my butt look fast? So a couple of weeks ago was the Stockade-athon, a great 15K race in beautiful Schenectady, storied playground of the rich and famous. As I was running along, starting to hit my stride, I naturally looked around me for fellow runners to sneer at. When it’s [...]
Art Star on Nov 30 2010 | Filed under: Out and About
Our friend Gretchen took a trip. So, I was back visiting the parents in rural PA this Thanksgiving weekend, and we stopped into an antique barn. …Because that’s what we do in rural PA. In rifling through all the mildewed treasures, I came upon this stack of really well preserved old magazine ads. And before [...]
Art Star on Aug 17 2010 | Filed under: Blue Q Links, Cool Link, Out and About
Blue Q. NYIGF Summer 2010. Booth #1509. 2 more days. Ever been to a tradeshow before? They’re amazing. It’s wholesale for retail. You walk into this cavernous space (a convention center, like the Javits Center in New York City) and every place that makes the stuff you love is there – except you can’t buy a [...]
Art Star on Aug 02 2010 | Filed under: Designers, Out and About
There is a local artist around these parts who we just love and adore. Maggie Mailer – and she just had an exhibit open Saturday night at the Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield, Ma. So, I’m walking around admiring the colors, the mood of these pieces – I ain’t no art critic, but I really dug [...]
Art Star on Jul 29 2010 | Filed under: Out and About, Reviews
Here lies the cutest Blue Q store I ever did see. Elva’s Old P.O. on Monhegan Island, 10 miles off the coast of Maine. You have to get there by boat. There are only a dozen vehicles on the island (and some renegade golf carts). And I was lucky enough to be there (on vacation [...]
Art Star on Jun 29 2010 | Filed under: Blue Q Links, Out and About, Reviews
Dude. Really? Is this a Fail? HandzOff Anti-Masturbatory Gum? Apparently the fine fragile folks posting at the Fail Blog might think so. I wonder what they would’ve thought of this (which is now among our product graveyard): I actually really liked the scent of this puppy. Echm….
Handyman on Mar 16 2010 | Filed under: Everyday Raves, Out and About
Once again, Blue Q is the darling of yet another trade show. This time it’s the Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim. This was a four day show (that ended over the weekend) and the Blue Q shoppers were singled out by the Editors at the Natural Foods Merchandiser. This trade show is all [...]
Art Star on Mar 09 2010 | Filed under: Cool Link, Out and About
Did you know that Twinkies contain Beef Fat? And you can purchase half price packages of said Beef Fat Cream Filled Pound cake at the Hostess Thrift Shop. Did you know that the Hostess Thrift Shop has a website??? And on website (oh, sorry, it’s a “Bakery Outlet” website), there is an icon that says [...]
Handyman on Feb 23 2010 | Filed under: Everyday Raves, Out and About
Meryl Hooker named Blue Q Sales Rep of the Year for 2009 (psst: if you don’t know what the heck a Rep is, see ***Paragraph 5) The announcement was made in Booth #1509 at the New York International Gift Fair on Sunday, January 31st. Upon receiving this recognition she thanked “the baby Jesus, KISS, Blue Q [...]
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