I can vouch that the Jane Austen candle smells AMAZING. The Edgar Allen Poe one is crazy good too. They sell them at my Barnes & Noble and they’re way too expensive but I’ve already bought three.

I don’t even know where Runyon Canyon is. Someone give me my walking stick and a rocking chair to yell at kids from.

I would walk to the Grove, too, if I could. I take my kids to the mall near us like 4-5 times a week because I don’t know what else to do with them some nights.

LOL kind of like me and kombucha. Not a chance am I drinking any hippie fungus water. I’m afraid it will make me become like Them.

Does anyone ever wonder what the deal with Runyon Canyon is? Anyone?

I am thrilled to live in LA and that I don’t worry about something called LA cred.

Good luck explaining the Grove.

I mean the subway is fine to access Hollywood, north Hollywood, or downtown. Also it’s free most of the time on weekends because there are no workers and the doors are often just open-but the problem is that it doesn’t go most of the places people live and feels like the apocalypse because you’ll walk into a subway…

Runyan is not nature. It’s a crowded free workout with free yoga at the base though (and I always look horrible, in LA my hiking attire probably makes people wonder if I’m the babadook). BUT there are so many incredible lovely hikes that aren’t runyon with ocean and mountain views and nature and old nazi compounds and…

But does he take his shirt off?

I want the Irish Wake described in Hughes’ poem with whiskey and music and tales.

I found this on tumblr, but like yeah, same.

Is the wedding officiant holding a tablet???

Yes, this! I am 55. Wayne Goss has great how-to videos for older ladiez and Paula’s Choice has great advice, but other wise....wah wah wah

You absolutely should, those look fancy as hell! I think even the most mundane tv dinners deserve fancy goblets. Life is too short. You don’t want to be on your death bed and be like, “Hey I only drank out of the nice crystal goblets like twice, this is bullshit.”

They had these at my (fancy, local) grocery store for awhile! I agree the Jane Austen scent is lovely but if you get a chance you should smell all of them because it's kind of funny how perfect they are. Also, not enough ladies which shouldn't surprise me but it did. The Charles Dickens one is lightly Christmas-y too.

Damn I loved this blog. Long may it live in our hearts and minds! Jane, thank you so much for giving me the chance to contribute; it has been an absolute pleasure.

You know, typically I would agree with your sentiments against “trash the dress”, but in this case it’s like, if it gives you catharsis or closure or whatever, go for it.

My dress was picked out by someone I now hate to marry someone I never ended up marrying. I really need to find a good charity to donate the dress to. I’m not going to do Salvation Army; I’d really like to donate it to a military charity.