I have very long hair, but I start the braid on one side of my nape as a "reverse" french braid, and keep braiding across my nape and up the side of my head. Then I just keep going around the crown—by the time you reach the crown, the braid gets big enough. When I'm out of hair, I just braid the ends of my hair until…

Who makes this coat!? This person inside the coat looks exactly like me, hair and I wear outfits like that and everything. Who is this doppelganger wearing the coat of my dreams!?

Read Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, for a take on these issues that isn't just ancillary to the narrative of a male protagonist. It explores the dynamic of the white/black woman from a female perspective, and with little hindsight. It's incredibly powerful. One thing that is…

THANK you! I really appreciate it,

Oh my god, thank YOU! I just found this, which made my entire month.

While there is only one Maru, I am in immediate and dire need of that firewood holder. Any leads?

I have not, but you are right, didn't they roll out some sort of "heritage" line a couple years back? I'm going to the store to check them out, thanks!

I am aware of these coats. They do seem to be what I'm looking for, but they are way too expensive!!! I must say I am VERY sorry you lost yours!

such a great recommendation, thank you! I thought about getting the J crew lined in a dense silk satin, but the wool part (which is actually quite nice) has been eaten by moths.

Are quality winter coats no more? My last J Crew wool coat from 2 years ago is literally falling apart. I want something new because vintage coats have the same problems, I have a few and they constantly need to be mended. It's like when I finally decided I wanted a kitten after fostering grown cats my who life—I just…

I prefer Crema Alpina to Meltonian. For my leather boots that go in the salt and the snow, nothing is better than Sno-Seal wax! A heavy conditioning sealed in with Sno-seal = happy leather boots, never a salt stain.

It's available on line. Just look on a good shoe site. I use Tarrago shoe polishes for colored leather in conjunction with Crema Aplina—which is pricey, but really keeps leather hydrated and looking like new.

Not at all! I love seeing men in my nail joints. I wish they would go more often. there is nothing so disgusting as long gnarly toenails on a man in bed. I just shivered thinking about it!

Go with a girl friend! It's the ultimate fun boy girl date. Friends or more than friends.

Be wary of Weruva. I believe it is made in Asia, but you are right, not China. You do not know where the food originates from, FYI. I was feeding my cat Weruva and he started to have seizures and went into Renal Failure. I was told that he wouldn't make it and to keep him safe and warm until I has to euthanize him. I…

Why does every man I date insist on picking my nose?

It's good to see that there are people like me, who are normally very happy, optimistic about life, excited to wake up in the morning, and then for 1 day a month suicidal. I have walked out in traffic before, and generally get careless and wish to die. My Primary Dr. suggested a small dose of prozac monthly, but my…

I don't understand this. I was so turned off by all the hyperventilating in the trailer, there is no way I'd even get PAID to watch this movie.

Ugh, I am so sick of the GOOP hate. Of ALL the celebrities I've ever had the displeasure of working with when I was in the entertainment industry, GP was THE nicest and most down to earth. She was genuinely engaged with each and every person around her. Her sweetness might be a bit insufferable to many, but it's not…

I'm a woman who can cook and sew pretty much anything AND can fix a water pump on a car. I'm also way better than the average man (I've come into contact with—the majority in metro cities on the coasts) at putting things together, building things, and fixing things. It makes dating kind of drastic. I'm like a domestic…