As we go happily (I hope) into the weekend, I wanted to tell or ask you three things:
1. Have y'all heard Vampire Weekend? Apparently, it's an Afro-pop-influenced alt-rock band or whatever from New York, according to words I borrowed and rearranged from Rhapsody. Their debut album, the surprisingly titled "Vampire Weekend," is ... Well, I'm going to avoid the "sounds like this artist and that one" thing, which a music afficionado told me is kinda insulting to the artist of whom you're trying to make a comparison (even though I'm DYING to work "Sting and Bob Marley's love child" into a sentence). Anyway, I could totally envision myself with a margarita somewhere (preferably tropical) listening to this -- and, perhaps, hammock dancing ...
2. Target, some of you may have noticed, has its swimwear out. And the guys' stuff is pretty cool. However, even though I'm planning a Florida trip with one of my BFFs in March, I couldn't bring myself to buy one this early in the season. What if I buy a large now and it's too baggy? Or what if a medium, even 15 pounds down the road, looks like sausage casing? Mmm, sausage casings ... Sorry, back to the suits: They're about $18 in the men's department, check 'em out. Oh! Ladies, I ran into a stylish local retailer while I was at Target, and she was raving about the women's swimwear. I know it's cold outside, Baby, but ...
3. Here are some supplements recommended for brittle nails from Esther Blum's "Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous" ($22.95, Chronicle):
-MSM: 1,000 mg 3x per day
-Calcium: 1,000 mg per day
-Magnesium: 400-800 mg per day
-Horsetail: 1 tsp of liquid extract (2.5 g from Equisetum arvense herb) diluted in water of juice
Peace, love and vampires ... xoxo
