ZooCaro

I recently received a message from Lisa who works at ZooCaro.com. In her words:

Zoocaro.com provides a simple and safe way to shop, promote products, services and items for free. Take advantage of this service today and find what you are looking for or drive more business your way http://www.zoocaro.com/

I had a look 'round and they certainly do have some interesting stuff - browse around and have a look! Althought I am not a fan of the practise of foor binding, I found these puppies on the ZooCaro site after not much digging and that part of me that loves to find treasures in unknown places wonders what other marvels are on sale there!

Enjoy!

Better late than never

World AIDS day was on 1st of December. This is my contribution, in memory of everyone lost, struggling, ignorant, uninformed or just scared.

Also to Olga, who I think of every day.

More ode to shoes

Brilliant parody of an already brilliant parody.

Feet in the sand

Getting toward the end of the year, I am craving a beach holiday. This time last year I was lucky enough to wet my feet in the ocean off the coast of Zanzibar and I would just love to be in the same place right now, but alas, planning left to late and no budget to speak of, I can only dream.

So dream I shall and in the true spirit of the obsessed (shoes, chocolates, anything really), I will indulge in beaches gone by. I will just have to imagine the early morning rituals of sun screen application, picking out the bikini for the day (including sarong, flip flops and bag, of course - not forgetting hat and sunglasses), heading out to the beach for a few rays of sun before breakfast and oh, the exhausting task of lying around sipping cocktails and reading a good book with only the beach, the ocean and the sun for company. Heaven.

Some of my best experiences have been in:



Mahe Island, Seychelles



Barra Loge, island off the coast of Mozambique



Cancun, Mexico



Zanzibar island, Zanzibar

Anyone out there with a beach flat standing empty somewhere, just give me a shout, I have the flip flops ready to go!

Ahhh, of course!

Ever wondered where all that spare disposable cash goes when you turn your back? What do you mean, 'what spare disposable cash'?? Well, ok, probably spare disposable credit.

Anyway, someone didn't get it quite right - this should really show credit cards, but hey, its cute and its probably true in some universe...

New crush

I just returned from a trip to Atlanta, Georgia (USA) - still suffering from jet lag, which really feels like a hangover without the party before. Atlanta, in my humble opinion, is not a great tourist city although it has some very interesting spots:

- The Coca Cola Museum (or World of Coca Cola) is quite a bit of fun, walking through the marketing machine's history, one cannot help but to salivate after a tall glass of that fascinating drink - with lots of ice. The really cool bit about this place is that you get to taste Coca Cola company products from all over the world. Quite an experience.
- The CNN centre is another good place to stop off, interesting shops with an unbelievable long (and high) escalator. I wouldn't recommend the tour, unless your thing is watching a few minutes of every CNN channel available while walking through the building - not my thing, anyway.

Managed to rub shoulders with the 'locals' at a hockey game - Atlanta Thrashers are the home team. Quite a culture shock for a non-sports fan such as myself but loads of fun. I thought it'd be easy to follow, you know, aim the puck at the opposing goal, end of story. But they kept switching and stopping and it all went so fast...anyone able to explain this game to me, apply within. To be perfectly honest though, I really was only there for the giant hotdogs and beer!

But my real crush is a new one, thanks to the fab shopping at the Lenox Square mall (Calvin Klein sale might still be on if you hurry!). I was in absolute shoe heaven and found the most amazing pair of heels by Steve Madden who is my bestest most favourite shoe designer of the moment. I was browsing the (extensive) selection at Macy's when my eye caught this pair of drop-dead-gorgeous brightly coloured beauties that look like a cross between f***-me shoes and a pair of old style roller skates - the kind glittery, scantily glad girls would wear in the rink while wearning knee pads and dancing to disco music. They were mine and I would have them and so I did - trying them on I could SWEAR I heard strains from ABBA somewhere.

I'll battle jet lag for those babies any time ...


"...you are the dancing queen, feel the beat..."