On How to Survive Work
A friend reminded me recently how deeply annoying it is when people brag about being busy. So true. Business is not an accomplishment and if people need to complain about it too often, they should rethink their lives. My work has always been intense and I us..
7+ Best Chanel Fragrances
Chanel clothes do nothing for me. There were a couple of seasons about a decade ago that I liked and in every collection, there is something I would love to own, but generally, Karl’s megalomania is just getting progressively more boring. If you strip away t..
Rose and Cardamom Coffee
Today was meant to be the day for my new style/mood post, as I haven’t done one in a while. But when I woke up, it was dark and raining and cold, so no chance for even half-decent pictures. I don’t like to complain about the weather, but this spring in Bruss..
Modern Underwear
Only a decade ago, modern-looking underwear was something like a unicorn: only heard about, never actually seen. It’s still difficult to find, although no longer quite impossible. I find it strange, how in some industries time just seems to freeze. While wom..
Scents of the Day: Part 6
Last year, I did a project called Scent of the Day. For a month, every day, I talked about a scent on Facebook. I have been asked by friends to make these musings available on the blog, as it’s impossible to find anything on Facebook. So I’ll copy my mini-re..
ALWAYS ASK FOR SAMPLES
There are very few universal truths: as far as I’m aware, there are two. First, more books is better than less books. Second, whenever you are in a place that sells make-up, skin care or perfume, you must ask for samples. When I’ll finally get to writing tha..
7 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for Feminists
I considered calling this post “7 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for Normal People”, as it’s kind of the same, but I’m hoping that having “feminism” in the title will get me a huge amount of clicks! If you’re a long-time reader of SF&F, you know how relen..
Unter den Linden
Never mind the 700 hundred years of oppression, one thing we should always thank the Baltic German nobility for (if someone happens to ask what they’ve ever done for us), is the linden alleys they left behind. I spoke about the Estonian manors briefly in thi..
Summer 2015: Make-Up Edit
Life is cruel: I was delaying this article until the weather here would at least vaguely resemble summer. This finally happened last weekend, so I got the post ready for today and… now it’s horrible and grey again. But this important matter cannot wait any..
A Notebook for Nerds
I’m somewhat of an unlikely nerd. Well, it doesn’t seem unlikely to me, but often seems to come as a surprise to others. Apparently, if you’re blond and wear red lipstick, you cannot be one. (Feminist is the other thing you cannot be with characteristics lik..