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Friday Links: Sneaker-Wearing Spiders Like Female Bosses (and Fritos Chili Pizza)
Now that I’m working freelance from Poe Industries Worldwide Headquarters, my style needs have changed a bit (Jeans Day EVERYDAY). Plus, I’m coming up with a packing list for Italy and I know I’ll need to take my Pumas (cobblestones — WHY???). So this slideshow I found on Pinterest on cool sneakers and the outfits…
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The Lashes May Be Mink, But the Faux Fur Drama Was Flying on Vanderpump Rules
There was some sort of really big thing going down here in Washington D.C. last night. Actually, it was a national event, full of backstabbing and upsets. It included a cast of familiar, soul-less characters who act like friends one minute, only to turn around and do something shady the next. There was even a…
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Scuba Diving Can Absolutely Kill You: Bali Edition
Our vacation to Bali wasn’t all delicious food and kite flying. I also cheated death. Fine. That might be a bit dramatic. But it sure felt like I could have easily died while scuba diving in Bali. Here are four signs that scuba diving in Bali might not be for you. 1) Your PayPal account…
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Friday Links: Fall Blows Edition
I’m on a bit of a self-imposed shopping hiatus right now, but if I weren’t, I’d be plunking down some cash for the burgundy version of these wedge booties featured on Cardigans and Couture this week. This post from last year continues to perform really well on thePoeLog. I believe that it’s because it contains…
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Flying a Kite on a Balinese Beach is Basically Like Getting in a Time Machine
Meet Henri. Henri is a little something we picked up on the Nusa Dua beach in Bali. He’s basically a kite. But he’s oh so much more than that. Henri is actually a magic wand that takes you back to childhood. You literally cannot hold a kite and not be filled with wonder and joy…
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Three Temples We Saw in Bali (And One That Got Away)
Bali is called the Land of A Thousand Temples. No, really, it is. I didn’t just make that up. The folks over at The Culture Trip even suggest that the number is really closer to 5,000. This guy says 20,000. Who knows? But in any case, that’s pretty crazy for a tiny island of only…
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Fingernails, Luwak and Temples: My Impressions of Bali’s Tourism Industry
Do not stare at the man’s nails. Do not stare at the man’s nails. Do not stare at the man’s nails, I told myself silently over and over again. “I notice you have a scar on your head. Me, too,” I share, not at all silently. Yeah, much, much better, Poe. We are in a…
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Balinese Eats that Will (Probably) Not Result in a Spider Body Possession
When I came across this article about Bali, I had to click on it, even though I knew I didn’t really have the “stomach” to do so. (PUN INTENDED) Also: (Heads up: the article I’m referring to involves an Australian tourist and stomach-burrowing tropical spiders. Soooo….yeah. Nothing fun there.) You see, we went to Bali…
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Reality TV Time: Euros of Hollywood
During the last year that this blog has been dormant (almost one year to the day!), I’ve been on some fabulous trips that I have just been dying to talk/write about. I can’t tell you, gentle reader, how many times I’ve been witness to something and thought: Man, this would be great for the blog.…
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When Life Hands You Lemons, Use Them as Weapons
At work a few weeks back, we did this exercise to kick off a brainstorming session <insert eyeroll>. We were supposed to visualize a lemon, and then write on a piece of paper all the things that you could do with a lemon. My new boss, Tina, filled her whole page with very practical, Hints…