boyfriend, family, friends, Travels, Uncategorized Murder by Microdermabrasion! Let’s Call a Spa a Spa. Now Please Can Call Me an Ambulance. Author Violet Date November 4, 2014 Diamonds on my neck, diamonds on my grill. –Kelis, “Bossy” Surely you’ve heard the...
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, Travels, Uncategorized, violet inviolate Spa Me The Embarrassment: Red Flower Treatment Author Violet Date November 4, 2014 “It’s grind day, from Friday, to next Friday / I been up straight for...
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Invoking the Muse, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized People Who Tell You to Stop Writing Are Monsters — So Defy Them! Author Violet Date October 24, 2014 I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re...
baking, boyfriend, cooking, family, friends, frugality, home, Invoking the Muse, Orange Drive, recipes, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized Oh My Gourd, Becky! Pumpkin Spice Is NOT The Enemy. Author Violet Date October 15, 2014 Fall is here! This is my second fall of Violet on Orange. So let...
boyfriend, family, fitness, friends, frugality, Hollywood, Invoking the Muse, the struggle, Uncategorized, wedding Wedding Venue Review #1 Part 2: “Factitious” Carondelet House Author Violet Date October 10, 2014 I just described how I found out about The Carondelet House in Westlake, Los...
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, Hollywood, home, Invoking the Muse, Uncategorized, wedding Wedding Site Review #1 Part 1: Yelp-Approved Carondelet House Author Violet Date October 10, 2014 Paging through my endless trove of this year’s photos, I noticed I had quite...
boyfriend, family, friends, home, Invoking the Muse, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized, yale Grammar Faux Pas Worse Than The Word Crimes in Weird Al’s “Word Crimes” Author Violet Date October 4, 2014 In the criminal justice system*, grammatical errors are considered especially heinous. *By “criminal justice...
boyfriend, family, friends, Hollywood, home, Travels, Uncategorized, wedding Fiancée All on His Mouth Like Liquor: Yes, I Plan to Stay Engaged Forever Author Violet Date October 3, 2014 The other day, Deepak introduced me to someone as his fiancée. The person we...
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, sisters, Travels, Uncategorized Las Vegas for Fuddy Duddies Author Violet Date September 30, 2014 This past July 4th, we went to Las Vegas. (Yes, dilatory posting! Trying to...
baking, boyfriend, family, home, Travels, Uncategorized Black Beauty: My Quest to Make the Darkest Chocolate Gelato Author Violet Date September 25, 2014 Blackness is a much-romanticized trait. What, don’t believe me? Think I’m being simplistic, sensationalist...