While I was on a business trip in London a few years ago, a surprise snow blanketed the city. A colleague, looking out the window of our hotel room at the falling snow, quipped:
“It’s so Dickensian!”
And we had our catchphrase.
It did feel like we had stepped back in time, into one of the classic novels we had all read in school. The snow didn’t last, but the memory of that brief interlude has to this day.
Stateside in 2012, ‘Dickensian’ has an entirely different vibe.
StrangeBeautiful just launched their Dickensian Edition of nail colors, which is roughly 10 different shades…of black.
(Only true New Yorkers can discern the difference.)
Creator Jane Schub said her interpretation of Dickens for the collection was inspired by photography, literature, art, coal and broken shale.
Geez, Jane — did you even read the novels?
They have happy endings.
Rain day
Guess who was waiting to greet me at my front door this morning?
And rumor has it he plans to hang around all day.
Uninvited.
Now, I have two possible responses to my unwelcome guest.
First, I can let him ruin my day. Get nothing accomplished. Eat too much. Get depressed. Perhaps shed a tear or two for no particular reason.
Or I can chose the far healthier response…
Go see a movie.
I still may not get as much work done as originally planned. I may — okay, I will — eat junk food. And if I end up crying, that simply means…
It was another great day at the theatre.
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