Archive for Holidays
I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!
Tracy and I met for “Full Afternoon Tea” at The Royal Tea Room in La Plata on Saturday. It was a lovely, long and relaxing lunch where two high-class ladies spoke of only the road conditions and the weather, as is proper.
Okay, part of that is true. We did go for tea, but we talked about ALL SORTS of stuff! Even stuff ladies aren’t supposed to talk about, especially when they are having a proper tea!
Our server was great. Also very clean and pretty. Recently, at Olive Garden (in Waldorf), I had a waitress who had a filthy shirt on – it was FILTHY – and her hands looked quite dirty as well. NOT HAPPY about that. I was distracted the whole dinner and wanted to get up and leave. If we hadn’t just waited over an hour to be seated and if I’d had anything in the old ice-box at home, we would have bolted. I was worried all evening that one of us would get sick. Also, everybody else was starving and I didn’t want to be the one who said, “WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW!” I won’t be eating there again.
Anyway, as for The Royal Tea Room, it’s very neat and clean looking. The owner seemed stressed the day before on the phone, when she asked if I was sure we would be prompt. Then again in the throws of putting together an event that was to start at two, she seemed rather rushed. I guess it’s good they are getting a lot of business, I just hope that she meditates a little before each big event.
You can go there and order regular meals, such as lunch. We opted for tea, though, to get the full tea experience.
Not for vegans, that’s for sure. I gave up my dairy-ban for the day and also ate some chicken and ham for said tea experience. The chicken salad was very good and so was the tiny tuna melt. There was a lemon blueberry triangle of something sweet that I enjoyed. And of course, the little pink cake was the icing on top. I just adore pink icing!
The best thing I ate, and totally worth the dairy ban lift, was the cream of crab soup. Succulent chunks of crab in a creamy sauce of a soup that my arteries will be working on for weeks. It was a dainty cup of soup though, so I didn’t feel too bad about it!
Our lemon, honey and cream was brought out on the dainty tray. We were able to choose our tea cup from a shelving area with various sorts of tea cups and saucers on it. Tracy opted for super-dainty. I liked the teal flowers on mine.
The server (whose name I neglected to request) smiled for the camera along with Tracy.
Below is an image of Tracy – pinkie out. I insisted. We were putting on “airs.” You’d have to be a Spongebob fan to understand.
See the cute pink one on top? YUM!
Me with my pinkie out!
The Sexy Writer Type
My Billy Boy got one of his poems published- again! YAY BILLY!
You can read his poem “Moving Again” at Perigee.
Also, I’m fairly certain you will love “Flowers” by Michelle Webster-Hein. A lovely morsel of erotic tension thick and heavy behind a veil of innocence.
I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but Will wrote me a story for my holiday gift. A story just for me. “The Hound and the Hedgehog.” He bound it in a Harry Potter cover that had fallen off of the book and was in with my altered art supplies. He printed it out and sewed it into the hardcover himself. He has read it out loud to me no less than three times. I just adore it. It’s just long enough for a bedtime story. I hope dearly that he will submit it to someplace that will publish it because it’s just too adorable to keep all to ourselves.
Spring is in the Air
Whatever holiday you celebrate for Spring – have a wonderful day!
Happy Easter to the Christians out there, too.
I’m doing a little community service today for the joy of making the neighborhood a better place. Wish me luck and happy neighbors!
More Art Adventures
I am pretty excited that I will be taking the Tammy Vitale torso class I mentioned in a recent entry. That’s starts Saturday.
Today I will be working on uploading some of my work to my galleries right here on my art site.
Here is another image I created from layering photos. The models – Rob and Jackie – were photographed in a friend’s secluded yard about seven years ago. It was one of my first photo sessions and I didn’t know a whole lot about lighting and my camera was only 2 or 3megapixels – which isn’t much better than your average cellphone cam.
Here is the outcome of yesterday’s photo adventure. It was called, “Wake Up Little Fairy” before it was altered. I think maybe it’s now called, “Violet Angel 2″ – to see the first Violet Angel, scroll down the page a little to the previous entry.
Sunday Dec 9 – come by and see me in La Plata!
New Moon Bodywork and Botanicals (on the first floor) – across the Charles St. from Civista Hospital.
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I will be at the New Moon Bodywork and Botanicals Holiday Open House tomorrow. Stop by and see me!
If you are looking for holiday gifts, this is a great way to do some very special holiday shopping for unique items.
Also a great way to support a local small business!
Other local artists will be there too, including one of my mentors, Tammy Vitale!
All the details are in the newsletter below the photos. Below the newsletter are some photos of a few of the recent works I will have there tomorrow.
Pass along the news (you can just use a link to this post) to anybody who is interested in local art, lotions, potions, massage, accupuncture, facials, etc.
Thanks!
Holiday Open House: Sunday, December 9th from
10:30-3:30. Our Open House will feature seasonal products such as our new
Sugar & Spice scrub and spray, gift baskets, gift certificates, delectable
eats, and complimentary mini-sessions of reflexology and aroma-paraffin
dips. As an additional treat for the senses we will have an art display
and sale with local artists Tammy Vitale, Heather Bartlett, Will Cooney,
and Heather Young. January Righter will offer Silpada jewelry for sale
and we will also have Bumblebees headbands from local crafter Lisa
Winkler. Come enjoy an afternoon of stress free shopping, conversation, a
bite to eat, and renewed spirits!
Can’t make our Open House? Our
products and gift certificates are available on-line on our secure site:
www.newmoonbody.com Gift certificates are available for purchase with the
option to download instantly (we e-mail you a unique code for security),
or to have mailed to you or the recipient. Gift certificates to New Moon
are a much appreciated gift.
We have added new services this year:
skin care and reflexology. Both services are also available as gift
certificate options.
Fighting a cold or the flu? Consider these
products to help keep you well, or to help restore your health:
Anti-bacterial hand soap (with pure essential oils), Invigorating Bath
Salt blend with immunity-boosting ravensare, lavender, and thyme oils,
Cold & Sinus blend smelling salt, All Natural Room Refresher to help ward
off air-borne bacteria and viruses, and the Soothing lip balm, and Hand
and Foot Balm to ease chapped lips and noses from frequent
wiping.
Wishing you a happy & healthy holiday season,
Holly
Dunbar and all of us at New Moon
New Moon Bodywork & Botanicals,
LLC
616 E. Charles Street
Suite 104
La Plata, MD
20646
301.392.5186
New Moon is a holistic health practice
specializing in therapeutic massage & bodywork, herbal medicine,
aromatherapy, and natural skin care.
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Some of my newer works that will be at New Moon Tomorrow
Costume Post – The Corpse Bride
Since Jade was Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas this year and she was Corpse Bride last year, I think you can see that she’s a bit of a Tim Burton fan.
I posted a photo of her costume on my old blog last year, but I think most of the photos were broken when it was moved to a new software program and a new server.
Here is her Corpse Bride costume.
Where her Sally costume cost less than $20, the Corpse Bride costume came in closer to $75 – I already owned the wig, but a wig like that would run you at least $20.
I bought a circa 1980’s wedding gown from the thrift store – you know with the big train and puffy sleeves. I only cared about the bottom of the dress, so that is what I really was buying and where a majority of the budget went – $35 for a second-hand thrift store wedding dress.
The rest of the cost was in the artificial flowers, bouquet holder, tulle, sculpyand the “bodice.”
If you can get your hands on a cheap wedding gown, you might do better than me on your budget.
This is how I did it all: »» Costume Post – The Corpse Bride
Costume Post – Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas
I know that when I am looking to make a costume I hunt all over the ‘net for ideas. So, I am posting my costume ideas, tricks and when needed – shortcuts. »» Costume Post – Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas
The Hallowed All Hallows Eve Bash at the Kleyle Manor
My friends Sweetie and Jim have a halloween party every year. It is the social event of the Waldorf/La Plata area for the year, I assure you – at least for all the COOL KIDS!
These are some photos from this year’s bash. You have to guess the costumes – I will give you some more details about mine:
My hair is purple, but I was going to change it into other color wigs throughout the evening (but I never did get to doing that). I have on patched jeans and a wand. My tee shirt says “The Weird Sisters” – who am I?
Sweetie, Jim and Heather »» The Hallowed All Hallows Eve Bash at the Kleyle Manor
Halloween at Tracy’s
Sit down boyz and ghouls and let me scare up a spooky tale of a haunted yard, devilishly beautiful corpses and carnival folks and maybe a fairy and a doll of girl…
Finally I have gotten a bunch of the Halloween photos edited and I am posting them here.
I have been unable to figure out how to use my gallery software, so I’m just going to stick the images right in the blog as thumbnails – just click the ones you’d like to see larger.
Jade, Will and I dressed up and went over to Tracy’s for Halloween and set up a little haunted yard thing – it was lots of fun and it’s the kind of thing that could take on a life of its own and get bigger each year.
This is the dead bride rising up from her grave. The dress is recycled from Jade’s Corpse Bride costume last year.
Eye-gore! Eye-gore! Back to your corner!!!
Igor and Sally – she’s poking him to make sure he’s dead.
Igor likes the fire gypsy Tracy is making.
If Igor keeps “bugging” the pretty gypsy, he’s going to be CURSED…well, more than he already is!
That’s IT, I think she’s gonna put the whammy on him!
Hope the Grass Fairy putting a little sparkle into the evening.
The Grass Fairy and Sally preparing to watch the Gypsy, Igor and Sarah Osborne make spooky fools of themselves!
The Grass Fairy getting one of her many wing adjustments from me…er…Sarah – the hanged suspected Salem Witch.
Grass and Sal again.
You can never have to many photos of pretty ghouls…I mean GIRLS!
Sally, Sarah and Gypsy
Our freaky scare-ing scary boys – Byron and Pete – scaring people since 2007.
Our spooky table, complete with lots of crazy treats like rats “for muffins” and don’t forget to eat an eyeball! Oh and some radioactive roaches right out of a Charles County well (just kidding).
This is my favorite photo of Tracy – she’s one smokin’ gypsy!
An admirer from Belgium
