What's in my wallet?

Just discovered US Bank charges a 3% fee on all foreign transactions and AmEx charges 2.7%. My Capital One Venture Rewards Card? No fee. Zip. Zero. Guess we know which card I'll be using on vacay. 

A royal welcome, indeed!

From today's Londonist comes news of Heathrow's preparations for Jubilee Week, including the painting of this flag on one of the runways. That will be fun to see, of course, but I particularly like the touch of rolling out red carpets in all of the arrival terminals and inviting visitors to sign a guest book for the Queen. How charming. What shall I write, I wonder: "Dear Lizzie, you rule! Here's to 60 more, old girl!" Too much?

I wept.

Covering the bases

One week from today, we'll be setting off on our journey to the motherland via planes, trains, automobiles and boats. Lots of travel, lots of opportunities for motion sickness. On last year's Mediterranean cruise, the seas were calm. This year, on the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean? We can't be too careful. Thus, the array of products above. Oh, and the earplugs are for me. Back in bed with the snorer after a blissful month and half in my own room? I can't be too careful there, either!

Well, here's to being forgetful.

I can never remember to take my calcium because we keep the big Costco bottle in my husband's medicine cabinet. (Mine's overflowing.) Turns out, that may be a good thing according to the latest study linking calcium supplements with an increased risk for heart attacks and stroke. Good Lord, can't they make up their freaking minds??!?

Farewell, pink stove.

It seems fitting, somehow, that my husband will close the sale - at long last - on his mother's house tomorrow, as Memorial Day weekend begins. My MIL loved pink and, despite being the only woman in a household of four men, she used the color liberally in her home, even down to the kitchen appliances. The new owner will likely tear them out and that's a shame. Because they just don't make 'em like that anymore, and they probably never will again.




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Dressing up in ocean blue

Note: This is my first attempt at posting from my iPad via the Blogpress app. (I am getting so app-y, lately.) I have no idea what it will look like or if it will even work.

I finally broke down and bought something dressy for the cruise. Oceania doesn't believe in formal nights, thank God, but there are certain specialty restaurants that make you want to put on the dog. The Indian number on the left should do the trick, although I'll probably live in the long cardi on the right. Both from Soft Surroundings, my new favorite store.

How doctors should treat patients

I love Mary Elizabeth Williams' stuff in Salon, and today's piece on doctor behavior was especially good.

The bus stop in Fowey, Cornwall

Forget the car hire. We'll be taking public transportation in this town.

Favorite thing of the day

I'm going to see the Stones

Standing stones, that is, in Orkney, Scotland. I hope the sheep will be there, too. (I seriously love sheep.)

Mad Men: Best scene ever!

That was the scene I'd been waiting for all season. (Wish I could say the same for the entire episode.) Don and Joan playing hooky at a bar, Rosemary Clooney (?) on the jukebox. Brilliant dialogue, beautifully acted. Oh, they must never, ever hook up. But, omigod, if they do, my head will explode and my eyes will pop out of my head. What do you think, Mad Men fans: Will they or won't they?