It’s been a hectic week, but Jeff and I made it to Portland, Maine for the weekend. I have’t been to Portland since I was a teen, and boy, has it changed! We got here just before sunset so we haven’t had a chance to see much in the dark. In fact, I wish I had some photos to share but all I’ve got so far is a few snaps of our gas fireplace at the Residence Inn at Scarborough 😉
Portland ME is known as a foodie city, and the dinner we had tonight at David’s Restaurant (New American cuisine) at Monument Square was a fabulous introduction to the city’s foodie fare. Yum. Jeff had an exotic mushroom pizza that was made with cashew ricotta – vegan, and it was absolutely incredible. I had sage & walnut crusted salmon with port currant glaze and maple sweet potatoes mashed and spinach. It was a wow.
Saturday/today, we plan to go to the Portland Museum of Art, the reason for the trip. I don’t think there’s a special exhibit that we want to see, but they have a huge collection of Winslow Homer that I want to see as well as the rest of the permanent collection. Also, I want to see the waterfront area, and at some point, the Portland Light.
So far, Portland seems like a very friendly, young, cool city. A rabbit (a person dressed as a rabbit) on a bicycle with a boombox rode past us downtown as we walked to the restaurant. There were lots of skateboarders doing their thing in Monument Square on Friday night. I’m curious to see what Saturday will bring!
As usual, Saturday means the weekly roundup from the Beauty Spotlight Team.
My post, first in the list, is about the terrific customized fragrance from Scent Trunk. If you missed it during the week, it’s worth reading because I think affordable, guaranteed to please Scent Trunk is a perfect holiday gift (or birthday gift) for the fragrance lovers on your list. Also, just a reminder, I have two giveaways going on now for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and both of them end this coming week:
- Laurme Sensitive Skin facial skincare collection of 5 products valued at $175
- LotusRx Shampoo and Conditioner for color-treated hair, dandruff control and sensitive scalp, valued at $60.
Both brands were developed with cancer warriors in mind, and a perfect for the sensitive skin and scalp that can result from radiation and chemo treatments. So spread the words on these two, please. Just click on the links to go to the posts to enter.
Finally here are this week’s posts from Beauty Spotlight Team:
Allison from Never Say Die Beauty is thrilled that the perfumers at Scent Trunk created a custom fragrance just for her based on her actual scent preferences. It’s a must for scent lovers and the perfect affordable holiday gift too!
Pammy Blogs Beauty shares some of the best hair trends from New York Fashion Week with Tresseme!
Our friends at Beauty Junkees are committed to supporting Breast Cancer Research. To that end, they are donating 20% of the sales price of a select group of products and the items will ship free. Read Prime Beauty’s review of these great products that also do good.
Have you checked out GLOSSYBOX Beauty Boxes lately? If not, one look at their October box is all you will need to see why Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog can’t wait for their November box!
Are you a nail polish lover? Marcia from Beauty Info Zone bit her nails for 30 years. By the looks of her KBShimmer collection you can see that she’s over that bad habit!
I’m sure many of you like to use pretty patterned makeup tools. See the Vintage Cosmetics line that Stacie of Makeup Obsessed Mom recently discovered. It’s both pretty and affordable.
Pre Heels is a new innovative foot spray that protects your feet from all manners of pain. Polarbelle brings you the best thing to happen to feet since…well, ever.
It isn’t often that Christa from Realizing Beauty gets wooed by drugstore makeup but the Physicians Formula 80th Anniversary Collection has swept her off her feet.
15 Minute Beauty loves Chanel nail polish, but hated the chipping. Until now! She can get 5 days of wear from her Chanel manicure! Here’s how she does it!
