We had the second cyclone bomb storm in two months this weekend. It kind of threw a monkey wrench into my plans. High winds and heavy rain started on Friday. At 1:30pm, I lost my internet and landline phone connections. At 4:30pm, the power went out.
Jeff and I decided to go out to dinner rather than have to sit for hours in the dark. I bought a Groupon for a local restaurant that we had never tried but wanted to. We drove through the woods with falling trees and tree limbs to get to the restaurant. It was a nice, roadhouse kind of place. We ordered a couple of craft beers, while we figured out what we wanted to eat. While we were waiting for the server to return to take our food order, the power went off. She returned in the dark a few minutes later to take our order. I told her she should find out if the kitchen would be able to cook anything without power. Not surprisingly, they couldn’t. We paid for our drinks, and then drove several towns away to get away from the areas that we knew had no power. The whole process took a couple of hours, but we finally had a delicious Thai meal that we lingered over for as long as possible.
We went home, made a fire, turned on the Eton radio, and a lantern, and it was actually quite pleasant. Fortunately, the power came on again at midnight. We were so lucky because it was getting cold in the rest of the house away from the fireplace. Also we were fortunate to get the power back after “only” 7.5 hours because a few hundred thousand people were still without power. And today, Sunday, over 100,000 people along the southern MA shore are still without power.
This afternoon, I took a walk around the back of the house, and noticed the cover on the gas grill had blown off, but luckily it got caught on a boulder in the yard. Then, I walked to the side of the house and saw that my 15 year old wooden fence had collapsed. I’m going to see if it’s covered by my homeowner’s insurance. I hope the insurance might help pay for a handyman to finish taking it down and to dig up the big cement posts that are sunk into the ground to help hold it up. It could’ve been worse.
Jeff and I drove to Gloucester and Rockport to see the effect of the storm on the waves along the coast. I was shocked. I’ve never seen waves this big and strong in our area ever before. Quite amazing. The little video below was taken 4 hours after high tide when the waves were smaller. The video doesn’t do it justice, but it is beautiful anyway.
Hope the storm didn’t affect you where you live. Now on to this week’s posts from the Beauty Spotlight Team! 
Prime Beauty has discovered the unicorn of mascaras! Benefit’s BADgal BANG! Mascara voluminizes, lengthens, curls and is made of material the astronauts use! See before and after pics!
The Barneys New York LOVE YOURSELF Beauty Bag Event , March 6-11, is featuring AMAZING his and hers gift bags and fabulous step-up gifts, and as usual Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog has all of the details for you!
Looking for an anti-aging skincare powerhouse? Allison from Never Say Die Beauty is giving away a bottle of Paula’s Choice CLINICAL Cermaide-Enriched Firming Moisturizer. It’s often sold out coz it’s that good!
BeautyJudy has swatches of KBShimmer If You Want My Bodice but hurry, this polish is only available through the Polish Pickup this weekend; click through for more deets!
15 Minute Beauty has been updating her sunscreen series. Do you know why you should be looking for a full spectrum sunscreen instead of a broad spectrum? There’s a big difference in coverage!
Polarbelle hauled it and now wants to show you how to use the Urban Decay Kaleidoscope Dream shadow palette. And check out the Vintage Cosmetics Company Bunny Ears Makeup Headband she’s wearing to do it.
Hey Kiehl’s fans, did you know that their classic Powerful Strength Line Reducing Concentrate has been reformulated? Pammy Blogs Beauty tries it out and will give you the scoop!
Christa from Realizing Beauty reviews the new Urban Decay Naked Petite Heat Palette and shares why she is loving this petite, yet complete, eyeshadow palette.
Can a drugstore highlighter perform as well as a high-end one? See what Stacie of Makeup Obsessed Mom thinks of this new one from Wet n Wild.
But at least this time you did not have to Shovel SNOW 🙂
You’re too funny, Gloria! You’re right. But finding someone to dispose of my collapsed fence is turning out to be impossible, and once I do, it will be expensive. And we’re expecting a Nor’easter with SNOW on Wednesday through Thursday 🙁