So, we have several questions keeping us up at night. Why is everyone so excited about “Making a Murderer?” Why is the neighbor target practicing at all hours? And what the heck is going in at Exit 80? The last, at least, we can dig our retail-happy hooks into. Since news broke last month that […]
bag lady
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Your Maine (Wo)man
Bag Lady loves shopping. I mean, that much we know. But what I adore even more is shopping discovery: Supporting local talent and craftsmen. Stumbling onto some heretofore undiscovered retailer. Or finding out, for instance, a Maine-made $7,000 covered-in-Swarovski-crystals-quilt actually exists. Because it does. Give a little Maine this month with holiday ideas for you, […]
advertisement
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Cup o’ joy
We weren’t sure what to make of the caffeinated madness that roiled last week when Starbucks unveiled its new holiday coffee cup to immediate scorn. ONLY red and green? How dare they! Bag Lady and Shopping Siren were both fairly convinced it was going to be revealed as a fake-news story from The Onion. But, […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: The best of boot worlds
After a lifetime in Maine, what with the snow and ice and cold and need to look stylish through it all, Bag Lady and Shopping Siren have honed a working definition of a great boot: It looks good with at least half a dozen outfits. It keeps your feet dry in an inch of snow. […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Cup size. Halloween. True bargains. It’s a mash-up!
T.J.Maxx needs to gloat more. James Bond, apparently, loves chicken fingers. And you, my friend, need a costume. It’s a retail mash-up! To Go. Mr. To Go. So Bag Lady has had these assorted dining/shopping-related tidbits rattling around in her brain for months, and when said number of tidbits reached three, she knew it was […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Everybody loves Amy
Bag Lady and Shopping Siren heart (EXTRA LARGE HEART) Amy Poehler. And we’re hardly alone. The actress/comedian/author is funny, talented, relatable, and homegirl is everywhere right now. Earlier this year, Poehler wrapped up an amazing seven-year run on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” (Ben plus Leslie 4 eva!) This summer she starred in “Inside Out” and […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Two’s company
First runner-up Miss Virginia. American Pharoah, this last time. Dreamy Jimmy Garoppolo, the man who would have been New England Patriots quarterback this week if Tom Brady had stayed deflategated. There’s something to be said for the No. 2 spot. Namely, it’s not so bad. You’re so close to No. 1! Keep striving! You’re handsome […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Read it, watch it, hear it! Our summer picks.
First, Bag Lady has to apologize, profusely. She didn’t tell you how amazing the Netflix series “Wet Hot American Summer” is sooner because she didn’t know. Maybe you don’t know, either. That ends now. The show — and Bag Lady’s insistence that Shopping Siren start watching it NOW. But she was in the middle of […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Quick, the house guests are coming!
While folding laundry this week, Bag Lady couldn’t help but notice her kitchen towels had been gnawed on by hyenas. Like, a whole surly pack of them. There were inexplicable holes, ragged edges and tatters, so much so in one instance that the towel no longer met the dictionary definition of a towel but had […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Life & Culture
Bliss Thru Shopping: Tick off
Shopping Siren used to love walking through the forest. It was serene there, surrounded by the chittering of small woodland creatures, the heavy scent of pine, the dappled light that played through the trees. Then came the ticks. Now she finds parking lots serene. Or at least blood-sucker-free. Which is a kind of serenity, if […]