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cremel said:
Change of the topic a bit here. I just found out the long post that I had written down for eagle and ppup never went through. Let me try to remember what I wrote.

Regarding flea or ticks or mites: if you plan to travel to New York prepare a small bottle of Dr. Ben Evictor. It's basically cedar oil. When you arrive the room the first thing is to rob a very small amount of it on your legs. Fleas or ticks or mites will try their best to stay away from that smell. And spray a little bit around the mattress but avoid the head board area in case you are sensitive to that smell. This is to prepare for the worst - only do so suspicious hotels if you will.

The reason I wanted to share this was because of an incident occurred in our house a year ago when a contractor replaced our kitchen pipes the hole he created through the downstairs ceiling allowed some mites to sneak in and my toddler was bitten several times. Wild rabbits, lots of pets, and other type of wild animals in my neighborhood. After lots of research and monitoring the pattern and cycle of the bitting, we were sure it was mites. And the kids were very young so we could not afford to try out any sort of chemicals. We chose Dr Ben that's soooo pricy to spray 3700 living space. DH and I sprayed that bedroom mainly and other bedrooms too. We went on vacation for 1.5 weeks in Florida. When we came back we opened all windows. The house still smelt cedar oil but ever since no more bites. There were not lots of them and plus we sprayed Dr Ben thoroughly including under the mattress. It worked like magic. The cedar smell went away after a few more days.

And if we go visit friends who have a long history of pets in their house I rob a tiny tiny amount on my babies' legs and they are free of any kind of bites. I actually got bitten by a flea hosted by a dog in a friend's house at one point but the kids were fine.

Good luck eagle for your New York visit.
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Thank you, Cremel, for your interesting and useful advice. :hugs:
Travel has to be so well-thought-out these days! Can't just necessarly pick up and go.
 
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Pocketbook Pup said:
That doesn't sound too bad for flight times at all. The flights from Boston to Europe are only about 6 hours. I kind of wish they could circle for another hour or two so I could get more sleep before we land. Anyway, that's exciting. It's always fun to have a trip to anticipate.
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You can sleep on an overnight flight? I can't. We have to take daytime flights.
 
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I notice when I am on Pin Interest that the names of related boards pop up at the bottom then disappear almost immediately b4 I have time to write down their names. I hesitate to follow some boards because I don't know where I can find a list of what boards I'm following. So I just hope their names pop up when I can stop what I'm doing and gravitate over to them. I must be missing something in the process.
 
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eagle1002us said:
You can sleep on an overnight flight? I can't. We have to take daytime flights.
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The day time flights are rare. We have them direct to London. To Paris the only direct flights are at night. I can usually sleep. Not well granted but I can sleep a bit. I am often able to finagle an upgrade to business class. (I never pay full price. That would cut into my shopping funds.) Air France is really nice and has updated planes with lie flat seats. That helps.
 
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Pocketbook Pup said:
The day time flights are rare. We have them direct to London. To Paris the only direct flights are at night. I can usually sleep. Not well granted but I can sleep a bit. I am often able to finagle an upgrade to business class. (I never pay full price. That would cut into my shopping funds.) Air France is really nice and has updated planes with lie flat seats. That helps.
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Flat seats sound promising to look into when we make plans to go. I've had the daytime flights back and forth from London, on United, I think. Especially the return flight goes really quickly due to trade winds or whatever.
Figuring out when and where to stay in NY is as you know my latest challenge. I'm now constantly getting pop-ups for St. Regis :)
 
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etoile de mer said:
Hello all :wave: Pics below are from my trip to our Farmers' Market this AM. The produce is so gorgeous right now! I came home with lots of beautiful fruit and veggies, a rotisserie chicken, and some chocolates to give my husband for his upcoming birthday. :smile:

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What a feast for the eyes and tummy.
 
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Mindi B said:
PbP, I am so sorry. You must be livid--This is beyond belief.
I am generally non-confrontational, but this is not a matter of subjective opinion, I don't think: the bust alteration was simply done wrong, and the sleeve alteration was not done in accordance with normal tailoring standards, which would dictate starting from the shoulder when a cuff is involved. This is a couture blazer, not a t-shirt.
I think you deserve your money back, unless they can get you another jacket in your size and alter it properly.:sad:
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Totally agree with Mindi too!
Not acceptable!
 
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dharma said:
Thank you CapriTrotter! We will check it out. Right now we are leaning toward Japan over Spain. I'm doing preliminary research to get an idea of the expenses involved in each to compare. We are very excited even though it's 11 months away! I also looked more thoroughly into flight times and Japan is only a little over 12 hours, not 18. Big difference. Especially if we can manage to sleep through about 6 of them.
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Hey dharma Japan certainly sounds like more of an "adventure" than Spain.
The documentary was actually 3 programmes that covered lifestyle, architecture and art if I recall correctly.
It did make a Japan look very appealing and was interesting to have insight into such an interesting place.
12 hours is better than 18.
How long is Spain?
I presume not much different.
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weN84 said:
Okay, coming out of lurkdom to post something fun that only H lovers would understand... excuse my fan girl moment! :cloud9:
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Benoit Pierre Emery not only liked my posts but he also commented on one of it! :nuts: :nuts: :wlae: :party: I love all his scarf designs and am just :tender: since last night when he liked and commented on my posts. Okay, I will retreat and go back into lurkdom now. :biggrin::nuts:
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Congrats how cool weN!
I can understand why you are over the moon!
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etoile de mer said:
Hello all :wave: Pics below are from my trip to our Farmers' Market this AM. The produce is so gorgeous right now! I came home with lots of beautiful fruit and veggies, a rotisserie chicken, and some chocolates to give my husband for his upcoming birthday. :smile:

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They look yummy! Is this farmer's market in the city or in the suburbs? I visited your city a few years ago and I would love to go back one day soon!
 
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etoile de mer said:
Hello all :wave: Pics below are from my trip to our Farmers' Market this AM. The produce is so gorgeous right now! I came home with lots of beautiful fruit and veggies, a rotisserie chicken, and some chocolates to give my husband for his upcoming birthday. :smile:

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Yum! Fresh vegetables are the best. We belong to a local farm delivery group and receive fresh vegetables every week. It's so nice as I can add or delete items before the delivery. There are so many new veggies that we've tried. It goes through the beginning of November so the veggies vary with the season which is even better.
 
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