Account of flood by Diane Wade - 6 Stanhope County Basement Clerk --

"It was the highest and probably the most disastrous flood that ever came down the Backstairs River within a hundred years.

Early in the morning hours of August 8, rain commenced falling and so continued steadily for several hours. Due to a blocked drain just outside the basement door of 6 Stanhope Street in Bushwick Brooklyn, the stream commenced gradually rising, but no apprehension was felt of the heavy ove... read more

I'm so excited abou this Etsy labs trunk show that i can barely STAND it!!! they are expecting over 100 folks to show up a Etsy Labs in Brooklyn for our trunk show (325 Gold Street - clock tower - 6th floor - A/C/F to Jay or B/M/Q/R to Dekalb) 6 to 8 PM, July 27

who are we? the Etsy Trashion Street team -- we have our own blog - check it out for more info:
etsytrashion.etsy.com

etsytrashion.blogspot.com/

wheeeeeeeeeeeee!! folk are flying in from all over the US to pa... read more

No longer alone in the basement - make make make sew sew sew cut cut cut glue glue glue sell sell sell!!

I found my peoples!! doin the same thing I am! and they are called the Etsy Trashion Street Team! What ?! huh?! Miggy - what ARE you talking about?!

glad you asked -- (from etsytrashion.etsy.com)

"Etsy Trashion Team is a group of over 70 artists from around the world who specialize in turning trash into treasure. We are about visualizing beauty in unconventional objects a... read more

I'm a bath girl -- given the choice of shower or bath I will ALWAYS take a large warm tub of water over the shower. Maybe i'm lazy .. maybe i just don't like to stand up long enough to take a shower :)

But whatever the reason, I LOVE laying about in tub. And do you know what is BETTER than a tub full of warm (or hot ... or even cool in the summer) water ? a tub full of water with bathie - fizzie - shea buttery - smell goody stuff floating about with you!

and that's why i'm writing this... read more

I remember when I first encountered the Evil Dead movies -- i lived in Tuscaloosa, and was working at a bar called Harry's (home of the bucket! that's right :) -- anyway, my next door neighbors, who ALSO bartended at Harry's, liked to come home after a long day at work (and several happy cocktails) and pop in those Evil Dead videos. I started watching the videos with them, since my front door was literally 2 feet away from their front door.

The more you watch them, the funnier these movie... read more