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notes RETRO TRAVEL BLOG Lizzie’s Vintage Travel Journal is a unique blog highlighting travel style and grace from yesteryear, back when you would get all dolled-up to travel and even the most vanilla destination had its own posh poster. fuzzylizzie.bravejournal.com OLD SCHOOL Retro finds for the modern traveler Three-martini Vacation: a field Guide to Intrepid Parenting by Christie Mellor With chapter titles like “The Self-Sufficient Carry On: Your Child” and “Let’s Meet At That Really Noisy Cafe Full of Bratty Children,” you know you are in for a fun read. www.ChronicleBooks.com, $12.95 See The uSa, The art Of The american Travel Brochure by John Margolies and Eric Baker If your idea of the perfect vacation is packing your steamer trunk with seamed stockings and killer fedoras, you will love this book. www.Amazon.com, $18.68 DOWNLOADS FOR DOWN THE ROAD “Legacy of Laughs” offers 19 old-time radio comedy shows starring some of the best entertainers from the past. George Burns and Gracie, Milton Burle and the wonderful Bob Hope will keep you laughing no matter how bad your commute. The lot of them can be downloaded for free from iTunes. Bring your own spa Wherever you travel, create a blissful ambiance by toting along some of our preferred provisions 1] Shower cap by Benefits, $12 www.BenefitCosmetics.com 2] Cosmetic Bag: this vintage inspired bag is handmade by Cotton & Cloud, $30 www.Etsy.com 3] Perfectionist by estee Lauder: peel and apply these cooling strips right under your poor tired eyes, $100 www.Bloomingdales.com 4] Purity by Philosophy: a simple one-step cleaner that will purify but not dry out your skin, $40 www.Philosophy.com 5] Papaya enzyme mask by Zia: will leave your skin soft and smooth, tastes great too, $24 www.ZiaNatural.com 6] Lavender foaming Relaxing Bath by kiehl’s: sink deep into the bath, deeper…there. Nothing relaxes like the smell of lavender, $30 www. Kiehls.com 7] Noir by Dolfin Chocolates: every spa treatment should include a detox element—chocolate’s good, $3.85 www.Chocosphere.com 8] Tocca Travel Candle Set: spark atmosphere, $ 42 www.Sephora.com 9] aromessence by Decleor Paris: your skin will lap up this hydrating essential oil elixir, $63 www.SkinStore.com We like to think that kenny G-style sax isn’t the soundtrack to our readers’ happy place, so we’ve put together the “BQ anti-Spa mix,” a playlist with some of our favs—from Cat Power and Cat Stevens to Neil Young and Neil finn. Go to iTunes and search “BQ anti-Spa” under imixes. 10 Broughton Quarterly Spring 2008 1 2 3 7 9 8 6 5 4 http://fuzzylizzie.bravejournal.com http://www.chroniclebooks.com http://www.amazon.com http://www.BenefitCosmetics.com http://www.Etsy.com http://www.Bloomingdales.com http://www.Philosophy.com http://www.ZiaNatural.com http://www.Kiehls.com http://www.Kiehls.com http://www.Chocosphere.com http://www.Sephora.com http://www.SkinStore.com

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Broughton Quarterly - Spring 2008

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