Amortenia

Amortenia: the most powerful love potion in the world according to the Harry Potter Wiki (I feel no shame). The dominant characteristic of this potion is that it has a different scent for everyone who smells it, rendering them to sniff what they find most attractive. In Half Blood Prince, Hermione experiences this  combination of olfactory signals: fresh cut grass, new parchment, toothpaste, and Ron Weasley's hair (naughty, naughty).

Pick Your Nose Cups

So here is what I imagine Amortenia would smell like for me:

• Suntan oil - Sweaters be gone when this be on, this is the smell of optimism

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• My dog - the scent of unconditional love
• Lipstick - The more expensive the more my nose agrees

• Brisk freshness after the rain - providing it doesn't begin to hail afterwards... I hate Calgary. 
• European Bakeries - the smell of freshly made croissant is enough for me to give my heart away.

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• Starbucks - In Ireland, I was willing to drive to Dublin just to get this scentual fix.
• Fresh pen on paper - After lectures I'm  the person sniffing my note-book in a euphoric frenzy. 

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• Gasoline -  octane for my olfactory sensors, it's really good I don't drive I'd spend too much time there. 
• Coconut - my favorite smell, flavor, and ingredient (Rice, Curry, Soup, Rolls, Ice Cream, Drink) 

• Turquoise Mr. Sketch Marker - the scent of my youth, I probably was classically conditioned to love this color from this scent. The fact that it's supposed to smell like mangos may also be cause for my neuroticism. 
• New Plastic Bags - This makes the environmentalist in me very sad, but give me a ream of Safeway bags and I'm in Neurotoxin heaven. 

View from my Coca Cola 2009

• Coca Cola from the glass bottle - The scent of this worldwide brand poured over ice is bliss. 
• Sam - Awe, the most powerful aspect of a strong love potion. Floating cheese ensues. 

Nose in Nose, Eyes and Toes. 

Your nose, knows. 

What April Showers Bring

This is what my father would look like as a vegetable statue.
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Food in season in April: 

Vegetables:

Artichokes (they have hearts too)
Asparagus (for funky smelling pee!)
Avocado (Guacamole anyone?)
Broccoli (still growing strong)
Broccolini (for sophistication's sake)
Fava beans (this sounds like something a diva would eat)
Kale (Uck)
Potatoes (Mash it up)
Radishes (Ravishing)
Rhubarb (Pie?)
Sunchoke (Darth Vador joke aside, what is this?)
Turnips (Vegetable Q-tips)

Fruit:

Blood oranges (Dexter approved)
Grapefruit (Don't drink the juice with meds!)
Kiwi fruit (The eye with the white iris)
Pineapple (Wear it as a hat)

Fish & Seafood:

Crab (grab it!)
Crayfish (Evolutionary disadvantaged lobster)
Mackerel (A miracle, would be knowing what this is)
Mussels (Jersey Shore boys were here!)

Eat seasonal, it tastes better

Matt by Matt & Nat

Eco-Product of the week:

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Vegan leather wallets/hangbags

This is a screen shot of my beautiful new vegan leather, locally made and designed Matt by Matt and Nat wallet. It also features lining made from 100% recycled plastic bottles and antique brass hardware. I nearly had an ecogasm when I saw that this purse not only fit all of my misc. cards, could be carried easily to the bar with a wristlet strap, but that it was also completely sustainable, GUSH! I purchased this last week for $65 CDN and it is the third Matt and Nat wallet I've owned, (you could say I'm brand loyal) each has lasted about 3-4 years; so these products are additionally durable as a well as cruelty free, local, and recycled!   

This is probably my favorite eco-product thus far, mainly because items made from several different materials (metal, plastic, textile, etc) are so rarely holistically sustainable.  Doing marketing for Matt and Nat would be a dream come true, but more on my vague career aspirations later. I also feel like this product is the most metaphorical, yes that's right I said metaphorical. An eco-wallet is a moral check on purchases made from it; every eco-product you buy will utilize another eco-product in the process. 

One of my favorite features: the change purse can clip out and be carried separately. <3

Tred lightly on your bank account