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Three Card Spread
Ramshackle Glam (nee Domestic Bliss) heads up to Moncton, New Brunswick, where my awesome Aunt Trudy teaches me how to do a basic three-card tarot spread…with a less-than-desirable outcome. Yeep.
Summer Savory is a popular herb in Eastern Canada, but my mom swears it’s almost impossible to find stateside.
New Moon Creations Contest Winners!
Congrats to winners Amy (Peridot), Lisa Hazen (Sweetgrass), Jeanne (Turquoise), Kim (Lapis), and Krista L. (Carnelian)!
Girls: email your addresses to newmoon@nbnet.nb.ca ASAP, so Trudy can get your pendants out to you!
P.S. All Ramshackle Glam readers get 30% off of any New Moon Creations product (including tarot readings, which can be done via email) through March 31st. Just mention the site in your order form!
READER GIVEAWAY!
Trudy runs her own business selling pendants with healing properties, as well as performing tarot and crystal readings.
She’s generously agreed to send custom-made pendants to five lucky readers…all you have to do is comment below with your favorite style by Saturday at midnight. I’ll post the winners’ names Sunday…so check back then to see if you won!
My favorite pendants:
I painted my own!
When I first arrived, Trudy put these hand-painted stones down in front of me - all turned with the painted sides down - and told me to pick one.
A midnight snack of Applesauce Meatloaf and buttered rolls courtesy of my awesome Aunt Trudy.
I mentioned to my Aunt Trudy that I’m loving the idea of vintage tie clips these days, and she sent Kendrick a vintage gold tie clip that actually has the word “Swank” engraved on the back, along with some vintage cufflinks. Incredible.
For dinner last night, Mom, Dad, Trudy, Kendrick & I went to one of my favorite Hell’s Kitchen restaurants, Uncle Nick’s. Uncle Nick’s serves affordable (and extremely garlicky, which is good) Greek food, and is the kind of place you can bring someone who announces “I don’t like Greek food” to (the menu is extensive, and there are lots of items suitable for less experimental eaters).
Above are my picks of the appetizers we ordered (clockwise from top: assorted olives, pita bread, tzatziki, skordalia, and stuffed vine leaves).
I absolutely adore skordalia, a potato-garlic dip, and it seems like it would be fairly simple to make. I did a little research, and here’s my favorite of the recipes I found online:
CLASSIC SKORDALIA (GREEK POTATO-GARLIC DIP)