These might be the best fancy chocolates (I put those in a separate category from, say, Snickers) that I have ever eaten in my life. I would have taken a picture of the selection that Melissa brought me the other day as a Pre-Baby gift...but it's gone.

Please order some, so you can see what I'm talking about for yourself. Recommended: the Mint Cream Patty (oh my god), the chocolate-covered Oreos, and the Marzipan Rolls. Check out their entire selection here.

And apparently there's a location in Grand Central, which means that a trip to Midtown is happening today. You think I'm kidding? I'm not.

I love hearing from readers who have started their own companies - love it. It's brave, and fantastic, and such an inspiration.

As an example: reader Susannah recently wrote to tell me that she started producing a line of balms called The Lipper, and that they sell...wait for it...a lavender flavor. Boom.

She sent some over for me to try, and it's lovely stuff - non-greasy, perfectly moisturizing, and, yes, smells exactly like lavender. I'm way early on this one, but it bears mentioning that this would make quite the stocking stuffer for those who are similarly obsessed with the stuff.

Lots more flavors available; check out the entire Acoustic Handmade shop here. (Susannah would also like to offer you free shipping on any order with the coupon code "ramshackleglam".)

Aside from the fact that the song is great...wonder what inspired a reader to send me this video?

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I spent last night hanging out with one of my best friends from CA, Paige, who's in town for Coterie, and now I need to show you her nails:

Eee, love them.

Everyone who gets those gel manicures sings their praises, and even though I'm usually salon manicure-averse (I destroy them too quickly to make them worth the expense), I may need to give it a shot one of these days. Because I hear that they last for weeks without chipping. And because in case you didn't notice, that's a grey-and-gold-sparkle upside-down French manicure. Hello!