It makes the thickest, creamiest foam I’ve ever tasted. It’s easy to use and easy to clean. The model we have is from Frabosk.

“Milano” Milk / Cappuccino Frother (60 fl oz/ 1

Frabosk,

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you “look ahead,” before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

You can order it from Hahn’s Old Fashioned Coffee Cake. He even tried the raspberry one (which sounded a bit weird to a purist like himself) but really liked it.

Marie Claire (1-year)

Hearst Magazines, Magazine, $42.00

This used to be my favorite fashion magazine. That’s right, it *used* to be.

It’s really changed a lot when the new editor took over (Joanna Coles). The design is awful, some sections are almost ineligible.It also feels like they’re trying too hard to be like Vogue or Bazaar. If I wanted to read one of those magazines, I’d buy them.

Interestingly, I may not the only one who feels this way. Sales have been consistently low since Ms. Coles took over. In other industries, most executives would be “dealt with” fairly quickly if they were impacting the bottom line. Why does poor performance seem to be more tolerated in publishing?

For now, all I can say is that my subscription ran out and for the first time in many years, I won’t be renewing it. I am now subscribing to the UK version.

Marie Claire - Uk Edition

Ipc Magazines Ltd, Magazine, $106.00

By 10:00 am, our power went out.

By 6:00 pm, power was back in our neighborhood, except for our street. We kept calling PG&E to get updates in vain.

Woke up this morning, still no power. It finally came back around 2:00 pm. All of our food was spoiled by then. Joy.

I shouldn’t complain though. There were significant damages in some other areas so we were actually pretty lucky.

Growing up in Brazil, my family always followed some of the many traditions surrounding this date. We weren’t as die hard as some folks who try to follow as many of the rituals as possible but it was always fun to do a few of them (wear new white clothes, new underwear, jump waves, kiss someone of the opposite sex).

Here’s a list of some of the Brazilian rituals for welcoming the new year.

Jumping waves
To celebrate Iemanja, the sea goddess, you jump seven waves at midnight and walk out of the water backwards (so as not to turn your back to the sea).

White clothes
This is also in honor of Iemanja. Tradition calls for new, white clothes, to be worn on New Year’s Eve.

Eat certain foods for prosperity
Eat a pomegranate and save seven seeds in your wallet or a spoonful of lentils, ditto or seven grapes. Never tried this one but I have friends who swear by it.

Kiss someone of the opposite (or the same) sex
This supposedly helps you attract new love or keep the one you have.

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Wear new underwear
This one has all kinds of rules surrounding which color to wear:

• Blue - Power, action, force
• Pink - Love, understanding, conciliation, attraction
• Gold/Yellow - Wisdom and prosperity
• Yellow - Same as gold; it also stimulates creativity
• White - Harmony, peace, stability
• Red - Passionate love, desire
• Green - Vitality, positive energy. Green also brings health

Jura-Capresso 13299 Impressa Z6 Automatic Coffee and Espresso Center

Capresso, Kitchen, $4,900.00

I love our coffeemaker. Absolutely love it.

I also miss our coffeemaker. See, a couple of weeks ago, it broke down in a freakish way. The used grounds container somehow got dislodged and the machine detected it. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of making espresso and it went a bit crazy. The blade thingy would not go back up. So we had to send it in to have it fixed.

I can’t wait to have it back. I don’t know how much longer I can go without…

My latest discovery is that the same dry cleaners that have kiosks at work, also pick up and deliver your clothes at your home. For free!

I had my first pick-up yesterday and not a minute too soon. Our washer broke the next day so now I’ll have them lander our clothes too while we wait for our repair appointment.