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Clarification: Our first caption on this post's photo didn't make it clear that this is a picture from two years ago. Not enough of the snow has stuck to make snowmen just yet...but it's getting there...
...calm the storm in your head so you can reach the Land of Nod. You activate the mask's glow-in-the-dark pellets by holding it near a light for 30 seconds, and then kick back and "look up" at the floating, glowing disc shapes (you decide, cosmic snowmen or early Atari video game?). The design is based on meditation practices and scientific research that suggests that looking up and focusing on an object lowers brain-wave frequencies. It did work, as long as I kept looking at the glowing blue saucers, though my obsessive worrying returned whenever...
...weeping Chinese elm. This must be the most romantic spot in Florida. Not far away is the Orlando Museum of Art ($8), which focuses on works by Americans. Don't miss Dennis Oppenheim's majestically disturbing 1996 installation Products from the Snowman Factory, a collection of faceless fiberglass snowmen leaning in a corner. The other great museum in the region is the Morse ($3), just outside Orlando in Winter Park. The Morse features the world's largest collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), of lamp fame. I didn't expect much--maybe a bunch of overly precious...
...however, looks good with blue glitter splayed all over their forehead. This is just common sense. What works in Ibiza does not necessarily translate to Puritan land. 6. Novelty Christmas jewelry. Christmas themed jewelry has singlehandedly ruined two perfectly fine holiday parties for me this year. Though snowmen earrings masquerade as the epitome of festivity, they actually sap festivity from all gatherings. 5. Tartan. This is an unfortunate fabric that drapes unfortunately. Unless you are the direct descendant of Robert the Bruce, I would definitely reconsider it. 4. Pashminas. There is a scene in “Bridget Jones?...
...format that is certainly not their first choice. But most of all, watch for the engagement between a group of candidates who are a lot more focused on each other and the voting in Iowa and New Hampshire, just over a month away, than they are on talking snowmen and debate formats...