I say “candy,” my UK friends say “sweets” and my Australian mom says “lollies” — whateveryoucallit, I LOVE CANDY.
If you and I were having a conversation, and in that conversation, you dropped a reference to some sweet treats, I would get this instant jolt of excitement. If you were to feel bad about eating said treat/s, I would have to bite my tongue because my invisible dog tail would be thumping the floor so hard just wanting to know more about this candy.
“Hey!” I would like to interrupt: “Can we really, really slow this down? Will you tell me more, more about this candy, every detail, how it smells and tastes, why you like it, where you bought it, what you were doing while you ate it, was there a book, some TV, people watching to go with the lolly gobbling? Were you eating-candy-while-walking? I love that too! Are there other treats you tend to engage with, and if you like gummy candy, have you ever tried the insanely delicious Wine Gums*?”
*there’s no wine involved, not sure how they got their name, but goddammit they’re good (and not generally available in the USA, natch). I buy Wine Gums by the bagfuls each winter I go skiing at Whistler, in Canada, and put about ten in my pockets during the ski day, and try to get away with sharing as few as possible with my ski spouse, Kristin. Now that we’re on the topic, my husband and I did a group hike from Assisi to Rome eight years ago and I ate 10x my body weight in black Italian licorice coins 😍, which I was particularly greedy about, sneaking pieces from my pockets during our walks, not even sharing them with my kind, generous husband. I probably shouldn’t admit I even chewed a few licorice pieces in bed at night, reading, while my husband slept. It’s fun to be greedy and secretive with candy—I mean didn’t Halloween teach us that?
While I was recording this video, my husband was desperately searching for his precious candies. We’d just eaten lunch, and I asked if he wanted a candy, then remembered where the treats were (stashed in my office for the video recording), so I rushed in here tout suit to talk to you all. Toward the end of the video, I heard him calling for me, and I could hear the distress in his voice. “I can’t find my candies.”
I handed over the candies, and all is right in the world.
Enjoy the video, and please share any candy favorites in Comments! Share with candy lovers, and if you’re not already, subscribe to Beauty Hunter, I’d love to have you on board. XO
A few “show notes”:
🍬YumEarth Gluten-Free Licorice — delicious, and it’s hard to find licorice that doesn’t contain wheat.
🍫Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America, by Steve Almond
💄 Dries Van Notten refillable lipstick
👗 Apres swim dress from Baby & Company
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In Fall 2022, the Salon for Beauty Hunters is back! We gather in my Zoom room starting October 4, 8 - 9 am Pacific USA time, and will meet through November (excpet Nov 22).
The Salon is a gathering of curious-minded people who want to talk about the larger issues of life from an exploratory POV.
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