Well, I’m vacationing again, in a small town outside of Philadelphia. I’m visiting some of my relatives. So far it’s been very nice, though I’m spending all my time indoors enjoying the air conditioning because if I go outside I wilt from the heat. Though it’s lovely here — so green and lush and there are all these pretty farmhouses. Why didn’t anyone ever tell me the Brandywine Valley area was so beautiful?

Anyway, I was told there would be internet, but it’s very slow so I’m not going to be blogging until I get back to the cold, overcast Bay Area. (You know that quote by Mark Twain? About how the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco? It’s completely true. Those of you who are reading this from actual 4 season climates will never believe me, but in the Bay Area weeks go by in August where the thermometer hits 60 degrees and stays there, and the skies are overcast. Then we get one day of 90 degree weather and declare a heat wave. And it’s not even a humid 90 degrees. It’s the equivalent of about 70 Pennsylvania degrees.)

But once I do return on the 20th, I’ll blog a lot about anti-animal testing issues and cruelty-free products. I’ll definitely be writing a review of L’Occitane cooling hand gel — I brought some along with me and this will be the ultimate test. Will it be “cooling” when it’s 90 degrees and insanely humid out?

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