April 15th, 2012
Love Is In The Air
Flinging their bags into the plane’s overhead compartments, they exchange their first of many furtive glances. She notes his female companion. He notes her!
On his 4th trip to the washroom at the back, he finds himself trapped behind the drinks cart. She keeps one eye on her iPad and the other on his return but after a few moments, wonders where could he possibly have gone?
She gets up, walks towards the back, and there they were, in the company of the flight attendants, grinning across the Diet Cokes and Mott’s Clamato.
They settle in for their short island hop. He nods off with his head resting on his companion’s shoulder. She continues to tap tap tap on her iPad.
Stuck at the baggage carousel, his companion spies Her, nudges Him, and whispers, “There she is. Go on, she’s The One!” He walks over, shyly but smiling broadly, and offers a hand with her luggage. He then introduces himself and his sister to Her. They both exclaim now at the restaurant last night in the company of friends, “The rest is history! Love was in the air…and now on the ground!”
Love Lights Up!
Tags: Diet Cokes, iPad, Mott's Clamato
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March 30th, 2012
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LOVE IS patient. LOVE IS kind. (I Corinthians 13:4, written in wedding vows including yours truly!)
The Wedding Dress
LOVE IS blind. (Oh! I see, not at first sight?)
Heart - Lit
LOVE IS The Drug. (Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music)
LOVE IS never having to say I’m sorry. (Erich Segal’s 1970’s romance tale, “Love Story”)
LOVE IS intoxicating. (Punch drunk love with lots of swooning)
LOVE IS in the air! (Spring is here!)
LOVE IS easy. (It truly is.)
LOVE IS life. And LIFE IS like a box of chocolates. (Forrest Gump – “You never know which one you’re going to get!”)
Life is like a box of chocolates.
Courmeyer Italian Chocolates
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December 31st, 2011
The Tower of Love
As the new year nears, we polled our readers for their Top 10 most romantic gifts. So here they are in no particular order of importance, #10 being my favourite!
1. A dozen mini frozen ice cream strawberries
2. A haiku describing the first date
3. Surprise tickets to see Mikhail Baryshnikov perform
4. A full fridge and pantry upon returning from an overseas business trip
5. A good-bye gift rushed through airport security
6. A supply of Pimm’s and sandwiches while punting in Oxford down the River Thames
7. A Makita drill with all the bits (seriously!)
8. A floral ring from the island of Sumatra
9. A bottle of champagne brought in from the balcony while staying at a Quebec during winter carnival
10. A piggyback ride when the tide went out at Mont St. Michel
May the new year bring more romance because “money can’t buy you love” … but sometimes it helps! Happy 2012!
Tags: Makita, Mont St. Michel, Oxford, Pimm's, Quebec, romance, Sumatra
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November 27th, 2011
"Regret is an opportunity not taken!"
Coming into the holiday season, I was thinking about not “The Three Wise Men” but “The Three Mad Men”, not one bearing any resemblance to The Mad Man Magnate, Don Draper but each delirious, delusional and daft in their own right.
Browsing book titles for gift-giving, I noted “Every Time We Say Good-bye” by Jamie Zeppa, as a Xmas gift to “The Three Mad Men”.
Introducing them in the order of appearance:
Mad Man #1 – After a year’s absence, he suggested a lunch date but had yet to receive my reply, showed up at the restaurant but on the wrong day, and left a voicemail wondering where I was?!?
Mad Man #2 – Gone 5 months MIA, out of the blue, he flooded my voicemail with invitations to B,L,D and then finally with tickets to the Prince concert.
Mad Man #3 – Postponed twice in the past two months, he left messages, pleading and begging for understanding and forgiveness. His EX-girlfriend was on her way to see him just as we were about to go for dinner!
Maybe no need to buy the book. Suffice to say to them “every time, (PAUSE) I will “say good-bye!”
Tags: Don Draper, Mad Men, Prince
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October 30th, 2011
In 1926, if only Baroness Karen von Blixen/Isak Dinesen, the famous Danish author of “Out of Africa” had a Blackberry, she would have been spared the endless yearning for Denys Finch Hatton, her English big game hunter while he was away on safari.
Well, I have to admit I had stolen a scene right out of the Baroness’ book this weekend. After chatting with my squash-mate at the pub, I discovered he was from Lusaka (Zambia) where I had fallen in love 25 years ago with One Lost Love. Within moments, we confirmed that he not only knew One Lost Love but also called him “Uncle”!
Gob-smacked, I grabbed my Blackberry and pinged One LL. It was morning there, a 6 hour time difference. We laughed at our good fortune and marvelled at how fate (and a little bit of Blackberry magic) had suddenly brought us back to a place and time over 25 years ago.
How could this possibly have happened? After a few drinks, the answer became clear. It had nothing to do with the power of love because ours was a lost love but it had to do with the power of our love for squash. Seriously, One LL had a squash court at home.
So as I walked home that evening, I thought of Baroness von Blixen who wrote:
“To be lonely is a state of mind, something completely other than physical solitude; when modern authors rant about the soul’s intolerable loneliness, it is only proof of their own intolerable emptiness.” – Out of Africa, 1937
Limitless
Tags: BlackBerry, Denys Finch Hatton, Karen von Blixen, Lusaka, magic, Out of Africa, squash, Zambia
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October 17th, 2011
Agapanthus Monet 1914-26
I recently noticed Claude Monet’s quote on my iTouch when I was at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC late September.
Around the same time, I read Elaine Sciolino’s article in the NYT’s Style Magazine about “Lumiere – The Louvre Less Traveled”. And I nodded in agreement that there was more to the Louvre than the 3 most popular visited works of Mona, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and Venus de Milo.
She wrote “What about Michelangelo’s two marble nude Slaves…? The Dying Slave is beautiful, smooth-skinned, and young…; he seems to be in a deep slumber rather than on the verge of death. The Rebellious Slave is heavier, rougher, and tormented. They exude such raw eroticism, you feel as if you should turn away.”
She’s absolutely right as I managed to capture the two slaves in the Spring!
The Dying Slave-Michelangelo
The Rebellious Slave-Michelangelo
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October 13th, 2011
Love Naturally
Big news! When I met My Good Friend’s new girlfriend, I just KNEW they were meant to be together. Love is like that – simple, straightforwad, and easy to spot!
He’s extremely creative and cool, My Good Friend. He doesn’t do things in half measures. So when he proposed to her, he had strung Christmas lights in his parents’ backyard and convinced her to climb with him up this special tree. Seriously, who else would get down on one knee while dangling from a tree? Oh and by the way, did I happen to mention that MGF stands 6′5″ tall?
Their happy announcement made me stop in my tracks. So nice to be reminded that THE REAL DEAL does exist and that love still makes the world go around!
Tags: Christmas lights
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October 6th, 2011
Brought to you by our Head Ghostwriter for Love @ No Loves Lost:
Ninjas can appear out of thin air – at a snap of a finger, a flick of a wrist, a turn of a head. This Naughty Nija is fearless, feisty, and funny! Small but mighty, a skillful map-reader with super X-ray vision, I’ve navigated many passages from Ayers Rock to Zanzibar!
Mindful of my mystical powers, I tiptoe through the concrete jungle, eluding the Bay Stret Boys. Instead I hope to find my One Knight, confident, clever, and somewhat kooky. You stand tall, fit, and can finish a NYT’s crossword in a flash!
I am searching for One Remarkable Knight, not necessarily so shiny but you must be the tall tin man with heart, courage, and a brain! Are you still in OZ or have you found your way to me in YYZ?
© No Loves Lost 2011
Tags: Bay Street, knight, Ninja
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October 6th, 2011
This rare book which is entitled “The Lady’s Companion: or, an Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex” is one of the first self-help books in Britain. Their target audience? They claim “virgins, wives, or widows”. According to The Daily Telegraph, this book was written “to help women resist life’s temptations” and will be auctioned off this month!
Here are a few “pearls of wisdom” to ponder:
a. She that listens to wanton discourse has violated her ears.
b. An old maid is now thought a curse.
c. And my favourite which left me speechless – Do not look lusty men in the eye, because “one careless glance gives more advantage than a hundred words.”
Going once, going twice…..I’ll stick to modern-day Roy Lichtenstein’s advice!
Roy's_Advice
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