Casablanca

I love this movie and I am not the only one. I met once a man, an American who knew all the dialogues by heart and was ready to recite them to me ( I declined politely). I will put on my 2013 wish list the fedora and a brown tailleur.

Dilemma

I was quite happy with my today outfit: golden skirt, black shirt and a huge coral brooch until a colleague came and told me that I shouldn't buy coral because the world reserves are endangered. 

This is my dilemma. I am trying to be ethically and politically wise when I buy things. For example I do not buy ivory because I don't want to be part of creating a higher demand which may lead to an increased hunting of elephants. I don't patronize any company I know about that treats badly its employees. But I have these coral jewellery and I found out the most of the coral used today comes from the time the reserves were not depleted. Still...