The Art of the "Selfie"

Detox is never an option for us this month, as January also spells party season for several members of the Voodoo Street community who celebrate birthdays.  

And so it follows that the fitness regime needs to be upped to keep the body in line.  Our local tow paths have taken a pounding and my recommended track for tackling inclines is "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat," which provides an apt sound track for us this month, although "work" needs to be substituted for "rave."

Just in time for the plummeting temperatures, we now have back in stock our popular long line women's vintage/retro hoodies, featuring "The Haunting of Voodoo Street."  These really keep the cold out and come in French Navy and are pretty awesome, even though we say so ourselves!

We're also blown away by the number of cool and interesting people we have liking our Facebook page and following us on Twitter.  We appreciate each and every one of you.  You also give great feedback!

One area where you're not so forthcoming, is entering competitions!  The deadline of 31st January is fast approaching.  All you need to do is send in a selfie to enquiries@voodoostreet.com and we'll pick 3 winners!  (See Facebook page www.facebook.com/VSTREET for details).  

For the less vain amongst you, here's a definition of "selfie" courtesy of Urban Dictionary:-

A picture taken of yourself that is planned to be uploaded to Facebook, Myspace or any other sort of social networking website. You can usually see the person's arm holding out the camera in which case you can clearly tell that this person does not have any friends to take pictures of them so they resort to Myspace to find internet friends and post pictures of themselves, taken by themselves. A selfie is usually accompanied by a kissy face or the individual looking in a direction that is not towards the camera.

Champions of the "selfie" include Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Madonna, President Obama, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber.  It was probably the most overused phrase of 2013 and supermodels also jumped on the bandwagon, modifying the tried and tested method of the "full facial selfie" by instead taking a shot of their sun worshipping torsos.  Our tongues are firmly in our cheeks with this competition challenge. 

We would like to see what you all look like, but there's no need to take yourselves too seriously! We're tired of being force fed celebrity pouts, we just want to see the folk who like what we do!  

Voodoo New Year News!

We've had a fantastic Christmas on Voodoo Street, with friends and family.  In spite of a disastrous Christmas dinner (don’t go there), we’ve consumed an incredible variety of food and drink, from the hottest Mexican cheese known to mankind (the challenge being to eat it with a spoonful of Habanero sauce), the best ever roast spuds, an array of heart-bothering puddings, including a bowl of sherry served with a side order of trifle and a spiced orange cake, all washed down with tequila beers, our special reserve Voodoo Street cider and some re-discovered home made Elderberry wine, which, over time, has morphed into a sherry like no other!  Trust us, anything that can drive you to applying lipstick to mini burgers and dressing with table confetti in order to turn them into “talking party food” is worth a try!

In between, we’ve managed to squeeze in one pitiful run and a couple of bracing walks.  In fact, the winter storms have added a certain frisson of excitement to these walks, which have been re-christened “branch dodgers.”

We haven’t hit the sales as yet, as we’ve been too busy thinking of some exciting offers for you good people.  Follow us on twitter (@VoodooStreet) for up-to-date details on these.

Whatever you’re up to tonight, enjoy!  All that remains is for us to wish you all a truly awesome 2014!