I keep seeing the smoky-eye look and LOVE it, but for the life of me I can’t recreate it at home.I have printed out pictures and taped The People’s Court just so I can pause whenever Judge Millian blinks, so I can study how her eye is done, but I never seem to quite get the look.

Any suggestions on how I would go about getting the true dramatic smoky eye?
Thanks in advance, this has been driving me batty!

M

I’m the worst with makeup, so I’m excited to hear what the readers come up with.(I’ve always used the DIY punk method for the smoky eye — apply theater-makeup black crayon to eyes; rub eyes as if just waking; neaten with moistened fingertip; mascara and go.)

I think M would like to be a little more pro; readers, go.

Dear Sars,

I have a problem you and my fellow readers may be able to help me with.I love to ride my bike.I’ve been trying to ride more lately to slim down some for my bridesmaid’s dress.My problem is that when I ride, my ass hurts big-time.I get pain right in my tailbone area and sore near my private parts. It sorta feels like I’m tearing tissue down there.My bike is the right size for me, and I’m riding in cotton shorts so there’s no friction problem.I’m sure I need a better seat, but there are so many brands, kinds, and prices I’m not sure what is good and what’s a waste of money.If it helps, the bike seat I have now is the regular, wide kind, not the long banana kind.Any advice would be appreciated.And sorry if I was too gross.

Thanks!

Ow, my aching ass

I cannibalized a seat from an old Schwinn; the old-style girls’ bikes made the seats wider and flatter.But that padding on that one is sprung pretty good, so I’d like some recommendations too.

Readers: comfy bike seats for the ladies.

Dear Sars,

My father, in an atypical bout of his finite wisdom, brought home twenty pounds of key limes. He fully expects us (meaning my mother, sisters and I) to make practical use of said limes before they rot in their little plastic mesh bags. Key limes are pretty small and I’m sure in about five or six recipes they’ll be gone in no time but the task of making use of these idiotic acquisitions is leaving us…feeling tart. Please direct me toward some lime-consuming recipes or some sort of ritualistic sacrifice I can perform that requires slaughtering them en masse. Or just a lime cheesecake recipe or something. I’m not picky.

Yours acidly,
Lime-Eater

Friends of mine swear by the recipes at Epicurious.com; try searching under “key lime” and see what you find.Key lime pie is, I think, a pretty popular warm-weather dessert, and if you make a bunch of those bad boys, you can just freeze them after.

Readers?Anything you’d care to add?Please send links to recipes.Thanks.

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