A Year in an American Life

Entries from December 2008

Thanksgiving Week in Boston

December 9, 2008 · 1 Comment

Thanksgiving week found my husband, Antun, and I back in our old stomping grounds, Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts.  Yes, we were a bit mad to have made the trip at this time of the year.  The Friday morning of our departure, the temperature at the San Francisco airport was a balmy 60 degrees and by evening on our arrival to Logan airport in Boston it was a frigid 25.

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Categories: Culture · Daily Life · Travel
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Women Unite Against Stupid Fashion (Thank you Michelle Obama)

December 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

This morning (December 6, 2008) Teri Agins wrote in the Wall Street Journal about fashion designers looking to Ms Obama for design inspiration for middle-aged women. As I read it I was hopeful, amused and chagrined. Clothes shopping has not been fun for quite awhile.  The vagaries of the “It” look, the “It” bag, and the emaciated celebrity have taken their toll. No matter how fit I am I am not going to change my proportions, coloring, and height. And, I’ll never give up my love of fashion and creating my own style.

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Categories: Daily Life · Fashion · People
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