What I Wore, in Bordeaux . . .

After that long and word-heavy post in which I rambled along Rue Ste Catherine, I thought you might like some photos and a chance to see whether our garb marks us as tourists. Of course,…

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The Skinny on Jeans . . .

WhereasLisa had many of herreaders commenting that she certainly could wear skinny jeans against her conviction that they made her look “like a bowling pin,” I’m just as likely, I suspect, to have my readers wincing,…

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Seven-League, These Boots? I wish!

Before my week got wonderfully complicated with an intersection of very cool family events and mandatory end-of-term requirements (i.e. some classes could not be missed), I was going to kick the week off with Visible Monday.[Edited. December…

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Brooch-ing the Subject . . .

My sister recently scanned this wonderful photo of my mother’s convocation at what was then quaintly (and a bit chillingly, no?) called Normal School, i.e. Teacher Training College (Edited to add: ThisWikipedia entry defines the…

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More Parisian Chic, West-Coast Style . . .

Might not meet Suri’s standards, but I quite like how Nola’s styled her marinière-inspired dress with red-white dotted leggings and a long-limbed monkey. And when I told her I loved her dress and asked her…

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