Petite no more.

When I first saw the headline, I thought Fat America needed more
retail space. It's not the case. Designers aren't making fashionable
stuff for us to buy. I'm not even sure what designers make petite
stuff to begin with. I think my mom had an easier time finding stuff
at places like Petite Sophisticate. Anyway, this really pisses me
off. We aren't represented. Now I'll never find clothes. Then
again, the petite or "short" pants at JCrew, the Gap, and BR were
always 2 - 3 inches too long on me. What's a short girl to do? Is
this a trend or what?

One solution would be to give us short people an alteration allowance.
BR already has free shipping for petites b/c the only have the size
at certain stores. At JCrew, they tailor stuff for you for free with
regular priced purchases and for a few bucks on sale stuff...but I
think this is for just pants.

Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale's — have quietly
eliminated or drastically scaled back their petite departments in the
past several months, infuriating many longtime customers

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/28petite.html?hp&ex=1148875200&en=7d9021cfad6bdb8c&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Angry Lakeview Man

Haha to the man who yelled at the large SUV coming out of the garage by Reckless Records.

 

With his hands on his hips, he yelled:

"Do you really have to own a car so big?"

 

With the tinted window rolled up and the large V8 engine running, the driver didn't hear the man's question.

I waited for him to kick the tires before he went home to try on his new goods from the Gap.

register

Without hesitation last night, I registered for the Chicago Marathon.  I feared missing the chance to even run it while the thought of completing 26.2 miles didn't even come to mind. 

more phillip roth

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/books/fiction-25-years.html?ex=1147924800&en=d046ccde442957d9&ei=5087%0A

I don't know how they come up with this list, but Phillip Roth is on
here a lot of times.

When the novelty of my iBook and iPod pass, I'm getting Everyman, his
new book. Read the first few pages at the bookstore already.

Announcement

This is an announcement from the keeper of sweetyellowcorn. The stork dropped off an iBook and 60 gig white iPod. The keeper and children are enjoying their time together. They have also been out since the drop off. The iBook and iPod are getting along great.

I know I'm not ready for children yet. When I got my packages, I jumped up and down. Normal reaction to something new and exciting. However, I sniffed the packaging too. This was the sign.

Boston

Interesting enough, not only do you see cool gadgets and stuff in a atomic physics lab at Harvard, but you get to really see how cool and laid back the grad students are. Take this picture of the mullet man - this was from the Wall Street Journal. Below his head, and way past where his hair should have stopped, is a certification from an internet church allowing one grad student to marry people in Massachusettes.



This is the post-defense party with strawberry shortcake from Whole Foods, champagne, and beer. There's even some weird ass chocolate bar from Germany on the table.



This was taken from I think, Cafe Algiers in Harard Square.






And this was the bird who enjoyed a piece of my Arabic toast - flat bread with apricot jam.

Union Square

Ghandi in Union Square















Not surprised to see blue hair in Washington Square Park.

Near Grand Central Station

I LOVE YOU TONY CIPRIANI!

Had a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas moment when I saw this.

Thought it was a fortune teller convention

Lets check out the ruckus.














Wasn't sure what this was for when we walked passed this. But local news covered the David Blaine magic hour while I was in Boston.

Museeeee, um

Museum of Natural History
Always wanted to see this museum. My last few trips to NYC included stops at the art museum (Frick, Guggenheim, Met). This time I wanted to see what we "borrowed" from other countries. Seriously, I liked it here. Damn, I wish I grew up in a city with a place like this. I could have spent hours...no days here.


Look, an old ass tree.














Free Willy (I know this isn't the same kind of whale).I can't believe this thing is alive and swimming.










I have a bone to pick with you.

Pictures from NYC last weekend.

The Puck Building. I first recognized it from Will and Grace. Apparently, people do weddings in the building, besides using the office space.

My friend living in Brooklyn and I went on a walk to Brooklyn Heights and this is what we saw. And no scary people I might add.

my own private emesis

When a patient's grandmother looked at Dubbya on TV and said, "Poor guy - Always picking on him," I almost threw up.  So if he can't answer a question, we're "attacking" him.  Thank goodness he can't win again.  Disgusting.

 

beer baths

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/travel/30surfacing.html?ex=1146801600&en=8d2ba5f14188cb2e&ei=5087%0A

Maybe PBR is great to soak in too.

Gilbert's Gazelles

I finally got around to my latest copy of Runner's World. There's an excerpt from a book about a Burundi runner who lives in Austin. He looked familiar - He's the same guy who I'd see around Town Lake and at a couple of the Austin Fit group runs would mix the Gatorade. Can't wait to read the book. My friend's defense is this afternoon. Boston sucks in the weather department today.

NYC

Hey guess who I saw this weekend?  Janeane Garaffalo.  I walked passed her about 3 blocks from the arch in Washington Square Park.

NYC was awesome.  Got to hang out with Bizzarro.  Call it a Brokeback Shopping weekend.  Now I'm at relatives in Hyde Park - just outside of Boston.  Can't wait to get back to CHicago to upload the pictures.