Category Archives: shopping
Fashion On The Cheap
I always laugh when someone says, I’m well dressed, assuming, I spend a fortune on what I wear. HAH, is all I can say. I have 3 words for you. J. Crew Factory. Alright 5, tossing in The Gap. The … Continue reading
Adjusting
We’re designed to get through everything, big and small, so the way we’re adapting to the presence of a pandemic should come as no surprise. We’re such a great model we humans are, IKEA could easily sell us in plexiglass … Continue reading
Leopard…The New Black
Not that I’m surprised, but after interviewing, Mr. Salam, the mask salesman on 86th and First, who said his leopard is his best seller, cheetah the runner up, I remembered fashion has the last say. “Me weef, she con’t not … Continue reading
Best Story of the Week…August 22
It’s a drizzly day as I head back home from my run. A pretty girl in her 30s is standing under the eave of a brownstone perusing her phone, smartly staying dry. She looks great in jeans with an opened … Continue reading
Timeless Style
This is the time of year my late pal Jackie makes her annual visit. I feel her alongside me as I prepare for spring. Out come my sweaters cleaned, then put away; my coats checked for spots and loose buttons. … Continue reading
Last Thrill and Testament
I had a job where they asked me, why I thought I still had style at my age. After unplugging my oxygen tank and parking my walker said, “Because I’m still breathing?” I did ponder this though, once my ego … Continue reading
And The Stockings Were Hung By The Chimney With Care
Well, not exactly the chimney since the size of them would have made it collapse. Still thinking about my mother. When I was little, she never stuffed a traditional stocking. It was always a receptacle of some kind: a wastepaper … Continue reading
Health Over Wealth
I worked with my pal Ed the other day on what I can only call, a very challenging job, without picking the scab of it’s afterlife. Watching Ed, as exhausted as I, soldier on without breaking a sweat looking as … Continue reading