Shallow, Clothes-Oriented Post

Today I'm wearing a festival of tonal reds. Up top is my blue-red twinset cardigan (under which I have on a loose-necked white tank top--usually worn in summer but it hit me today that I could layer it). My skirt is that lil' A-line knee-length cherry print. (That skirt is so practical--it can be worn in almost every season. It's not quite right for winter but hey, there's that whole February cherry connection. It's one drawback is that I need to wear a slip with it or it bunches up.) I have on black tights, and my red suede 3-inch heel boots. Hair is long and loose; makeup is simple (mysterious eyes, nude lips.)

New mailboxes!

For the past week or so, the people in my building have had to go down to the Post Office to pick up our mail, because the mailbox "complex" had loosened, somehow, and was hanging out of the wall. I called the landlord and the Post Office, as did at least one other tenant. Yesterday I noticed a brand-spankin' new set of mailboxes in the foyer, and they're big, too! At least an inch wider than the old ones, and it looks like it'll be easier to get stuff out. Yay! Now I can renew my subscriptions to Vogue and W. (I had to cancel because their bigger issues, like their Fall Fashion previews, were so thick they would literally be stuck in the box--I would have to rip out pages just to remove them. Or they'd hold them at the Post Office for pickup, and I hate having to go down and lug back a 700+ page magazine. They're quite heavy.)

FYI, if anyone needs an apartment, there are two newly vacant apartments in my building--they're remodeling them now. Not sure when they'll be ready to move in, but I'd guess by the beginning of June at the latest. My landlord is pretty good, and it's a good building (and rent-stabilized). Just thowing that out because someone's always looking for an apartment.

Travel Profile

Your Travel Profile:

You Are Extremely Well Traveled in the Northeastern United States (100%)

You Are Very Well Traveled in Western Europe (64%)

You Are Very Well Traveled in the Southern United States (62%)

You Are Well Traveled in Southern Europe (47%)

You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in Canada (40%)

You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in the Western United States (26%)

You Are Mostly Untraveled in Eastern Europe (20%)

You Are Mostly Untraveled in the United Kingdom (13%)

You Are Untraveled in Africa (0%)

You Are Untraveled in Asia (0%)

You Are Untraveled in Australia (0%)

You Are Untraveled in Latin America (0%)

You Are Untraveled in New Zealand (0%)

You Are Untraveled in Scandinavia (0%)

You Are Untraveled in the Middle East (0%)

You Are Untraveled in the Midwestern United States (0%)

How Well Traveled Are You?

HEY. I've been to Africa--to Tangier and Casablanca.

'70s TV reverie

I'm idly surfing right now, and thought of a little-known show from '79. Anyone remember California Fever? It lasted for about 13 episodes (if that many)--it starred Jimmy McNichol and Marc McLure as groovy Southern California teenagers with Michele Tobin and Loranzo Lamas in supporting roles. I remember the theme song--

Maybe it's the water,
Maybe it's the air,
Maybe it's the sunshine
That gets in your hair,
Maybe it's the ladies,
Or the clothes that they wear,
I don't know,
I don't care,
I just got to be there
California (something something)
And I love you, and I got fever for you
'Cause I love you! (fever, fever, fever)

I loved this show--I watched it faithfully fall of '79 when I was in the 7th grade. I even remember some of the dialogue and the plots. And yet this article mocks it! The sad thing is, I loved many of these series listed here, like Hello, Larry. I LOVED that show! I loved Ruthie with her awesome long blonde hair--Kim Richards was such a '70s icon (and is, coincidentally, Paris Hilton's aunt). Although I was a bit confused when the actress playing Diane suddenly disappeared (and then turned up 4 years later playing a hooker in the awesome honor-student-by-day-Hollywood-hooker-by-night movie Angel). I also remember a quickly canceled TV series of The Bad News Bears--Meeno Peluce (brother of Soleil Moon Frye, and was in the original Amityville Horror movie) was in it, as was Corey Feldman and some absolutely adorable kid playing Lupus (I had a HUGE crush on him). And in the 5th and 6th grades I remember loving The New Mickey Mouse Club. Lisa Whelchel (later she starred as Blair in The Facts of Life) got her start there, and Mindy Feldman (Corey Feldman's sister) was also in it. But my favorite was Allison. I liked her haircut, and the fact that she played piano. I remember the NMMC had different sobriquets for each day of the week--one was "Who, What, Where, When, Why and How" Day and I remember Friday was "Showtime." They had songs to go with this--"It's Showtime! Get up and go time! Showtime! You're gonna know-time! Showtime...with the Mousekteers." My friend Beth and I used to make up dances to go with these songs and do them on the back steps of my house. We LOVED the NMMC.

Man. I loved those shows. *Sigh.*