Archive for June, 2005

Speaking of American Idol…

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Today I was driving home from work, and found myself behind a rather dirty semi-truck. Some person had written in the dust, not “Wash Me”, but “Bo Bice Next Idol”! Ironically, the licence plate on the semi was from Oklahoma, the home state of actual winner Carrie Underwood (I kind of favored Vonzell, […]

Operatunity: a high-culture alternative to American Idol

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Flipping channels tonight, I came across a program on PBS called Operatunity (warning: don’t follow the link if you don’t want to spoil the surprise of who wins). Unfortunately, I didn’t see the beginning, and missed most of the end, but what I did see was quite as engrossing as American Idol, minus the […]

A tall girl’s guide to shopping

Monday, June 13th, 2005

General tips:
Buy sweaters with cuffs and unroll

JCrew - order long pants online, sweaters often have long enough sleeves (boucle sweater)
The Gap - long sizes in stores, extra-long online
N.Y. & Company - dress pants are just long enough, jeans not quite for me, but they’d work for someone a little shorter

Haircut

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

I got a haircut tonight at the Louis duGal Salon in Newton. It’s a really cute little salon, not at all pretentious, and my hairdresser, Kady, was very friendly and did a really nice job. And this place is so much easier to get to (by car) than Newbury Street!

Here’s a pic of […]