Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Bailey's or Kahlua

These are excellent substitutes for milk in milkshakes as well. Or so I hear. And it's cold, which is a plus if you are sitting on the deck in TX in the summertime.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by bilmore
Nope. No way I sounded like a man. It was a trick question. I said we'd talk about our feelings.

Icky.

My bad. You sounded like a man who was trying to sound like a woman, but forgot one of the rules. So many rules. Chick rules. Or was it chicks rule?

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...expensive_city

(spree - story about expensive cities)

Cool little article, actually. I was very amused that they adopted the Economist's "Big Mac Index," but expanded it to hours worked, rather than just price vs. exchange rate.

I also want to note for everyone's reference that NYC kicked the SHIT out of all comers on the expense of clothing, both men's and womens. (Also kicked everyone's ass, including usual claimants Tokyo, London and Hong Kong, on apartment rents, but that's to be expected - though London about as outrageous as NYC when comparing the cost of rent vs. the cost of everything else.)

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I also want to note for everyone's reference that NYC kicked the SHIT out of all comers on the expense of clothing, both men's and womens. (Also kicked everyone's ass, including usual claimants Tokyo, London and Hong Kong, on apartment rents,

Does this mean that, as a non-golfer, the next time I go out and get a 200-something, I can tell everyone that I kicked the shit out of them?

(You have a perverse measure of victory.)

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I also want to note for everyone's reference that NYC kicked the SHIT out of all comers on the expense of clothing, both men's and womens.

That is because you New Yorkers foolishly believe that Barney's has chic-er clothes than, say, L.L.Bean. If you merely accepted the inherent stylishness of duck boots and Polartec jackets, you would save a lot of money and be better-dressed, too.

[W.W.L.D.]

A giant nude sculpture - complete with a larger-than-life and hard-to-ignore wooden willy - is causing something of a stir in the ritzy village of Kloof at the top of Field's Hill - not to mention giving a whole new twist to the term "Woody Woodpecker".
[link to balance of article]

And while Kloof is likely not on the list of most expensive cties, what kind of loser believes that expensive city = some type of peronal attribute? That is like those fat fucks who, never having played a sport in their soon-to-be-heart-attack-shortened-lives, never shut the fuck up about their alma mater's football or basketball teams. I can dig Kloof.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bilmore
Does this mean that, as a non-golfer, the next time I go out and get a 200-something, I can tell everyone that I kicked the shit out of them?

(You have a perverse measure of victory.)

I've been kicked in the nuts more times than you! I win!

Clothing is one of the few things that can be bought elsewhere and brought into NYC. It's one of the few ways to fight against the high cost of living of NYC. Can't do that with food or rent.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I've been kicked in the nuts more times than you! I win!

Clothing is one of the few things that can be bought elsewhere and brought into NYC. It's one of the few ways to fight against the high cost of living of NYC. Can't do that with food or rent.

But then you might be dressed like a patch-dweller! The whole point of living in NYC is to be able to dress ridiculously, I mean, be able to dress on the cutting-edge of style.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by purse junkie
That is because you New Yorkers foolishly believe that Barney's has chic-er clothes than, say, L.L.Bean.

Speaking of Barneys, I've grown to hate the Barneys guy on "I Love the '70s." Whadda total freakin' stereotype of the dried up old fashion biz queen. He has nothing nice to say about anyone or anything. Do we really need this vampire to snark about moon boots and velvet flair gaucho pants? Does he not realize that what he peddles for a living will by definition be shredded by whatever has-been style mavens VH-1 can drag up for its retro shows in 2030 (Carson Kressley, call your office)?

BTW, are gay people on the streets of NYC really wearing things that look like they've spilled, splashed, or spooged things on their clothes?

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by purse junkie
That is because you New Yorkers foolishly believe that Barney's has chic-er clothes than, say, L.L.Bean. If you merely accepted the inherent stylishness of duck boots and Polartec jackets, you would save a lot of money and be better-dressed, too.

Actually, I think it's because they took the actual retail prices of things for their study. No New Yorker ever pays retail.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
But then you might be dressed like a patch-dweller! The whole point of living in NYC is to be able to dress ridiculously, I mean, be able to dress on the cutting-edge of style.

Untrue. NY is always stealing shit from Chicago and LA. It's the Microsoft of cities: big and unoriginal.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Untrue. NY is always stealing shit from Chicago and LA. It's the Microsoft of cities: big and unoriginal.

So people look stupid in LA and Chicago too?

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
You pathetic little ingrate. You of all socks should be weeping with thankfulness for the morsels of wisdom I occasionally throw your way. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. Maybe my heart is two sizes too big. But, please, by all means continue to phone it in. What do I care?

Why do young lawyers come here? For subsistence, but not that of beast or fauna, no people gather around this electric medium for the good will and emotional support that allows us to grind another day for our various taskmasters. And sometimes your constructive criticism stings a little too much- sometimes your "morsels of wisdom" provide no more subsistence that did the hamburger that sat simmering in my unpowered refrigerator just one week ago today. That's all i'm trying to get you to realize.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
BTW, are gay people on the streets of NYC really wearing things that look like they've spilled, splashed, or spooged things on their clothes?

Speaking of which, I could use some advice on removing vegetable oil from a silk sweater. I've already blotted, but what should I do when I get home? I plan to dunk it in a tub of water and ivory dish soap.

And that's the last time I wear silk when meeting Shape Shifter for lunch. Dude, lay off the omega-3 supplements.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by bridge of love
Why do young lawyers come here? For subsistence, but not that of beast or fauna, no people gather around this electric medium for the good will and emotional support that allows us to grind another day for our various taskmasters. And sometimes your constructive criticism stings a little too much- sometimes your "morsels of wisdom" provide no more subsistence that did the hamburger that sat simmering in my unpowered refrigerator just one week ago today. That's all i'm trying to get you to realize.

I cannot believe I am saying this, but you're right. Although there may be a mean-spirited few who enjoy my patronizing barbs and cooler-than-thou schtick, the majority of posters on this board are here for affirmation, not bitter snipes. We share a community here and, though we may not know each others real names, we know each other's purity scores, whether an online algorithm thinks us male or female, and all sorts of other things thanks to infinite e-mode polls. Also, many of us have slept with others.

We post here when we are tired, or lonely, or need advice for a loved one or friend or even for ourselves. We post here because, deep down, we all seek the approval of our little virtual community. Indeed, even my cranky rants and condescending cut-downs are really nothing more than an attempt to be liked. Not too far below the surface of any of my posts, it is pretty clear that I want you to think I'm funny and I want you think I'm interesting. But I realize that I have been going about it the wrong way. I am like the kid on the playground who keeps going up to the girl on whom he has a crush and punching her in the arm, because he is too socially awkward to actually flirt. Well, after years of my self-idolization posts and impatient cut-downs, I think I am beginning to realize that I may have delivered a few too many cyber-punches to a few too many cyber-arms. And, although this may be a day late and a dollar short in a way that is both too little and too late, let me start to try to make things right by saying I'm sorry.