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

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I thought that the vinegar for french fries was traditionally a malt vinegar, not white vinegar. I suppose malt vinegar might be hard to find here, though. Maybe you could get the vinegar without hassle if you asked for vinegar and oil dressing -- though that's usually red wine vinegar, I think.

In any case, you shouldn't be able to get vinegar for your freedom fries at all, Ms. Former Resident Alien, because this is America, dammit! Not some commie terrorist homosexual-loving state like Canada or Britain.

Well, as noted in a later post responding to an earlier post which happened before I read ahead (do you follow me?), this red-blooded American must have vinegar on fries. I don't think you can find a fry stand in WNY that doesn't have vinegar. And, of course, you have to drink the vinegar drippings from the bottom of the fry-cone after the fries are gone. :yum:

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
A mall in the burbs is full of middle americans with follow the trends, materialistic taste who shop exclusively at chain stores and buy brand names and drive gigantic SUVs and park in eight story parking complexes and live in McMansions and probably never did an interesting thing in their safe little lives.

The dissonance between this disdain for middle america and your enthusiastic embrace of all things prole is one of the things that makes my head hurt when reading this board.

I predict Jamba Juices will finally start to pop up here. Eventually.

Here, you and I agree. I'm baffled at why they've not set up Jamba Juices out here. They'd be immensely popular.

I am so ahead of the curve. ... This place is like LA in the early nineties, almost.

Careful, or people will start to assume some cause-effect here.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
WHat is with you and checking websites for calories?

In another episode of DebtSlave's nonsequitor theatre ...

I was reading Bazaar this weekend, and it had an entire article of nutritionists reviewing the diets of 10 or so NY socialites/ fashionistas/ whatevers. So they had a list of what these chicks ate on an average day, total calories, and the nutritionist's commentary.

Total daily caloric intake ranged from 1000-2100 (one woman drank a LOT of wine), but most of them were in the 1300-1400 range. WTF? The lollypop lady syndrome is explained!!

However, I have to note, though, that most of those diets actually didn't look that bad. Only on eof them seemed to be on the "smokes and gummy bears" diet (Lizzie Grubman), and most of them weren't eating rabbit food. I was more surprised at the number of them who ate dinner at around 10 pm. (Which is when I usually eat dinner, so I don't know why I was so surprised.)

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
WHat is with you and checking websites for calories? Are you motherjumpin huge? For some reason, hearing a guy count calories really turns me off. Though its totally annoying in a chick as well, when a guy does it, its sort of the equivalent of him highlighting his hair.

I actually find it far more annoying in women. Who gives a fuck how many calories are in a margarita--are you totally joyless, you freak? And the ones who coyly simper how "bad" they're being by ordering dessert--being mean to old people and puppies is "bad," not eating a goddamned slice of chocolate mousse cake! Jesus.

Guys don't count calories (at least not out loud, to others) generally unless they're trying to avoid getting actually overweight, which is sensible. Women who whine and obsess over them when they already look like Skeletors make me want to throw them in front of a speeding train.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Right, bc going to Mexico would be pleasant. A mall in the burbs is full of middle americans with follow the trends, materialistic taste who shop exclusively at chain stores and buy brand names and drive gigantic SUVs and park in eight story parking complexes and live in McMansions and probably never did an interesting thing in their safe little lives. I dont want to be standing on a line in a huge building with recycled oxygen with them. My materialism is not so strong that this would be my idea of a good way of spending my precious free time.

One Halloween I drove out to Ballston(?) or someplace with threelane highways and every horrid mega chain store that stretched for miles, intersperced with the most depressing condos I have ever seen, to go to a Target. It freaked me out like I accidentally stumbled into some Pynchonian nightmare. Its like America got nuked and the only thing left were those cockrochian Home Depots and OfficeMaxes that probalby could withstand anything thrown at them. It was hell off a highway.

Welcome to Red America, sweetie. You've just described my hometown.

If you really want a Nu Bra (apropos of nothing, the six local ClearChannel radio stations all had their female DJs talking about them) (and by "local" I mean that the radio signals are beamed out of a tower over by Lake Jackson, not that the DJs are actually located anywhere within a 1000 miles of this place), I have a suggestion -- find a friend to drive you out there late one afternoon. Get drunk first -- not blindingly drunk, just a mild buzz kind of thing. On the drive out there, listen to a music selection which includes the Pretenders doing "Back to Ohio" and Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." Bonus points for Iris Dement's "Our Town."

It will all seem so profound.

[notcasesensitive]

Sounds like Pamela might be ready for some rebound sex --

NEW YORK (AP) -- It looks like Pamela Anderson's romance with Kid Rock is on the rocks.

The actress and the rock star got engaged in the Las Vegas desert in April 2002, but never set a wedding date.

Anderson wasn't wearing her engagement ring last week during a promotional appearance for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Florida.

"The word that best describes me now is 'free,"' the 35-year-old told People magazine for its June 30 issue. "That's all I will say. I'm a mom, and that's where my life is at."

She also showed up at a June 10 party at the Playboy mansion without Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie. When Us Weekly magazine asked about future nuptials, she said: "Assume what you want about a wedding. ... I'm here with family and friends. That might be a hint."

[evenodds]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
. . . when a guy does it, its sort of the equivalent of him highlighting his hair.

Is the problem perceived male vanity, the public expression of male vanity, or both?

I prefer to know that a man reads nutritional information -- and has a clue about what he puts into his body. He doesn't have to pay strict attention to his diet, but he should know ballpark what he is consuming.

Personally, I have no problem with men who take care of themselves and their skin. If they wish to hit the salon, highlight their hair, get their nails done, etc., more power to them. It doesn't make them any less manly or attractive.

E/O

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by paigowprincess

WHat is with you and checking websites for calories?

For comparison purposes, perhaps? You must be going to the skimpy chipotle, because the one I've been to makes a football-sized burrito. Wanted to see how it stacked up to baja. The baja site (convenient for finding store locations) had the nutrition info pretty handy.

Might as well know what you're getting into -- like a couple of tablespoons of salt -- lest one become motherjumpin huge. Why do you think America is so fat? Because people don't bother to learn that a slice of cheescake at cheescake factory has like 2000 calories. Of course, it's not so bad if you wash it down with a diet coke.

[Not Bob]

From Slate:

The Japanese magazine Shukan Jitsuwa has reported a trend of women styling their pubic hair as homage to the Mohawk Beckham wore during the last World Cup

[SlaveNoMore]

notcasesensitive
Sounds like Pamela might be ready for some rebound sex --

NEW YORK (AP) -- It looks like Pamela Anderson's romance with Kid Rock is on the rocks.

The actress and the rock star got engaged in the Las Vegas desert in April 2002, but never set a wedding date.

Anderson wasn't wearing her engagement ring last week during a promotional appearance for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Florida.

"The word that best describes me now is 'free,"' the 35-year-old told People magazine for its June 30 issue. "That's all I will say. I'm a mom, and that's where my life is at."

I could deal with the inevitable Tommy comparisons, and I could even deal with the Hep C.

But the PETA thing is a total turnoff.

not7yS

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
WHat is with you and checking websites for calories? Are you motherjumpin huge? For some reason, hearing a guy count calories really turns me off.

And here I had such high hopes for you two. It appears that the flirtations from the DC board have not paid off. More's the pity.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Gattigap
I'm baffled at why they've not set up Jamba Juices out here. They'd be immensely popular.

If "here" is DC, then They're Hee-rrre. Freshfields in Glover Park and somewhere in Dupont I think I've seen one. Which means there are probably about 5 other locations as well.

[SlaveNoMore]

evenodds
Personally, I have no problem with men who take care of themselves and their skin. If they wish to hit the salon, highlight their hair, get their nails done, etc., more power to them. It doesn't make them any less manly or attractive.

TESTIFY, SISTA

metro7yS

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Gattigap
And here I had such high hopes for you two. It appears that the flirtations from the DC board have not paid off. More's the pity.

Oh, come on. She can't stand the fact that I have only three hairs on my head, am tubby, have four fingers, and am yellow.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by evenodds
Personally, I have no problem with men who take care of themselves and their skin. If they wish to hit the salon, highlight their hair, get their nails done, etc., more power to them. It doesn't make them any less manly or attractive.

Though still early on the West Coast, I remain surprised that Penske has not alredy responded with an appropriate expression of relief (or, more likely, strong agreement).