Bra-Lapalooza

Bra shopping. Damn it, damn it.... damn it.

Men, this is one joyous shopping extravaganza you have mercifully been left out of... well at least most of you.

Getting a proper fitting bra - especially one for a formal strapless dress is like a snipe hunt. The first territory I scoped out was the holy shrine of Victoria's Secret. You know what her secret really is? That their stuff is way more hype than substance. It is mostly very overpriced, ill-fitting crap. Most women have enough body issues as it is, so we don't need to be given orders by an obnoxious dressing room mirror. You are about to go where no man (again.. well, most of you) have never gone before, but have dreamed about.... a dressing room in Victoria's Secret:




Next , after eight... yes EIGHT various department stores, etc.... I finally found one in the least likely place. Burlington Coat Factory. Well made, fit perfectly and very very well priced.

I shall keep this treasure till I die.

Saturday Spotlight

Porto Rico Importing Company

On Bleeker Street, just about three quarters of a block away from this mecca of beautiful beans, a faint breeze blows and the enticing aroma of java starts to fill your senses. The closer you get the excitement builds.

PRCP is not a coffee shop - it is a small store that sells a wide variety of the most incredible array fresh coffee beans and teas from around the world. What a treat to be able to go around the world with coffee. A trip I would love to take for real!

Go Ahead.... Make My Day

There are certain everyday events/people we experience that annoy the crap out of us.... here are a few of mine. This list has the potential to be endless......

• Gas station attendants that don't come to the driver's side window, but stay on the passenger side because they are too lazy to walk 5 feet around the car to speak with you. It's rude.

• The person who is buying a newspaper, doesn't wait on line to pay and tosses their money at a cashier because they "have just one thing". In reality you are cutting the line. You seem to think you are more important than the harried mom carrying a huge box of diapers, pushing a stroller and has a toddler in tow. You are not.

• The woman standing in back of me on line at Walgreens, who upon hearing me ask for cigarettes, looks at me with such distain, as if I asked permission to pee on her furniture. Maybe I should.

• People who dismiss children and their opinions... just because they are kids. We have a lot to learn from them and the natural instints they have, which we adults seem to have lost with age.

• On the flip side, parents who let their kids loose in stores and expect fellow shoppers to be their guardians. I can't tell you how many times I have had to gently stop a child from handling something along the lines of household chemicals, because their parent was not paying attention.

• People who can't seem to "get to the point"..... and say everything BUT what you have asked them - and then they forget and have to start over.

To be continued..... because life can be that annoying somedays