Denims are durable - you can wash them hundreds of times and they just
get more and more comfy. But, you're right about wearing them in the
heat and the cold. There's nothing like soft cords for comfort and
warmth! I used to have a nice brown cord sports coat with leather on the
elbows, but I wore it out and so I left it in a Goodwill donation box
back in 1995.
Another thing that is real popular around here are Wrangler denim shirts
with snaps instead of buttons, available at Shepler's Western Store.
Maybe I should get a new hat to wear - one of the most popular places to
get hats of all kinds is at 'Paris Hatters' in downtown San Antonio -
Stetson, Panama, and Resitol, (family owned and operated since 1917).
http://www.yelp.com/biz/paris-hatters-san-antonio
I'm thinking about getting a hat like Jack Hannah wears at the Columbus
Zoo and on TV - an Indy Jones type hat and some khaki cargo pants and
shirts (with the shoulder flaps for carrying a camera) at Banana Republic.
On 11/26/2013 11:21 AM, Share Long wrote:
My Mom bought me a real stretchy pair of jeans to wear during my
sojourn in the big bad city of Annapolis (-:
I tend to cords in Fairfield. IMH experience jeans are NOT at all warm
in winter. And in the summer they're too hot! How the heck are they so
popular?! Asking the important questions LOL.
On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:44 AM, Richard J. Williams
<pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
One of the most talked about subjects in conversation is fashion, or
lack of it. It's taken some adjustment for me to "dress down" every
day, not that I used to really "dress up", much anyway. But, compared
to some others, I'm usually "over-dressed", even at Starbucks.
One of the geeks I worked with used to have a pocket protector in his
shirt pocket filled with assorted cheap ball-point pens he bought at
the Dollar Store or Walmart. But, I like to have just one pen in my
pocket - maybe a Cross felt-tip or a fake Mont Blanc fountain pen.
One time the Director of my department threw a Christmas party at her
mansion up in the hills. Naturally she was dressed up in a stunning
outfit, and most of the others looked real fine too. But one geek guy
showed up dressed in cut-offs and a tank-top with rubber thongs on his
feet. Go figure.
These days, I'm fond of wearing Levi's and T-shirts or a sweat shirt
and Nike running shoes. Some of the denims I bought were kinda baggy
looking, so I got me a pair of Levi's "skinny jeans" at Cavender's
Boot City. They look pretty good, but I can hardly get my hands in the
pockets to fetch my cell phone! So, I went to the Gap and bought some
pocket T-shirts. Sweet!
But, I passed on buying the new faded Wrangler jeans with the ragged
holes built in. LoL!
This is really funny! Thanks for the tip.
'The Seven Things You're Not Supposed to Talk About'
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/511/transcript
On 11/25/2013 8:06 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com
<mailto:emilymae...@yahoo.com> wrote:
There was a "This American Life" episode a few weeks back that was
pretty humorous: "the 7 things you are not supposed to talk about" in
conversation. Clothes wasn't on that list, and you've got a good
start here on some good dinner conversation, for sure.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <punditster@...>
<mailto:punditster@...> wrote:
In the summer, people around here like to wear short pants, cargo
style, T-shirts and boots. Up around Austin, people like to wear
denim pants and black T-shirts when they go out. Some people just
don't like to dress up anymore, unless maybe they are going to
church, a wedding, or a funeral. Go figure.
When I used to work at the community college I always wore the
unofficial tecno-geek outfit: Dockers khaki pants, white or light
blue business shirt by Van Heusen, and a nice colorful tie and some
nice comfortable shoes. One professor always used to wear a
sweat-pants outfit and running shoes; one teacher was fond of
colorful suspenders and a bow tie; the Vice President of the college
always wore a three piece, pin-stripped suit and tie.
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Last year, Rita and I drove to Dad's place on the lake up by Dallas
so we could have Thanksgiving dinner with him. Now that Mom's gone we
usually got to the VFW to eat with some other nice folks - it's free
and tasty too.
When we went over to the VFW, Rita and I wore some new Levi's, and we
each had a white shirt on. Her shirt had some nice little sequins on
it and I wore a custom-made 'bolo' string tie. We both had on new
Western boots, hers black and mine brown (not shiny, but rough
looking). We each had on nice western belts, but nothing fancy. No
jacket.
The minute we walked in, I said to Rita: "We're over-dressed!" One
guy had on a plaid flannel shirt looking like a lumber-jack; another
guy had on a pair of overalls with one flap hanging down, and no
shirt underneath. Most of the women looked real good in western
outfits, but most of the men looked like hicks just off the hay
wagon. LoL!
