OE related randomness
on the k-solo travel thingie:: Maybe I'm weird for this one, but what I need to get out of my travel experience is a lil different from what other folks need to get: a) I need local food b) I need local shopping c) I need local entertainment and d) I need local music. Not necessarily in that order. Now I know, lots of people go to NY for Broadway shows, 5-star restaurants and Chinatown. And a bootleg or two. But I need: gutter dogs, and real NY hip-hop. And pizza made by Italians - preferably in family-owned spots. And collard greens in Harlem. And kinda mis-matched clothes. And outside-the-fashion-box-thinking. And Puerto Rican/Dominican/Cuban/Columbian men (wait, see you don't even understand that - so I almost want to repeat this one. My next baby daddy will be a Papi Chulo, m'kay?). And street vendors in Soho. And the skyline view from Riverside Park. And Lennox Ave. And old architecture and buildings with "character". And decorated stoops. And Macy's Christmas windows and the lights in Herald Square. And clearance window shopping at Uniglo/DKNY/Triple 5 Soul/Necessary Objects/Issey Miyake (even if nothing fits). And graffitti and crowded streets, and sarcasm, and people who understand dry wit and subways and being kinda lost, and getting directions from "angry" (what a fallacy) NY'ers and beatboxing and breakdancers in the 34th street station and homeless folks who don't try to guerrila beg from you and.....oh, you get the gist. I miss NY.
But I did the same thing in Savannah and Charleston. Smothered pork chops from Suzabelle's have it way over Ruby Tuesdays, even if Ruby's food is guaranteed. And I need not take anybody's tour, because tourists generally make me want to choke the ever-living shyt outta them.
Give me an unexplored city, some subway tokens and some free-time, and I'm a kid in a candy store.
the fashion thingie:: I'm gonna add it as a category, albeit an indulgent one. I'm....I'm working on a sideline project that's fashion related, so I may need to bounce some things off of y'all. For now, it'll be on some "so, i think this is cute - what do you think" type shyt. And with Spring '07 impending, runway shows ova, and stores gearing up for Spring, what better time than now, dont'cha think?
Aside: have you seen some of the chains (department stores) spring previews? Ugh.
on reorganization:: the spammers are keeping me busy, with comments and trackbacks, so I apologize if it takes awhile for your comments to display. I have got to upgrade MT very soon. And I'm also re-doing the categories, to focus more on things that make me happy (clothes and music) and less on drama (politricks, dating, and who knows what else). Any suggestions (as usual) will be....prolly tossed out the window, but hey - can't hurt.