Archive for November, 2008

The Other Side of the Bargain

Some may call me naive, but when I go bargain shopping I never think about who’s making the product or where it’s coming from I’m just excited to be getting such a fabulous deal. The truth is that while I have my cheap stores that I frequent, I also try to find bargains at better stores. What I’ve com to realize though is that other than the really high end expensive stuff, most of the stores I frequent are involved in producing clothes that violate international human rights and working conditions.

Jewish Hatred and Cheap Chanukah Gifts

Do you realize what others’ think when they see that we can’t even get a long with our kind? We know what it feels like to be persecuted by many different peoples so why do we insist on persecuting our brother’s and sisters. We want those outside of us to respect us but how can they when we don’t respect ourselves? I think the lesson we all need to learn without being preachy is to love each other. We are different and yet unique and special in our ways. we also all pick and choose when it comes to religion. When did one person’s realtionship to halacha and God become everyones business? I think we each need to worry about how we define the torah for ourselves and stop worrying about how other people define halacha for themselves.

Generation Instant Gratification

am a person who personifies the instant gratification problem. I expect that if I do things the way I am supposed to I will produce instantaneous results. What I have never mastered is that some things take longer and are harder to establish and one must have a patience a virtue I am trying to learn to acquire. I am a quitter when things don’t come easily to me I have major issues with not doing well at something it bothers me in a way that should instead motivate me to work harder.

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.

For those of us who are fans of old movies and glamour most of us can vividly picture Marilyn in her pink taffeta gown belting out every girl’s favorite catchphrase “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”. Marilyn is of course dripping in diamonds the kind that a girl can only hope to own. Here’s a little known secret you can. How you say? Those diamonds cost thousands of dollars and I’m a working girl on a limited budget. The funny thing is none of Marilyn’s diamond jewelry was real it was all paste. If paste can look that good why not wear it.

Le Smoking A Tribute We Should All Be Wearing.

I bought this fabulous cloche with feathers and tulle and it inspired me to wear the hottest tribute this season the fitted tuxedo jacket popularized by the late great Yves Saint Laurent who passed away a few months ago. According to the December issue of Glamour the new night out cover up is no longer the eponymous pashmina but the ultra chic le smoking.

The Evolution of My Hair….

I am one of those people who does not believe in rocking a single look but rather many. Some days I want to be glamour, some days I want to be goth and some days I want to just be plain old jeans and a t-shirt. It’s one of the reasons I love fashion every year it evolves what was old is reinvented and made new and dying your hair can do the same. When I would change my hair color somehow I could be totally different.