I was in New York a few weeks ago, and I saw three plays while I was there. One was the new Green Day musical, “American Idiot”. I am not a theater critic so I will leave it at that. My favorite play of the three was “Next Fall” a play which I hope one of the theaters here (I hope ACT) picks up. The third play is a work by Nora Ephron, a play that explores the role of clothing in a woman’s life. It is called “Love, Loss, and What I wore”. Here is a link to the website http://www.lovelossonstage.com/
Again, I am not a theater critic. My college roommate came to Seattle because I talked him into it, and became a theater critic here….google Steve Wiecking. So perhaps he could either give this Nora Ephron play a good review…or not. But I did think it was an interesting topic, dramatic events that happen in our lives and what outfits we wore. How we feel about clothes. It seems to fit in with our Great American Apparel Diet. I thought, too bad all of us ( how many now? Over 100?) can’t take a field trip to New York! Gnaomi Siemens will not have to travel far. We could see this play together and then have a chat about it after. The standout of the show was Danny DeVito’s and Rhea Pearlman’s daughter. She was great!!! Anyway, google it. Very interesting. I think Nora Ephron should visit our site here, maybe we would inspire more monologues for her play.
Shout out for TGAAD from the big ol’ soggy apple. New York is still on the diet (thanks for checking in Sally), with the not so guilty addition of one really great dress. Yes, I caved. But my acquisition had more to do with staying true to a personal morale instead of falling all heavy hedonist. Breaking a rule can be a revelation. It’s not the idea of rigid abstinence versus glutinous consumerism that attracts me to this diet. That is a very American idea which I resist intuitively. No. To me it is not that all or nothing mentality. Why are French women so svelte? Portion size. Eating for pleasure. Slowly. There is a quality of life that accompanies this attitude which is totally pertinent to our fearless leaders’ experiment we call TGAAD. Thinking about what we purchase. Knowing that we are enhancing our life and increasing our pleasure, our confidence, and our power as well-dressed women (or men). [Note: Tom Ford and Colin Firth are gods. Go see A Single Man. Now.] Now, looking good, and feeling like a billion bucks, we can be inspired. We can do what we love, even if it’s just take our ten year old to fourth grade, or laugh with our supervisor about the latest bureaucratic biznatch over turkey on spelt, or conjugating verbs. So, yes, I bought a beautiful navy silk Doo Ri mini. And I’m still going strong.
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