I love the new Tide commercial with the sassy black girl and her timely in-your-face attitude about wearing white pants after Labor Day. “I’ll rock white jeans whenever I want to,” she says. Good for you, I say to her. I wish I had half the self-esteem as that girl. I can’t do it. […]
dressing for Florida
Floridian in the Big Green Apple
Attention airport security: Florida clothes in carry-on may cause blindness. I’m packing today, for a trip to New York City, where I’m hoping my lack of New York clothes won’t make me the laughingstock of the lower east side. (“Look at the lady, mommy!” “Shush, darling. She can’t help it; she’s from Florida.”) My […]