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Do you remember when you thought signs of age had passed you by … as you were still looking - well - quite good while your friends were showing the first signs of one thing or other — or both - drooping just the slightest bit?
For the slightest time, I thought the Fountain of Youth had put its roots down in my bathroom mirror. I did. But alas … it was not long before I had to rely on a combination of every one of the Oil of Olay products — getting better all the time - and something called “inner beauty”. Inner beauty? The light in the eyes, the smile, exuberance and love of life that I think we all finds draws others to us in spite of the surprises the years seem to hold for the best of us (except Liz Smith - who somehow manages to show us all up with or without her eye makeup she tells us about today! She shines!!!!!)
I agree, sleep is a big help.
Eye make-up, yep, and if I don’t have lipstick on when I go out I look tired and like a ghost.
NO MAKEUP. If u think, no, if u know ur beautiful, dont put on a damn fake face to cover ur gorgeousness. Trust me, Im stil small but I know that my face will look younger than most of me frens in the next thirty years because I simply dont like makeup. Im go for lipgloss alone and thats it. Im not a makeup girl, I just too afraid Ill look all grown up , I want to look my age, not bigger than seventeen. As for ur hair, mine is always short because Im always heated with this heatwave in Guyana, but U cangrow ur hair since in the bible says a womans beauty is her hair.
Hey everyone — don’t know where to put this, but I saw Hillary in Chicago on Thursday . . . and Barack is home for a rare visit (I think) - so is a gift reminiscent of Tiffany’s being offered her — you know, S of S, or are they just getting reacquainted?
Barack isn’t home for a rare visit; he has pretty much based himself in Chicago and said he will spend very little time in DC before the Inauguration.
DeBurca —
My reference, of course, was to how many nights he spent in his home in the last year when I said it was “rare”. You know I too follow closely when he is in and out — mostly because his neighborhood was mine — and I DO realize that his latest statement has said that his former life, of course, is not the same — the barber making visits to a friend’s apartment, the health club situation, and all the rest — life AFTER becoming president-elect, a 180-degree turn as far as privacy goes. And the plans for now is that he would remain home as much as possible. Such is life in the fast lane.
I can’t help but follow closely where he is, the Chicago papers are full Obama info and our local news opens with it every evening.
Do you actually still read the Chicago Tribune after the change for the worse? Out my way, we all quit in masse . . . and I say that after years of writing on and off for the paper — NYTimes and Washington Post continue to serve our interest quite well, thank God!
I used to read the Sun Times, until it changed its format. Then I switched to the Trib. Now it has changed its format. I’m searching all through it to find what I’m looking for, they’ve filled the pages with photos so you get about one article per page, and the Editorials and Letters pgs are in the 2nd section behind the obituaries! Although… today I found them in the 3rd section! I don’t want to switch to the NYT because I don’t want to pay that much and I won’t get any Chicago news or even Chicago ads. So I’m stuck with the Tribune and not happy.
Do you notice that the print — and the color - comes off on your hands now - unless they have rectificed THAT - but ChiTrib is on the way out - and I find it sad. But do understand that readership is down all over, mags too, so what can you do? And you are so right — my largest single expense for pleasure is New York Times — but all papers should copy its many sections — love the Science, love the Health, love the Travel, more and more — and their staff of writers wows me still. Some articles - I say to myself - border on wonderful.
But big bucks, you bet!!! I rationalize and say that I need to enjoy life — and this adds to mine — as does WOW, I must say!!
What is really sad about it is that Chicago was always a news city. Also, it’s pretty much a Democratic city as well, and our Republicans tend to be on the moderate side, but now we don’t have a newspaper that is not conservative in leaning. When I was growing up the Chicago Sun Times was more Progressive and was known as the Democratic newspaper and the Chicago Tribune was the Republican paper. But all that went out the window when Rupert Murdock took over the Sun Times. Then it became a Conservative, or should I say Corporate Interest paper and we ended up being a Progressive city without a Progressive newspaper. However, I was really shocked and excited when the Chicago Tribune broke all tradition and endorsed Barack Obama, it’s first endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate in its entire history since it was established in 1847! I spoke to a man who works in the papers design dept and he told me they changed the format to try to attract the 25-38 yr olds. He said younger than that doesn’t even read the paper… apparently OLDER than that doesn’t matter!
Well, one thing about having a Democrat in the WH, the NYTs will not be in such an adversarial position with the new administration.
I never answered your question, yes, I DO notice the print comes off though not as bad as the Sun Times.
DeB- For years I never missed reading the San Francisco Chronicle daily, and the Sunday NYT…even when lived in Santa Barbara/Carmel. But rarely do any longer as read everything online. And the few times read the Chron….90% of the stories (except local) read the night before as majority are wire service pieces. Read The Carmel Pine Cone online too in emailed form rec’d every Friday. Here’s today’s if interested. Used to think wouldn’t want to read a newspaper online….now totally used to it and it’s preferable,
http://www.pineconearchive.com/downloads081114.htm
The only way I enjoy a newspaper is if I can read it sitting alone at a table in my local coffee shop while sipping my iced mocha and eating my bagel. This is my morning ritual so reading the paper online just wouldn’t do it for me. However, I do read the Irish Times online. But I have to say, it is not as satisfying as having it physically in my hand to browse through in a coffee shop!
(But I will check out the link to your paper, thanks!)
DeB… I just posted this to Joan, but I will copy it here for you. Comments ?
Interesting discussion of newspapers …. Our Hartford Courant ( oldest continuously published paper in the country ) was recently bought by Sam Zell, who also bought, I think, the Chicago Tribune. In the past months it has totally changed, slimmer, 1/4 of the size, and most of the columnists can only be found on the web site, they even include reader quotes from the online paper at the top of every page:-( Everyone HATES it, people are dropping it in huge numbers.
My morning routine is cereal, tea and the morning paper, my whole life. Now, I finish he paper before I finish my cereal !! A crying shame ! But I know why they are doing this …. my 3 sons were all paper boys, we had a ten year run, but by the end, as younger families moved into the neighborhood, there were fewer papers to be delivered. This is a huge generational shift, young people do not read a “paper” paper. Newspapers can not survive this, so they are moving everything online.
I admit, my home page is the N Y Times, that’s how I read it every day, and I usually forward editorials to my kids. Then I move on to the Wash. Post. and a whole bunch of others. The Christian Science Monitor is now totally online. What does this mean for the future ???
The strength of a country depends on a vigorous free press. Can online “free” papers bring in a revenue stream to fund good investigative reporting ?
It is very distressing. Is there any good news out there ?
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