Pine trees in Coldwater Canyon.
(March here — Tom scheduled this but for some reason it didn’t post! I guess WordPress was on vacation.) Yes, I am a bad person. Well, minorly bad. This weekend was Memorial day and I spent a chunk of it sitting my god-dog. Which is always lovely, but the day after the other dogs in the building sniff at me and give me side-eye. Like I am cheating or something. However the dogs in my building are happy with the treats my friend sent home (they were too fatty for her pup.) And as I have written before, I get all the good parts of dog ownership without the walking and picking up poop at 7am. I can barely get it together to poop at 7am period.
TMI?
Our Neiman-Marcus. Still there..
I did go shopping as well. I had to actually pick up something at Neiman Marcus because they no longer ship for free unless you spend $300. So I cruised through the perfumes. I stopped at the Loewe counter and the nice lady showed me something that was very nice- vanilla. I think it was $400? Then the SA did something that should get her an award- she started showing me stuff at the Guerlain counter. They have all the Art & Science (wait, that’s the name for Cadillac’s styling direction from 2000) or something. She showed me one that was vanilla amped up to 11 and wholly wonderful. It was also over $600, so I decided to ignore it just as thoroughly as the Guerlain SA’s did me when I first stopped over. As a matter of fact there might have been a little drama there, since the Loewe SA basically called out the Guerlain girls for being inattentive.
I didn’t buy (for obvious reasons.) Maybe the Guerlain SA’s just had me accurately pegged.
2 Rodeo. I used to work at the now defunct bookstore on the far right
But I always think of the scene in Pretty Woman where they treat Julia Roberts badly in a Rodeo Drive boutique because she’s dressed like a “ho”. I remember seeing it at the Chinese with my (native Angeleno and African-American) friend who said that would not happen, because A) They never know if the person who looks like a bum could sell a screenplay tomorrow and B) Practically everyone in Hollywood aspires to look like they can pull off that look, and even if they can’t, still try.
I did vote (I don’t live in LA City so I could not vote in that Mayoral election) and I waited to see if anyone would have a meltdown. But I highly recommend the early voting thing.
Next Week: Back to our regularly scheduled whine.
How did you spend the holiday (If you’re in America)? Let us know in the comments.
Images: My iPhone, Pexels, Wikimedia Commons.
It is still hot here (though this looks like the last really serious day). My peony, which I wasn’t sure had made it through our rainy season, is blooming big time. The dahlias are starting up. The dog hates this weather and I would too if I were wearing a fur jacket.
I too love the Pretty Woman shopping scene. Richard Gere … not so much. Not sure why.
I have only two Richard Gere stories: one was seeing him in the 80’s at Dean & Deluca, looking very self-enamored. The other was second hand, when he walked into a restaurant trailed by his then-wife Cindy Crawford. She outshone him like the noontime sun outshines a waning moon. (So said my friend)
On May 18, the week before the holiday weekend, two perfume friends and I went to the local upscale mall to sniff things. We spent two hours just in Neiman Marcus’ fragrance and cosmetics department! We went from one station to the next, sampling, and the SAs were on their best behavior! I mean, it was a Monday morning and the place was dead. We were the only show in town! Then we went down the hall to Chanel and sniffed to our hearts’ content. Again: only customers. Then we drove over to Ebisu Life, an Asian store with a beauty section. I bought a cologne called 10:00 am which is light and refreshing for $7! Much better than the prices at Neiman Marcus I’ll say. Granted it doesn’t last long.
Your sniffage sounded very fun, too, Tom. And the dog sitting as well. Our holiday weekend poured rain, so we were home. But this coming weekend we’ll be dog sitting our daughter’s dog. I agree that dog sitting is the best of both worlds…owning and not owning a pet.
Well it sounds like you had a great holiday!
I loved the movie Pretty Woman and the scene you’re talking about. It’s so true. My father told me to be aware that people always will form a quick first impression of you by how you’re dressed. So I had some fun and dressed nice sometimes and a bit less nice others to see what happened. The best was when I had to buy a new refrigerator. I was dressed in old worn jeans (they weren’t in then) and a T-shirt. The older salesman glanced at me and hurried over to the older better dressed couple that came in. A pleasant young/newer salesman got stuck with me and I bought a fridge. The couple bought nothing and the older salesman’s face when he saw me actually buying – priceless. I am pleased to say that I was able to keep a poker face until I left! lol.
My Dad used to love to do that buying stuff. He’d walk into a car dealership looking like a schlub but with a wallet full of big bills.
It’s been Whitsunday bank holiday in the UK. I went to church primary schools & it’s lodged in my head as that.
It also means that the English Football League play off finals take place at Wembley. The Championship play off, where the winner gets promoted to the Premier League is worth £200,000,000 (£200 million) or $268,600,000 ($268.6 million). Congrats to Hull City.
I watched all three matches, it was too hot to venture out. The pitch at Wembley was 36.9c (98f) at one point.
Wore Vyreo SunRae all weekend. More on that later
Now that’s worth competing for..
Not SO Hooky! All in all it sounds like a lovely time.
I worked in the garden ( SHOCKER!!!) and had friends over for a Thai Burrito Bar on Monday. An enjoyable time!
That sounds wonderful.
How hot was the Thai? DH always goes for jungle curry, the hottest Thai. I’m a Tom Yum soup girlie & that’s pretty explosive too. Eldest named it “BLOODY HELL soup”. He got his mamma’s potty mouth
I am kind of a wuss when it comes to hot/spicy things. I can’t understand people who willingly chug down super-spicy sauce. Not me thanks..
This was not hot because, in general, my friends here are not fans of spicy … AT ALL!
Alas…
But it was flavorful.
Flavorful is good. Even hot is sometimes good. But those 1000 scovil things? Include me out..
I meant to add: I hear that Guerlain vanilla is fantastic, but at that price I can live without it. 😀
Oh totally. It’s lovely, but not $400 more lovely than the classics they have.
I LOVE that Pretty Woman scene — actually I like to rewatch the entire movie because of 1) the clothes and 2) Richard Gere is hot, and 3) no I don’t care if the movie plot hasn’t aged well. We had two (!) days of rain which was very welcome and now that the sun’s out I have to go do a bit of yard cleanup. I am thrilled to be in a place in my life where nobody’s expecting me to come to a cookout.
Or a Popcorn Kid Karaoke!!!
I wouldn’t do adult karaoke..
Apparently it was originally a much darker tale but Disney got a hold of it and made it a hit. I remember very well guides at the time telling people not to wander around Hollywood looking for her little hotel, especially at night.
Waaaay back in the day I sort of looked at a 1920’s building there. It was beautiful but they priced it like it was Hancock Park.
Oh, that’s interesting! Not that I’m oblivious to the bubbly fun they made prostitution look like.
Yes, and that part of Hollywood was all bubbly fun at that time as well..