slidergirl

There is an Eileen Fisher "renew' site that sells gently used items. Could be worth checking out.

Melody - have a wonderful NE trip! Have some wonderful NE Oysters on the half shell for me!!

that dang Dressbarn shirt!!!! I'm so jelly... I just don't look good in joggers. I wish I did.

I have to add a little today... Gosh, it's HOT. 90 degrees. Sure, it may not seem hot to some of you, but it feels a good 10 hotter than that always up here. Add in no A/C, and it's terrible. If you drink beer/ale/sours: I just tried O'Dells Sippin' Lemonade Sour. It is sooooo good. Tastes just like a not-too-sweetened lemonade with a big kick, but not like those nasty seltzers. You know it's an ale. I know Melody can get it in Colorado, but I don't know if O'Dell is national. Made the heat a little bearable for about an hour 😉 I've been seeing this ad on TV for "One Key", which is the corporate of Expedia, Hotels.com, and VRBO. It shows all this luggage going through all sorts of "distress" during travel. The last 3 shown are 4-wheelers going up old stairs, across wooden piers and such. And, they are all being dragged 2-wheel style. Gave me a chuckle. No one was casually meandering with the 4-wheeler comfortably moving beside them. On that note, Cotopaxi just dropped a 2-wheel version of the Allpa pack!! It costs a freakin' fortune, though. If they had dropped this a year ago, I may have picked it up...

Anita - welcome back! It sure sounds like you had a fantastic time in London. I love that your dress worked out so well for several functions. Oh - Woolx is coming out with 2 new dresses soon. And, I guess I'd be right there "in style" with my hi-top sneakers. I wear them with everything, even my Woolx black dress. People are finally realizing (I think) that your feet need to be happy, not "fashionable." I do have 3 of those TJs bags still hanging around!!

Sherri - so sorry you had that reaction to the shingles shot. But, let me tell you, it's still better than getting shingles!!! I had a "mild" (my MD told me) case on my lower back in 1993. THEN, the powers that be tell me that I still had to get those shots because shingles can come back!!! UGH. Well, the wheel on doing a fall cruise came to a screeching halt last night after looking up airfares. Just waaay too much for this year. Quebec City is not a airfare-friendly city for us here in SLC. I could get a cruise for under $1000, but the airfare would be $3500. I might as well fly to Europe for that!!! It was a fanciful idea, anyway. We have an excessive heat warning up here today and tomorrow. Not conducive to making me get out and doing anything. I do have to go into town to the pharmacy and grab some refills. I'll hit up the grocery and liquor stores, too. I'm out of Aperol and Prosecco... Pick up some salad and sandwich fixings - it's too hot to even look at the stove!! OOTD: Athleta Farallon cammo shorts and a Tshirt.

I remember listening to Tony Bennett with my parents. Loved his voice. He was versatile. He could do big band, small combo, just piano. I also heard the song with Lady Gaga. I do remember when he announced he would no longer perform due to his Alzheimers. May his memory and music be a blessing to all 😿 My hamster wheel came to a weird idea last night - those cheap end-of-summer cruises. I have to start work (if I do work this year) on Nov, 25 so that takes out that late HAL T/A, But there are a couple of Canada/NE cruises that are reasonably priced IF I suck it up and do an inside (☹️). OR, in another twist, I could do the Pacific Coastal on Eurodam in the same balcony I had for Alaska. All this was on HAL. What can I say - I'm hankering for a Fall trip somewhere!

If you like the small/quaint/Parisian hotel, this one is OK. I got the single room, which was SMALL, but all that I needed. It has a cute courtyard where you can sit and relax. It was really the first time I stayed in a place like that - I'm still used to getting 4* places and cheap employee rates when I was working for *wood and Hilton. Yep, the location was perfect!!

To add to Cruisemom: just about everyone wants to be the first off the ship to catch a train to a flight or something. 2-4000 people won't be able to get off within a couple of minutes of the "all clear". I'd take that later flight, then not fight the scrum of all the people trying to get to the airport.

Last summer, I stayed in St Germain des Pres. Totallly loved the area. Easy walking to everything, at least I thought so. Another CC'er had booked this hotel for her cruise and I trust her judgement. It was the Hotel Des Marrionners. It was a cute small Parisian/European style hotel.

I would love to do that T/A, but my Winter work season begins that week...

the shorts aren't too short to be seen, but just the nasty color combination goes beyond even what I'd wear in public!!! HOT today through the weekend up here. I sure won't be going anywhere unless it's to sit in some A/C. I may start thinking about what kind of trip to take next year in the off season. Now that I have my new MacBook, surfin' the 'Net for ideas may be a good indoor activity. Once again, my hamster wheel in my brain is already spinning with ideas - beach and cities in Spain, beach in Puglia or Calabria, renting a van and drive around Iceland, rent a van and drive around Atlantic Canada... Be prepared to deal with my obsession 😸 OOTD: neutral Athleta shorts, an old pink and tan tie dye tank top.

They actually come in a trail runner, too. I actually have a pair of all 3 - Moab Speed (the runner), Moab 3 low, and Moab 3 mid. I haven't had a pair of Keens in a couple of years. My friend wasn't sure what she would really need on the Camino so she chose to take them. After doing it last year, she knows she won't need them,

I enjoyed the Crispy Duck in Tamarind. Otherwise, I enjoyed putting together my own salad using the salad bar, fish or chicken from the grill, and some of the little side salads. That is what makes the Lido my go-to for meals.

Zevo is one of those "natural" sprays that kills bugs but doesn't hurt animals. I'll have to try Borax in a couple of days - we may have rain in a few.

Welcome! We really did start out as a way to keep sane during the Pandmic and shutdown. Now that traveling is back, we've gone to chatting about al things traveling, food, clothes, etc. Feel free to come back and chat! Lois - the mammogram place may want to establish a baseline. My imaging place had me come back in 6 months to take a look again. Now, it's once a year. I saw it's HOT down in your area - it has to be HOT for someone in Florida to say it's HOT!!! We're hot up here, too. The Valley has been at 100+ for days and days. We're in the mid-80s-90 here. It always feels 10 degrees hotter. "I remember" back when there was maybe 1 week in August when we'd get this hot. No A/C, only ceiling fans, and it was enough. Not anymore up here. Not doing anything today except keep up my fight against my patio ants. Trying to avoid Raid since Squirrel hangs out, but the Zevo isn't working for more than a day. Any good ideas??? OOTD: Brown Free People hiking shorts & green Hobie Surfboards Tshirt. Looks hideous, but only me, Squirrel and the birds will see it!

I fortunately have not been afflicted with the need to buy "cruise wear." Sure, I buy new stuff when I'm taking a vacation, cruise, trip, etc. But, if I can't wear it in my normal life at home, I don't get it. 90% of the time. I did buy a dress last Spring to wear to my grand niece's Summer wedding and I haven't worn it since. But that's not a usual thing. I still haven't seen a "sundress" rack at a store... 😉

It took 90 minutes, but the guy at the Apple Store Genius Bar got my old MacBook working so we could transfer everything over to my new Air. I just have to set some things up again and do some new adjustments. I feel much better now. Just did a very fast run into TJs and picked up a dinner salad and some tortillas. I just didn't feel like dealing with it today. Just too hot down here in the Valley. I will say that my Woolx Mia Tshirt was perfect! It feels like nothing on at all. Just another ad for Woolx... Anita - I'll grab some peanuts in the shell next time I'm at the market for Squirrel. OOTD: jeans shorts, Woolx Mia Tshirt, high tops. Had my hair pulled back in a pony to help combat the heat.

You need to get out more often! Not all hoodies are the standby sweatshirt type. Even those can be bought in sizes to fit up to enormously baggy. And, they are made in a plethora of colors. I know W. and Central PA is largely rural (I grew up near Altoona), hoodie sweatshirts and jeans seem to be the norm.

I have all sorts of hoodies. Sweatshirt hoodies, wool sweater hoodies, thin sunscreen hoodies, thin wool hoodies, sleeveless hoodies... I have hoodies that are nice enough to wear at work. What I saw in Alaska - mostly the sweatshirt hoodies.

I was ignored at Tamarind on my Eurodam cruise the first week of May. I took the later seating. Took a few minutes for someone to come and greet me at the desk. I was seated at one of the 2tops in the center of the room - no biggie since all the booths were taken. BUT then all the servers and such just kept walking past me. It wasn't busy, so no reason for it. This went on for quite awhile - I want to say 15, but I can't remember. Finally, someone who looked like a manager asked me if I was asked for a drink choice and I replied that no one had stopped by yet for anything. She apologized and walked away. A couple minutes one of the servers finally came over and started the process. Once she did, everything went smoothly and as it should. When one couple seated at the window left, the server asked if I'd like to go over to that table so I could finish and watch the sunset. I guess that was their way of apologizing for the initial ignoring.

that's why I said "if it's absolutely necessary" that they do the tour.

Could be. Doro Hindze Madry. Man, I'm messing up my login/settings. From way back, I've had 2 Apple IDs, one that I've used for my machines and one for iTunes (now Apple Music). I keep trying to set it right, but it will bounce back to on or the other. I'll have to ask tomorrow. And, I'm hoping that my iCloud account is going right and access to everything is getting synced!!! It's taking a loooong time. Now, I have to get used to typing on a MacBook again after using my iPad since April!! My eyes will like it, I'm sure.

So pay for it now with the other two...

She’s the one who lives in Aurora. She goes up in the mountains almost everyday and does 6-14 miles. She’ll get up there around 5am and goes from there. If she doesn’t go up in the hills, she’ll walk around some big reservoir and then go do an hour of weights and yoga. Next year she says she’s doing some major hiking up in the Swiss Alps. She’s from Germany, I guess she was raised hiking. I found a surprise in my Apple bag today. My sales guy stuck a $150 gift card in there! And he gave me the student discount on the Mac. He said we’re all still learning in the School of Life 😸. Nice kid. Trying to set the new Mac up and running. I messed up 1 thing that I have to go back and redo, but no biggie. I’m doing the iOS upgrade now before I go further.