On vacation

Hi everyone,
just a quick update. I'm not posting now because I'm in Turkey, lucky me! Usually we go there every year but last year we didn't, and we missed it so much. I'll be home at the beginning of next week and hopefully I'll have some nice pictures to share with you.

Tanya

Perfect pumps

This is my first ever attempt to photograph myself. Luckily I was alone at the office. As soon as I was done, two guys walked by behind a huge glass door... Good thing they didn't see me.

What I'm wearing:

Dress: Airport

Cardigan: Zara

Faux pearls: Carolee

Heels: Clarks

Bag: Makowsky

I forgot to put on a ring and my left hand feels naked. Usually I wear big rings. And the day I had today... Wendy B's swear rings would be just perfect!


Here is the bag and the shoe close-up. I've spent over a year searching for perfect skintone pumps that are supposed to elongate your leg and so on. I got some BCBGirls on ebay and still have them, but they're really uncomfortable. I got the Goya wedges I wore couple of days ago but they still didn't give me what I wanted. So when I spotted these Clarks at 30% off I was really happy. Now I can check that off my list.

Animal print overload

While most of the world is enjoying a day off on Sunday, here in Israel we're starting the week. Remember the song "I'm easy like Sunday morning"? Not us. But for most of the country TGIF turns to TGIT - Thank God It's Thursday. This is what my husband happily says every Thursday morning.
Today I got busy taking pictures and left the house 10 minutes later than usual. Lucky for me, the roads are quite empty this week due to Succot holiday. No school for kids and lots of people are on vacation.

Top: Golbary
Skirt: can't even read
what is says on the label (in turkish)
Belt: my friend's shop
Heels: Aldo
Bag: Vera Pelle










I love this jersey skirt.
It looks like denim with
brown stitching but it's really soft.
I took a picture of the ruffle
detail on the front sitting
in my office chair. There's also a ruffled pocket on one side.



Ah, the shoes. When I bought these heels they were tough like iron. The first time I put them on I crawled home from the car barefoot, they killed my toes. So I took them to the cobbler for stretching. Now they are perfect and there's even room for an extra cushion. Aldo shoes can be tricky that way. Comfy in the shop but horrible in real life and may need some help to make them "normal".

So I combined pony-patterned shoes with a snake-patterned bag. Yes, I like my animal prints. Normally I wouldn't wear two "animal" things together but the print on the bag is so neutral that I decided to give it a try.

I had to edit this post maybe 15 times to get the layout right. The photos in the "preview" are not where they end up in the actual post. And I am graphically challenged :(

Bodies

Here is an interesting book about the cultural representation of the body:

"The body: social process and cultural theory"

Mike Featherstone, Mike Hepworth, B. S. Turner

Cat update

Just a quick post to let all the interested parties know that we changed the new kitten's name. Prince just didn't suit him at all. His new name is Snooker and he does fly about the house like a cueball.
So now he is officially The cat, formerly known as Prince...

On human bodies

Tanya, don't suck your belly in , let it flourish quietly. Who the hell said one has to have no flesh. When I go to my dancing classes and I see my anorexic mates who never have appetite, I always think that if I had more balls, I would have brought there an enormous ice-cream (pity I don't like it), a huge cake and three bottles of wine and eat it in front of them. And I never dare beacuse...I happen to panic seeing a half milligram of fat anywhere.

Yesterday in metro: a couple: (she really looked beautiful and stylish but I didn't have my camera with me).

He: I am hungry ( in France we dine at 20h)

She: Oh, I am not, I am not dining tody.

Neither today, nor tomorrow, nor the day after. Poor him....

Great, she was very beautiful and thin. But eating is a sensual act and men in their most profound self, not attained by the social propaganda adore women who have appetite. That can even make them horny.

Paris is unbearable from this point of view, the dictatorship of thinness is awful and the social control of the body is very severe. (I am talking about representations).

Well, here is our prima, she, for instance cannot suck her belly in, because she doesn't have any and it looks frightening.

Polkadots

Hey, welcome to our first follower!!! Hi, Sher! *Frantically trying to figure out this "following" thing*
I had a bit of a crazy day today, both jobs required my attention simultaneously. It's like being at two different places at the same time. One job is at the office and the other one is wherever, just add laptop. So I had to juggle and I won today (I think).


Skirt: Discreet
Top: Promod (gift from my Mom)
Wedges: Goya
Sunnies: Aldo
Swatch watch

Art on the wall: Kid

I totally forgot I had this skirt. You can't really see in the photos but it has two layers. Long ago I had a similar style dress and one day a lady approached me on the street and whispered in my ear: "My dear, your slip is showing!" So I whispered back: "I know!" Well, nobody said it today, what a relief!

Slightly better pictures today, because my Husband took them. You can see a bit of nature in the background and... the toilet. Oops, should have closed the door.

Can you see that I'm sucking in my stomach?