OK, so it is not Russian winter cold. But it is a real cold spell for Seattle. Not getting out of the 20's during the daytime is almost epic. I have the good fortune to have a great hair stylist who is from Russia. We were talking coats the other day. She said that coats are very, very important there. And expensive. People take out loans to buy coats like we do to buy cars here. We are talking thousands $$ . She showed me the beautiful coat she wore that day. It brought back to me the scenes from Dr. Zhivago. I always loved that mink coat and hat that Julie Christie wore. .
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| 1950s the street in front of my house |
I used to go out to play in almost the same outfit that Omar Sharif has on. Sadly no picture. I would come home from school, put on a very similar tweed coat and as a final touch belted it. Then I felt ready to role play almost anything in the snow piles and ice of a Yakima winter. I don't know why I liked that outfit so much. Maybe it was a subconscious manifestation of my Germans from Russia DNA.
Brrrr...
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| frozen in motion fountain in West Seattle |
1 comment:
Wow, are you ever right. I always say that I am only ever too hot, and never too cold, but I have to recant now. I'm freezing. I hate it. How long will it last. I keep reminding myself that I don't have to get to work in this weather, and that makes me really happy. So there is a very bright side to the bitter weather.
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