[John Tyler Connoley,
Friday June 20, 2008 at 5:01pm]
Dress Envy
At The Curious Kumquat, we have a dress code that doesn't allow shorts. I wrote the dress code, and I've been breaking it this week. It's just too hot for long pants.
What really burns me up, however, is all the women running around in summer dresses. When the dress code says "no short pants," a woman can put on a little cotton shift. She can look classy and comfortable all at once. She can even look over-dressed for Silver City, and stay cool as a cucumber.
There is one guy in town who wears sarongs year-round, but he's an intentionally-homeless hippy dude. Unfortunately, I don't think I could pull a skirt off as well as he does without a good dose of wacky tobaccy and a lack of personal hygiene -- neither of which are my style.