Of course, Barbie has a Facebook page. In case you didn't know, here's the link to the wall: http://www.facebook.com/barbie?sk=wall
15 September 2011
09 September 2011
Banned
The dolls I grew up with are banned in Saudi Arabia. Barbie® dolls supposedly sport too revealing clothes. But more importantly, Barbie can be posed in some “shameful postures”.
Well, umm, I’ve been to some weddings on the Arabian Peninsula that might cause one to reassess the ban. Those long black flowing abayas, undone in the wedding hall of women only, hide some extraordinary bits and pieces of clothing. Revealing is an understatement when postures or dancing are attempted. And I say bits and pieces because that's often what we're talking about even on a designer level.
I remind myself to never knock the abaya again. That abaya may be covering something that should not be called a fashion piece and should probably be banned! :)
07 September 2011
Change
Well now there is a new interface with Blogger - gotta get used to it. Hope I can post some cool stuff . . .
04 September 2011
Inglorious
Inglorious! That's the word some friends of ours used during our couple's dinner date in the fast and furious spaces of Clarendon in Arlington. (The wikipedia article mentions some great Vietnamese eats that sadly have disappeared. Our favorite was Cafe Da Lat and we ate there shortly before it closed. So sad!)
We're back in the States and it feels so strange to see so many young professionals (my mother-in-law calls them yuppies) together on Friday night out. It kind of feels like I'm experiencing college fraternity row extended life! But, I didn't get carded!
Back to the word inglorious. That's the word some friends of ours used when my husband Tweet decided to describe our time out of college in terms of fraction of century. Tweet likes to speak in terms of centuries. I don't know why. What I know is if we were talking about something that happened ten years ago, he'll describe it as a tenth of a century ago. I'd prefer describing the anniversary as a decade but so it goes.
Our friends didn't like the century description but I had to laugh. It's a good way to look at something when you are part of a generation that straddles two centuries - the 20th and 21st!
We're back in the States and it feels so strange to see so many young professionals (my mother-in-law calls them yuppies) together on Friday night out. It kind of feels like I'm experiencing college fraternity row extended life! But, I didn't get carded!
Back to the word inglorious. That's the word some friends of ours used when my husband Tweet decided to describe our time out of college in terms of fraction of century. Tweet likes to speak in terms of centuries. I don't know why. What I know is if we were talking about something that happened ten years ago, he'll describe it as a tenth of a century ago. I'd prefer describing the anniversary as a decade but so it goes.
Our friends didn't like the century description but I had to laugh. It's a good way to look at something when you are part of a generation that straddles two centuries - the 20th and 21st!
05 July 2011
Yemen's Stories Are Getting Worse and Worse
A friend of a friend of a friend (and that is really how things work in Yemen) shared this video on refugees who have escaped the fighting in the Yemeni province of Abyan.
No one seems to know who is doing what to whom - some people talk about "foreigners" who infiltrated the area, for example. The situation is very confusing, but through it all, my heart goes out to these people. Some years ago we visited the region of Abyan. While it was rural and conservative, the people were still very kind. I can't imagine their feelings now of uncertainty, fear and loss.
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