Archive for March 5th, 2007
sun city is almost as chic as paris, france
from the streets of paris:
purple tights to match the purple tulips sitting at my desk.
the stella H&M sweater jacket i watched for months on ebay but never bought. but, i’m posting because i really like their hair.
those pockets are perfect for carrying a ziplock bag of baby wipes and a diaper.
(photos from the sartorialist via style.com)
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from a cubicle in downtown phoenix:
sun city was built in the 1960s and apparently hasn’t changed much in the last 47 years.
when i was in grade school, i had a great aunt who lived in sun city. back then, it was a town for the snowbirds, a retirement community with a strict rule of no children allowed. when we visited my great aunt, my brother and i had to wait in the car.
from the backseat of my parent’s aerostar van, we watched silver-haired fellas with turquoise bolo ties drive around in golf carts and plaid pants. occassionally, a woman in a coiffed beehive and dressed in a paisley afternoon gown with fuzzy slippers appeared outside to water her prickly pear cactus plant.
she watched us like a hawk.
the grass was perfectly manicured with a sprinkler system that cast rainbows in every direction. the mobile homes and little casitas were painted the most beautiful sun-faded pink and yellow. a shuffle board, an untouched swimming pool that reflected that rays from a vibrant sun, and shade under the bloooming orange trees.
it was fantastic.
which reminds me of a designer i stumbled on several months ago here.
this is rowena sartin. and she knows what i’m talking about.
