Do's and Don'ts
For years, my wife received Glamour magazine. And like many men, I was always curious about they mysteries evealed in women's magazines. But that's not what I'm writing about.
There is a feature in the back of Glamour called Do's and Don'ts. For those of you unfamiliar with the magazine, it is a pictorial column of fashion winners and losers. For example, if you are wearing a strappy red top, and you can see your bra straps going over the shoulder, if the bra straps are red you get a do, if they are any other color, you get a don't.
Anyway, we were at the beach yesterday, a place loaded with do's and don'ts. Or I should say, a place loaded with Don'ts. Fat women in Bikinis, at women in bright colored bathing suits, fat men in bright colored bathing suits (that was me), This women sitting awkwardly in chairs to make them look fat, starnge piercings, we saw it all yesterday. But these people were walking around in their Don't lifestyle, unafraid of what everyone else might think.
And it got me thinking. Maybe those editors on the back page of Glamour are wrong. Maybe they shouldn't be taking pictures of regular people and calling them Don'ts. Because there are so few of us who can live the Do lifestyle. And why should we care at all what the editor of Glamour magazine thinks about the clothes that we are wearing when we are just going to the beach to have some fun.
I'm not sure about all this, because there is something to be said for the Do lifestyle. I guess this is a work in progress.
But before I click publish, I do want to compliment Redbook, another magazine that finds its way into my house. Flipping through some article, some chick mentioned that she takes a throw away turkey pan, fills it with charcoal, and puts a grill on top of it instead of bringing her whole grill to tailgate.
We tried it today and for the most part it worked. We dumped the hot coals onto a grill when we were finished, and the pan was cool and easy to throw out. The only problem we had was the turkey pan was sitting on the wood picnic table we were eating on, and it charred the wood underneath it a bit. So if you are going to try this, bring something to put underneath the turkey roasting pan.
There is a feature in the back of Glamour called Do's and Don'ts. For those of you unfamiliar with the magazine, it is a pictorial column of fashion winners and losers. For example, if you are wearing a strappy red top, and you can see your bra straps going over the shoulder, if the bra straps are red you get a do, if they are any other color, you get a don't.
Anyway, we were at the beach yesterday, a place loaded with do's and don'ts. Or I should say, a place loaded with Don'ts. Fat women in Bikinis, at women in bright colored bathing suits, fat men in bright colored bathing suits (that was me), This women sitting awkwardly in chairs to make them look fat, starnge piercings, we saw it all yesterday. But these people were walking around in their Don't lifestyle, unafraid of what everyone else might think.
And it got me thinking. Maybe those editors on the back page of Glamour are wrong. Maybe they shouldn't be taking pictures of regular people and calling them Don'ts. Because there are so few of us who can live the Do lifestyle. And why should we care at all what the editor of Glamour magazine thinks about the clothes that we are wearing when we are just going to the beach to have some fun.
I'm not sure about all this, because there is something to be said for the Do lifestyle. I guess this is a work in progress.
But before I click publish, I do want to compliment Redbook, another magazine that finds its way into my house. Flipping through some article, some chick mentioned that she takes a throw away turkey pan, fills it with charcoal, and puts a grill on top of it instead of bringing her whole grill to tailgate.
We tried it today and for the most part it worked. We dumped the hot coals onto a grill when we were finished, and the pan was cool and easy to throw out. The only problem we had was the turkey pan was sitting on the wood picnic table we were eating on, and it charred the wood underneath it a bit. So if you are going to try this, bring something to put underneath the turkey roasting pan.
posted by Air Time at 12:50 AM
8 Comments:
They have throw away grills like that here. They cost like 15 shekel, its a tin pan with charcoal inside and a thin metal grill on top.
and they sell them at every corner...
throw away grills never seem to work right. When we have tried them they dont get hot enought to cook anything other than hot dogs
what beach did you go to
Spencer Park
OrthoDad always thinks the headlines on the cover of Glamour are slightly obscene. He's usually right.
The headlines say the same thing every month, the articles are identical, and they never say anything remotely worthwhile.
And Mirty, we like to see if the marriage can be saved as well.
Also, the recipes are awesome in some of these mags!
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