Part I

A few months ago, Tim and I discovered the music of Bon Iver. Bon Iver (can you say good winter in French) is Justin Vernon and his cd, For Emma, For Ever Ago was written in three months while in the remote Wisconsin woods. It was recorded with a few mics and very little equipment. The cd is as sophisticated as it is simple. Take a listen to Skinny Love and let us know what you think.

Part II

1) A pair of Levi’s caught my eye as I was walking by the Harvard Square Urban Outfitters. I stopped in and grabbed a few pairs to try on. They were “skinny” jeans. I like the way they look and they are nice to wear with boots in the winter. I find Urban Outfitters a little intimating these days. I can’t decide if the store is the same as it always was and I am just old or if they have really changed their approach to selling clothes. I walk around the store asking myself questions like “who in their right mind would wear that?” “do people wear this to work?” “am I supposed to wear something under that?” Back to the dressing room, I proceed to try on the first pair which seems to look like the right waist size and leg length. In goes one foot and it will NOT come out! My leg and is stuck and my foot is stuck and I am getting increasingly concerned that I am going to need to call for assistance. No one would have heard me over the really loud music I could not identify with. I managed to get my leg out and my own clothes back on. I am vindicated when I return the jeans to the shelf and see that I had been wrestling with a size 1 instead of my normal size 4 or 6. Still, I am humbled and have vowed to shop online in the future. It must be that I am simply getting old.