So is #2 son, obviously, but he thinks it’s quite amusing.

Dad is waiting for the picture taking to be over so he can peel a layer of ass off the little shit.

As for Pendletons— they were worn in the sixties by gang members in my home town of Pacoima as an overgarment fastened only at the very top button protecting their immaculately clean white T-shirts.

I adore this hearty, farmy family portrait! Too bad Dad had the mean reds or some other fit of pique, causing him to refuse to put on the family plaid. No matter. They all look fabulous. Those nails on Mrs. Plaid and Peppy are divine! I wonder if she did them herself?

As I look at the The Lady in Green, I feel ever so proud of the panache with which she carries off her glasses. Boldly smiling, head up, the reddish lip — she’s bringing attention right to those spectacles. I thought, then, that we women could use a primer for wearing glasses with similar verve and vitality. I thus fall back on John Robert Powers and Sue Miller and their informative tome, _Secrets of Charm_ (1954):

“It requires very little cleverness to make glasses an ally of your beauty. To choose frames with skill and wit, separate those that are definite and forthright in color and shape from those of the old-fashioned, unimpressive type once consigned to your grandmother. Something new has been added since her day!”

Wow. Inspiring yes? Aren’t you ready to put on some glassy beauty accents? I know I am. Too bad that I love etiquette but am scared of the eye doctor. But enough about me!

“Above all, wear spectacles with the same poise with which you flaunt a saucy hat. Give up all gestures that suggest you are embarrassed, apologetic or self-conscious about your specs. Yanking glasses on and off, nibbling them or fiddling with them is distracting to your companions, and very bad manners besides.

You may possess the most correct, becoming and smartest glass wardrobe for seeing and sunning, but unless you endow it with the proper social grace some of its appeal will be lost — and with it, some of yours!”

It is clear that Plaid and Lovin’ It has chosen her low key frames to properly allow that dress to shine and be the one and only star. I’m enamored of her choice! After all, ladies, we should be following the “Rule of 14.” There should only be 14 eye catching points to your outfit, and it’s clear that the dress is accounts for at least 13.5!

xoxo!
Miss Sharon