different strokes for different folks

[dian donnell]

Gerry-
a friend of my sister's in Berkeley has began making perfume, and will 
soon start selling it in local stores.
dian
On Mar 19, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Gerry wrote:

> Mike,
> Yeah, the fashion issue is always rather light weight, but like I said 
> I
> like to see all the models they throw in to make it interesting. You 
> can't
> expect them to hit a homerun with every issue. As far as I'm concerned
> fashion is for the younger generations looking to procreate, dandifying
> themselves for the chase. My current tastes are Wranglers and khaki 
> work
> shirts.
>
>  I found the perfume story fascinating in that so many millions of 
> dollars
> are spent on such mindless frivolity...but I did like the guy who 
> works in
> his lab with all the pleasant scents from such unlikely sources. I 
> found
> myself wishing for a sniff of some of those fragrances. What a way to 
> make a
> living. Huh? Only in France.
>
> Yes, the cover was very colorful. Ducks are perhaps the most colorful 
> of all
> fowl. I used to cop duck colors for my designs in art school.
> G
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at hotpop.com>
> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:50 AM
> Subject: different strokes for different folks
>
>
>> Gerry,
>>
>> The cover of this week's New Yorker is exceptionally
>> good.
>>
>> I dislike it when they do fashion centered issues and
>> I got nothing out of the articles including the one on
>> perfume and the Fiction short story. But the cover is
>> exceptional. It shows a woman in profile who has had
>> her hair styled to look like feathers and dyed green
>> wearing a full-sized duck on the top of her hair. The
>> duck looks vaguely like a ruddy duck in winter
>> plumage.
>>
>> Too much trouble to set up 3200K lighting for
>> my 3 chip Sony camcorder for just a New Yorker
>> cover, sorry folks.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>
>