First of all, I have to give ME the "Most Improved" award. When I met her, she was intent on an Ugg for travel. Now we have a beautiful summer dress, jewelry, curled hair and, she assures me, a full face is to follow. Look guys, I"m doing good with my blog! ME has hit the nail on the head for summer travel clothes. Maxi dresses are totally on trend and the big plus to them is they kinda feel like wearing a nightgown. See guys, you can be comfortable without looking homeless. ME is wearing a Frye boot that you can't see here. Now, I personally have a problem with the feel of a boot on a bare leg, so I wouldn't make that choice, but I aesthetically approve of her choice.
I actually am a bit stumped with the summer travel shoe. Flights are cold, and if you love a window seat like me, then you also are forced to have your feet directly beside the air source. My summer shoe is a flip flop or a sandal, but I fear that they might leave the foot too exposed for the cross country flight. I can bear it for the flight to NC, but all the way to CA? I might get a little testy. And when you add the inevitable crying baby kicking the back of my chair, I might just lose it. (seriously, if there is a baby on plane that has legs long enough to touch the back of the seat in front of it, it will be seated behind me. Its parents will be so exhausted from traveling with it and its younger sibling - also seated behind me - that they will put a dvd on without headphones and let it sing along and kick the chair of the traveler - me- in front of it. This happens more often than not. But I digress...)
Could a Tom be the answer? Or a wedge with a little more of the foot covered? I promise, dear readers, I will find a solution.
Also, what are we going to do without the trench coat/pillow and/or the cheap street pashmina/blanket? Well, I always keep a light Gap cardigan in my bag, so possibly the cardigan will suffice and a "blanket" won't even be needed. The pashmina takes up little to no space, so why not bring it, ball it up and use it at the pillow? I'll keep you posted.
PS...spell check offered "mishmash" as a replacement for "pashmina". I really like that.
OK, so I have to admit that the Fryes were chosen to wear that day as I thought they'd never fit into my bag. Additionally, I knew I'd be going DIRECTLY to the cable car at Hyde and Beach to immediately begin busking upon arrival. There would be no time for a shoe change. That cross-country flight though...it wasn't pretty. My feet were killing me and I WAS that ass who took her shoes off, but only after the guy next to her did so first. I also admit on the way home I wore my trail running shoes, lulu pants, my (however cute and very feminine cut) NYC Jackrabbit Sports tshirt, and a quite adorable Lucky Brand green wrap hoodie. Not as stylish but I few from SFO at 6:45 to Long Beach at 8 something, then Vegas, then finally home to JFK by 7:45. I did NOT care what I looked like. But again, I was proud of my initial outfit. Packing for San Fran is tough--I play music there with these hippie-ish guys who will readily wear the same tshirt or button down two or three days in a row and no one seems to notice. If I make too much of an effort, I stand out. I was going to wear a very bohemian but still quite nice looking top to play a gig in on Saturday night,and all the boys insisted I leave on my trhirt with the Josh Ritter lyric that no one recognized, but it looks like an old shirt from Goodwill or something and has "Harrisburg" across the chest. I have never gotten so many comments or compliments on a piece of clothing in my life as I did that tshirt. The whole dynamic is different out there...plus I have to have enough layers to busk in if it gets cold and windy (it usually does) and enough choices that I don't go crazy and TRULY fit in with the utter carelessness on which these young men pride themselves. :)
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