November 9, 2011

Istanbul. October, 2011


What do you think? Can I get away with harem pants? Fran Lebowitz once wisely advised never to get a haircut when you’re traveling. And I think the same wisdom can be applied to any number of trip-based decisions where the appeal of mysterious foreign surroundings can so easily cloud judgment. Here outside the walls of Topkapi Palace, the siren song of these exotic, overpriced vestments beckoned. Not really. As you can see, I’m a flannel-shirt-and-jeans kind of guy, not given much to billows and bling. At least not in public. Still, the display alone was enough to catch my eye. And I can imagine that less reality-based tourists may have succumbed...and are now dazzling all of Des Moines and Omaha with gauzy Turkish delights such as these.

2 comments:

  1. "I think the same wisdom can be applied to any number of trip-based decisions where the appeal of mysterious foreign surroundings can so easily cloud judgment"
    That is SO true. And god knows I have my share of silly shopping while on vacation! Even though I have never bought harem pants. Before, that is...

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  2. The champagne colored jobbies in front, the ones with the saucy, bias-cut cuffs -- those are the ones I want. Do you suppose they have them in a size for us, er, "full-figured" gals?

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