I just couldn't imagine spending that much on one

Let's just say it wouldn't be my most expensive coat.

Speaking of which, does the slit in the back of a long coat have a name? My newest long coat doesn't have one, which means every breeze catches it and makes it fly out behind me. It's kinda funny.

P-C: Ick. That is why I could never have a Master's degree.

That's just because he chose a hard one. I have a Master's in "Organizational Leadership." I'm not knocking the program, but let's just say that P-C can probably get a much better paying job with his degree than I could have with mine.

ION, I'm about to buy a new car. I'm currently deciding between a Honda Pilot and Ford Freestyle. I wanted space to carry the baby and dogs separately, a safe reliable car, price under $35K, and mileage at least 20 mpg in the city (which, I know the Pilot is slightly below that, but it has some other stuff I like). I thought I was semi-anti-SUV, but the Pilot is growing on me.

I've always heard in skirts that it is called a kick pleat. Never mind it isn't so much a pleat as a slit, but.....

RZ's got some unfortunate smirks, but everything I've ever read or heard about her from way back indicates she's a quite pleasant person. Who plays characters who often irritate the hell out of me. OK, that's Bridget Jones. Or any other whiny character.

I'm currently deciding between a Honda Pilot and Ford Freestyle

Of those two I'd go with the Pilot. The Freestyle is brand new and has a brand new for Ford CVT transmission, it might be perfectly fine but I'd want to let Ford have a couple of years to work out the kinks.

Edit: Actually, I would suggest the Honda Odessey. It would get better fuel economy and have better space utilization than either of those two. The Pilot is pretty much the same vehicle with different sheetmetal.

Heh. Just had coffee with my minion. She used to work in upscale Manhattan stores and dealt with many movie stars. And she reported her encounter with RZ was entirely pleasant, and that RZ was very cheerful, nice and cute. Also on rollerblades at the time.

Leonardo Dicaprio was creepy and scratched his balls the whole time.

Macauley Culkin was very sweet and stinky drunk.

Face/Off.

DH and I rented this recently, and realized while watching it that it was pretty much the last really good movie that either Travolta, Cage, or Woo did. (And admitting at the same time that Adaptation throws off this theory for Cage.) But other than that, it's like the movie sucked up all of their collective remaining talents in one fell swoop.

I thought a kick pleat was when a skirt had one big pleat in the side or the front. Presumably to facilitate kicking.

Hey, Nonian, just so you know, I've been looking up stuff for your blog question and hope to post some semblance of an answer tonight. It won't be all that informative, but it'll be something.

Mom used to refer to it also as the vent in the back , but I am no tailor.

I saw this really bad Travolta movie once. It involved stealing a stealth or something. It was painful, even dubbed in czech with subtitles. Uhg.

ita needs to buy the top dress on this page and wear it for me, vicariously. [link]

I saw this really bad Travolta movie once. It involved stealing a stealth or something. It was painful, even dubbed in czech with subtitles. Uhg.

Broken Arrow, also Woo, with Christian Slater.

Terrible.

Betsy, I'd totally wear that.