I use feria. Yesterday. Kinda seems like a losing battle to dye my hair when the pool will bleach out pieces, but...hey, no pool for 48+ hours this weekend, that's prime time! Plus, covers my white bits.

java, depending on how much success you have with the cap, you might be able to get away with just conditioning it after a swim. You might also google chlorine-cancelling washes if you don't want to use shampoo. I've not done that, just resorting to shampoo after a swim.

Thanks sara, I really appreciate all of the info.

Yeah, I used to use Ultraswim shampoo and condition to minimize the green. It's not a hundred percent, but better. And your hair is a lot darker than mine to start so it might not be so obvious to begin with.

Also, Clairol Natural Instincts = do not love. Back to Natural Match.

I thought they discontinued Natural Match? I love Natural Instincts, been using it for years.

I tried ultraswim, but didn't see the difference for the money (but my pool is ultra chlorinated and my hair is dark.) I debated adding baking soda to my shampoo, but haven't tried it yet. It's a base, might shut down any process going on after swim. Can't really do anything about the marination in the 40-60 minutes in the pool.

And your hair is a lot darker than mine to start

Everybody's hair is darker than yours. Even mine.

So, I went back to the bar and talked to the new shift. One guy and gal.

She's a Renee Zellwegger lookalike with goth black hair. He's got the wide cheekbones and lean hips thing.

Chatting her up: She's got a 14 y.o. and a 2 y.o. She had the older when she was 17.

But the guy was Not A Young Parent, and a bass player. So we talked about the bass all night which drew in conversation with another guy at the bar (from Boise), and much music talk happened. And I had the shrimp cocktail.

A gorilla threw a rock at my sister.

Once, at the DC Zoo, a gorilla threw a hard boiled egg at my sister. She screamed bloody murder but she was just scared, not hurt - it had hit the stroller and not her year-or-so old self.

Good thing it didn't too. When we took her out later there was egg ev.er.y.where. -- behind her, in her clothes, under the seat pad in the stroller. The velocity must have been tremendous 'cause that thing basically exploded.

Hec, have you done the math with Zip car and the other car shares (well, at least one other) in the city? Might JZ be eligible for the University rate because of her job?

Trudy, I have been thinking about Zip Car (and City Car, another option out here). It'd be a short term solution, but definitely something that's on the table.

It's just I have to cross the Bay so much that it's almost certainly better to have the car.

Then again, with insurance, car breakdowns, the inevitable tickets etc. that might not be entirely true.