I was born a poor black child.

First Day of School

Chef Boy ‘R Mine’s birthday is coming up and it’s weighing heavily on my mind since I won’t get to see him. I feel entitled to tell a cute kid story.
The Boy had his first best friend during kindergarten. It was kind of karmic that his best friend was the nephew of [...]

Peignoir and Negligee Marketing Opportunity

There’s a neglected market out there.
I get a lot of hits involving the search terms peignoir and negligee. Even in this economic climate, women (presumably) want frou frou nightwear.
Those poor lost souls wandering the Internet in search of white peignoir lace and negligee blue sleeves must be really desperate if they’re clicking on something called [...]

Toilette de Visite

Growing up, I watched an awful lot of movies with women wafting about in peignoirs and other impractical loungewear. I’m particularly fond of some of the nonsense Nora (Myrna Loy) wears in the Thin Man series of movies. (These movies are national treasures.)
I had a peignoir once – for less than 24 hours.
 
The first year [...]