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That and maybe he wanted to find himself surrounded, as I was now, by flocks of Lacoste-wearing, Ferrari-driving couples and their children, all with flawless manicures, tans, and honey-colored Fendi bags to match. Somehow my destroyed Abercrombie miniskirt and Havaiana flip-flops seemed out of place. My thoughts were confirmed when, upon climbing to the palace, I was greeted with a large road sign adorned with a giant red X. It had been painted across a pudgy silhouette drawn to represent the quintessential (American) tourist. So maybe I had the disposable camera, but I certainly didn?...
When George W. Bush met with the Northwestern women's lacrosse team, their flip-flops caused a flap. Must shoes be conservative in the White House? Or is this Administration more footloose and fancy free? --By Logan Orlando...
...their problems trying to hold their own against outsider influences, whether they were missionaries, colonial or business people." Nearly a quarter of a century after they gained independence, Samoans are relaxed in the author's presence. Each afternoon, shop keeper Henry Nickel jogs up Mount Vaea, takes off his flip-flops and does stretches by Stevenson's grave. "I just come here to exercise," he says...
Sure, I’ll be glad to return to comfort of Harvard’s ivy-covered walls next year, and I know that I will appreciate sleeping later and wearing flip flops more. However, if I can come to love commuting, perhaps the rest of the Real World won’t be so bad either...
...graduate school can only postpone the inevitable. And so, for many, the summer is a time to explore and learn about this exotic place that our older friends have disappeared to. We get jobs or summer internships and are forced to trade in our jeans for suits and our flip flops for heels. We set our alarms for times of day that we never see during the rest of the year. We sit at desks or cubicles for eight hours at a time and have to resort to using web mail instead of telnet...