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...around the maple, as if in a housecoat, and decided she's just a lousy mother. Or perhaps it was Mother who perished in the attic. Maybe the cats ate the baby squirrels - delicacies, no doubt, like sushi. The cats, fat as pashas, having yet to shed the opulent fur they acquired in the long cold winter, sit motionless, an hour at a time, under the maple, hoping to pounce on a careless songbird. But the cats will settle for red squirrels, which themselves lie in wait and hope to kill songbirds. We need some law and order around...
SEEN ON THE STREET The Anti-Baguette It was only a matter of time before the baguette - the sweet little purse that came covered in jewels or made of fur, denim or cashmere and hung beneath the armpits of the world's most fashionable women - had to die. After all, they were allowed to live much longer than the laws of fashion usually allow. More than a season? Quelle horreur! Planned obsolescence is all well and good until something so perfect arrives on the scene - think of the pashmina. But now, the baguette's sell-by date has come...
...what are the big fashion items for fall? On the runways of Milan and Paris last month capes, fur hats and over-the-knee boots were the accent items that will separate the serious fashion devotee from the merely stylish. Capes, either short and swinging or long and luxe, were featured at Prada, Fendi, Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Big fur hats, with or without tails trailing down the back, showed up at Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Blumarine and Louis Vuitton. And the boots? Try Roberto Cavalli, Celine, Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Dolce & Gabbana and, well, just about anyone. The trick...
Were you able to fix it?" someone asks. My head snaps to the right. A man in a fur hat and red ski parka pauses before answering. That's it, I think. There's some mechanical problem with the plane. My mind races ahead, spinning out of control. I hate 737s. They have bad rudders, right? Maybe there's another flight home. Or even better, I could take the train...
...Fur hat finally answers, "Yup. Just the wheel," as he points to his carry-on suitcase...