Do You Like Soy Sauce On Your Fries?

Sooner than expected, we're almost back to quasi-normal on the keyboard lock-up. I found a solution, which is great news as I don't care for Mac's (gasp) and am back on my Happy PC Turf. However, I believe it's time for a check-up for my PC Friend and will go forward with a trip to the computer doctor tomorrow afternoon on my way to a little fish shack in Malibu on PCH for a few bits of fresh fish while sitting on a patio above the Pacific. Okay, it's not Geoffrey's, but it will do for a casual afternoon respite. And it's not as far up the coast as one of my fav seafood-dives, Neptune's Net. Gawd knows I need some kind of cool salty air to wake me up as the summer heat slogs on.

Now on to the second Flog of the day: The U.S. Team's Olympics Opening Ceremony outfits. I'm primarily flogging the beret and the silly skirts and socks the women have to wear more than anything else; however, the Big Issue seems to be not only did designer Ralph Lauren, who is heavily sponsoring the U.S. Team (we don't receive gov't funding) design a strange combo of French-English looking yachting suits for the men, with an additional swipe for turning the female athletes into a cross between a Catholic School Girl and someone's neglected sister at an All Girls Prep School, BUT that it was all made in China!

Tsk. Tsk, Mr. Lauren and the Olympic Committee that allowed him to "French-Fry" the USA but add some Lead-Based Soy Sauce to the mix. What was everyone involved thinking, many people are muttering and/or bellowing? I admit I like most of the look. I like the blue blazers with the gold buttons and the white slacks. I also like the beret, but only as a fashion statement, not as headgear for the Olympics Opening Ceremonies.

And yes, it would have been nice had Mr. Lauren not outsourced the work to another country, but as the market now stands, he is allowed to do so. It's just that we're supposed to be going to The Games in a patriotic manner with our talented athletes as representatives of our country. Couldn't Lauren have used an American Sweat Shop to make his suits?

In addition, where were The Women when the skirt and Bobby Sox decisions were made? Wow, Ladies (if any were involved at all) you certainly let your fellow females down as most are not going to look very spiffy in that outfit. Why not slacks for the women, too? Is there a need to ensure we all can recognize who the women are as everyone parades around for a while? Maybe it's the beret thing. Hard to tell who's who with a generic piece of head cover. Whatever the reason, it's an UGLY SKIRT in combo with SOCKS!! Bleck.

Once again, fashion designers continue to provide fodder for the accusations that most of them hate women.

Nevertheless, although Mr. Lauren and Co. are aiding and abetting our Olympic Team so that they can afford to have a natty presence on The World Stage, the arrows will zing his way through a myriad of sources and outlets until The Games Will Begin. Can he hold steady and not cave to pressure from all sides over the many messes this outfit design has created? Or will we see, at the last minute, women wearing slacks instead of crappy bottom sacks?

Obviously it's too late now to undo the China Connection. But what about those beret's? Do you think those who are crying-out Anti-American Babble over them can convince someone to quickly sew additional material on to the headgear so that they look like cowboy hats? Now, that would be an horrific combo. Yachting attire with the Yee-Haw We're Am-air-i-cans Wild West image?

I guess all will remain as is and the U.S. Olympic-watching population will just have to sit back and get into the spirit of how it feels to be part of the 1% who have yachts and spend a lot of time vacationing in France. Crack open a bottle of your Fav Champagne and pretend those Krab cakes are actually made of Crab.


Image via: Ralph Lauren