Colourful capers, forthcoming trip

[moongirlk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:
> 
> How about everyone here?  What are your favorite colours, and have 
you shifted your preferences from the red end to the blue end of the 
spectrum as you've grown older?

This is really interesting.  I have two groups of favorites, one 
decidedly warm, the other cool as cool can be.  I tend to like things 
that are not too eye-poppingly bright.  

As a kid my favorite colors were defined mostly by Crayola.  I loved 
this weird orangey-pink color I had, but I can't remember the name of 
it.  Other favorites included Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber and Orange-Red, 
but they were nearly as much about the texture of the color as it 
went onto the paper as they were about the color itself - sort of 
rich feeling.  
My favorites now are divided, like I said.  In my house, I prefer the 
more relaxing blues and silvers and purples and greens.  Light, 
floaty blue is my favorite color to immerse myself in for calming 
peace (my bedroom is painted in a shade of cool, crisp blue with 
clean white trim, I walk in and feel cool and relaxed, almost 
immediately).  But, as far as colors I like to wear, blue is WAY down 
on the list.  Because of my coloring, the Umbers and Siennas of my 
youth are still among my favorites to wear, along with various shades 
of olive-y green, which I like to imagine helps my eyes be a less 
boring light brown and a more interesting hazel color.  These are the 
colors of the outdoors that I love, too.  These are the colors that 
bring to mind the smell of the earth and the feel of damp grass and 
rough bark and the squish of the mud at the bottom of the lake.  
They're the colors of life, the others are more the colors of rest.


> 
> The conference goes from the 29th to the 2nd of July, after which I 
>might hang around another day or two in St Louis (American 
>listmembers... any thoughts about the 4th of July?  What happens?  
>Where's the Place To Be?) 

Actually, downtown St. Louis is a pretty good Place To Be on the 4th 
of July.  We have one of the biggest Independence Day celebrations in 
the country all around the arch at the riverfront.  There's a parade 
and bunches of booths with food and games and junk to buy, there's 
the air shows, which I hate (really loud), but they're well-liked by 
many, there are usually two or three different stages with 
entertainment.  I just checked - the only acts I can tell for sure 
are booked already are Smokey Robinson (Tracks of my Tears), George 
Thorogood (B-b-b-bad to the Bone), Kool & the Gang (Get Down on it) 
and Lee Greenwood (no idea who that is).  There are usually lots of 
lesser-known and/or local groups and acts in between the "big" 
(everything's relative) names.  

I worked at a friend's booth at the fair every year in high school - 
was great fun.  Especially the year we were next door to the 
Chippendales dancers.  Saw lots of interesting behavior that year, 
and the guys were always coming over to break $100 bills with us.  
Women are just as crazy as men when it comes to half-naked members of 
the opposite sex.  Just a little something I learned at 15.


May I just say that your itinerary sounds like you're about to embark 
on the Amazing Race?  Yes, I too have become hooked by a reality TV 
show.  

kimberly
excited because the Amazing Race is on tonight!