Summertime Clothes
June 22, 2009
I kind of met something of an interesting woman while crossing Forest Park Parkway on Friday. It was around noon so the St. Louis sun was blazin’ and it must have been at least 95 degrees. As I took my first step onto the Parkway, I hear a
“Oh LOR,’ iss HOT!”
“Yeah, it’s totally hot. Ugh.”
“Wooooo-eeeee! I cain’t beLIEVE it!”
“Yeah, yeah. It’s so hot out today and here I am wearing entirely black! Smart, right? He he.”
“Yeah, I uh, heard that black clothes makes the heat go away from ya.”
“Well, um. Actually, I think it holds onto the heat pretty well. It’s better to wear white, I think.”
(partially interrupting my previous sentence) “Well I knew it was one or the othah!”
” … ” (we’re still crossing the street, if you can believe it)
“Well I gotta go to Applebee’s to pick up a ordah now! I’ll see ya! Hmm!”
I’m wearing black every day this summer in hopes of repeating this conversation with that woman, needlesstosay.
