Get out your pearls, girls.
This lady was off to graduation — one of something like sixteen different services in the past few weeks — with her ginormously bowed hat. (It’s not quite Aretha-sized, but it’s close!) These lovely commemorative gates front the University – on the left, 1451, when the school opened, and on the right, 1951 when the gates were put in place. They’re quite lovely, and remind us that we live in a cultured land of many graces. Don’t believe us? D. received this missive at work — and we’ll just put the [sic] here once to cover all capitalization, lack of punctuation and unique spelling issues, and reproduce it as is:
— has decided we should celebrate this great weather with a cheeky wee after work drink. So therefor as its Friday and as its payday and as its meant to be 25 degrees this friday has been nominated. All are welcome we are currently trying to find a suitable beer garden bar to attend.
dress is optional , although the preference for men is Linen shirts chino shorts and smart shoes and the ladies summer Frocks and Dandy hair……
A cheeky wee drink and …dandy hair. Somewhere, Evelyn Wagh is chortling.
– D & T
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Every day is frocks and dandy hair day for me!
If you stop in, dressed or um, not, please take a pic. I'm curious as to what a suitable beer garden looks like:)
Bean
I'm still deeply amused about the fact that this is a DRESS OPTIONAL outing. Now THAT'S cheeky…
I think if you all have enough to drink, you will indeed enjoy a cheeky wee. Don't wet your smart shoes!
I wish I had dandy hair instead of large-and-frizzy-in-the-humidity hair.
That shall be my summer goal–to achieve dandy hair! I'm sure the cheeky wee drink helps.
Katie: You are SO not alone. The humidity+hair thing is OUT OF CONTROL.
She certainly looks spiffy. Look at those heels! I can barely walk in my Crocs, much less heels like that. 😉
Was listening to Annie the musical. One of my fave songs is You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile. I hope the lady wore a smile, too.
Paz
The "dress is optional" comment got me going too! Pasty overweight Glaswegians, Shudder.
Paz: SO MANY Glaswegian women — and girls — can sport those kinds of shoes. I am in AWE. There are COBBLESTONE STREETS here, yet they just mince along happily. I'd catch my heel in one of these whacked out sidewalks and fall flat, plus my back would NOT be pleased.
Jackie: Hey, watch it! We pudgies will put on our pearls and hats and go au naturelle to the beer garden with the best of them.