and more Grey Casual, Trying for Chic

Made an effort again yesterday — underneath the coat I’m wearing a grey wool flannel dress/jumper. Grey tights. My Fluevog boots. The photo below better reflects, for me, how well-dressed I feel in this coat…

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What I Wore: Smart Casual with a Soupcon of Luxe

I am still having the occasional turn-myself-inside-out bout of coughing, but I’m almost ready to skip an afternoon nap again. Between inching back toward running health and seeing some very welcome sunshine, it occurs to…

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What I Wore, What they Wore — More Opera

Radio silence around here since my weekend opera posting due to a seized left shoulder which severely restricted keyboard time to working on my essay. Thanks to my lovely daughter’s work (she’s in her last…

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What I Wore, Festive Dinner with Sisters

My “What I Wore” feature has been sadly neglected for the past several weeks — and now that my research leave has begun, I’m afraid my sartorial range may be quite constrained. But here’s a…

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Transformations — Settings and Dress

Yes, this is yet another post about opera (and you have one last chance to get to the VOA production of Lucia and hear Eglise Gutiérrez sing coloratura as it’s rarely sung) — but it’s…

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