Interesting story by a woman after my own heart

[Bill_P]

http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/6 ... -umbrellas

Interesting article I came across by a lovely young woman from San Francisco on her staunch opposition to sharing her umbrella with friends, and how it's never a good idea because both parties end up getting half soaked anyway. But this particular paragraph caught my eye:

"I take a weird amount of joy in being prepared for the rain, amassing an
arsenal of Hunter boots, a long waxed-canvas jacket, and one of those
clear, bubbly umbrellas that you can pull down all the way to your scalp
and still see the crosswalk signals. God, my coziness spikes to fort-with-
Christmas-lights levels while walking in a storm with just the four inches
below my knees left unprotected."

Sounds like our kind of gal. And then in the credits for the article she is humorously listed as "author, illustrator, selfish umbrella a-hole Jessica Saia". And she's a gorgeous redhead to boot. God how I wish I could have met a woman like this in my twenties!

[Onslow]

Don't we all Bill , well I do ! So what you should be doing is sponsoring Jenni or Debs to come over here to educate our American ladies ! Mackintoshes with hoods or sou'westers for those without are far better than umbrellas , which are for civil servants and Mary Poppins !

[Bill_P]

Indeed. And rubber or shiny pvc are much sexier than waxed cotton.

[Pvc Vinyl Enthusiast]

Indeed. And rubber or shiny pvc are much sexier than waxed cotton.

I couldn't agree more. That said, I enjoy sighting ladies wearing those shiny puffer/down-filled jackets almost as much as shiny vinyl rainwear. It has to be the shininess aspect.