Carol Schmidt
Feb 23, 2004, 12:02 AM
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Jennifer, you'll be thrilled to know that I probably won't be buying any more shorts (my sickness last summer resulted in a huge weight loss) because I'm finding the light muslin clam digger length pants much more comfortable and cool. The local boutiques have them in all colors, mostly unisize, with elastic waists, and they're not as binding and hot as my previous denim or chino Bermuda shorts.
And there just might be a tiny bit of feeling more at ease in longer pants here, now that I've seen for two winters how ridiculous gringo tourists look arriving here in shorts and tank tops when it's 65 by day, 30 at night, and the residents are bundled in jackets and gloves. I may change my mind when it hits 100 F in April and May, and some of those clam diggers might lose a few inches off the bottom.
There are Mexicans even of my age, male and female, who do wear shorts in the summer, but nothing like back in Phoenix. We're not a beach town, which makes a difference. Norma and I still say to each other when we see a young Mexican woman in a tiny, tiny miniskirt, stiletto heels, and a backless top showing her bellybutton, "At least she's not wearing shorts."
I think this is my fourth posting on this same topic the past two years. It comes up almost as often as "We're thinking about moving to Mexico. Where should we move?" and "Can I live like a king in Mexico on $500 a month?"
Carol Schmidt
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