Work Pajamas

There’s a reading tonight that I’m going to for work (well, also pleasure) but I forgot all about it and am wearing my Default Work Outfit which is all business and no play. Well, even “all business” is a stretch; it’s more like “clothes that are more work-appropriate than others” or “clothes I bought specifically to wear to work a long time ago and haven’t really updated because I only work in an office with two other people, one of whom goes barefoot, and I change clothes before going anywhere else anyway.” Sometimes someone will see me in this outfit and say, “What a nice shirt! Is it new?” And oh how I laugh, because: new? So given my druthers I would be wearing something more Cute or Presentable, but given the circumstances I actually have to be seen in public in these clothes, which is almost the equivalent of having to be seen in public in pajama bottoms and a ratty shirt with no bra. Yes: my current outfit is basically work pajamas.

Here’s a mischievous site that tells you the approximate real estate value of homes. Any home with an address! Now I know that the brownstone we’re living in is worth approximately $721,000 and that Krista and Kedar’s is worth $860,000. These are fun facts because we don’t actually own the buildings, nor could we afford to, so looking up their value is more like gawking at shiny things through a glass storefront. Although, I guess in this metaphor, we’re living in the store. Or something. Anyway, I bet you could find more, um, competitive things to do with this site.

Did you catch me just slip “Krista and Kedar” in that previous paragraph? Kedar will be Krista’s new roommate starting next month and we are all quite thrilled with the prospect. Perhaps to mark his move into our Brooklyn circle of friends, he’s started a blog, the first entry of which can be seen here. If his blog can turn out half as great as the stories he tells, you are all in for a treat.