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Carol King: drawing, painting, complaining 
Shopping, weather and social commentary
December 7, 2009 in art, humor, paintings, rants, watercolor | Tags: art, beach, Christmas shopping, complaining, humor, painting, Park Slope, rants, snowy morning, social commentary, St. Croix, Trees on beach, watercolor | 33 comments
I woke up to this today:
I would have rather woken up to this:
This was the view from my room in St. Croix looking out onto the beach. I love how there are always bent trees in the Caribbean. I miss the warm weather and the beach. Especially when today’s wardrobe included a fleece pullover, coat, scarf, gloves and hat. Brrrrr!
Jim recently changed my tag on his blogroll. It used to just say Carol King. Now it says Carol King- artist, humorist, complainer.
Complainer indeed. I prefer to think of it as social commentary.
But “complainer” works.
This is what I am going to comment (complain) about today. The price of kids T-shirts in these small stores in Park Slope. I wanted a size 4T shirt for a friend’s kid. I thought I might get a nice little “Brooklyn” t-shirt. I found one. It was $24.00. SERIOUSLY. For a t-shirt that the kid will grow out of in a few months???? And end up in a stoop sale selling for 50 cents or a dollar. A size 4T shirt is about 6″ across. I’ve seen men’s handkerchiefs bigger than that.
I indignantly marched myself a few more blocks down the avenue to the next kid’s store only to discover that in this store the price of a kid’s t-shirt was $32.00 AND the collar was frayed. On purpose. WHAT? I’m now ready to buy a white t-shirt and write on it with a Sharpie. Are these people insane? Who are their customers? The stars that NAME their kids Brooklyn and Bronx? Cause it can’t be the people LIVING in Brooklyn and The Bronx.
Only in NYC can people making $180,000 a year be considered middle income. http://envisioningdevelopment.net/map.
Charlie’s wife Liz told me she wanted to have a nice old fashioned Christmas and have everyone give a home-made gift. Liz channels Martha Stewart and can make any dinner party elegant and wonderful. Her friend to whom she made this suggestion countered with “how about an ‘As Seen On TV’ Christmas?” Liz was outraged. Charlie and I didn’t think it was a bad idea. This did not go over well with Liz.
Ah, the holiday season is upon us and everyone is in a good mood.
Ho Ho Ho