Quick on the uptake

It was a lucky thrift store weekend. The planets were aligned, etc. It's fun when that happens, and blissfully cheap.

My best finds were a pair of comfy brown cords and a gym shirt that says: L.A. Face with an Oakland Booty. I know it'll help me run faster.

Told a clever gent I know about my new getup, and he shot back: "On the back in small print, it should say 'And New England manners.' "

I guess one t-shirt doesn't really have the power to transform a half-British, academic, smalltown upbringing into urban street cred. But you can't blame a girl for trying.

if you know what i'm sayin'. and i think you do.