| AROUND THE TOWN: Oh, those Southern women
A friend of mine has often said that women in the South believe they can say anything they want to about anyone as long as they say, "Bless their hearts" afterward.The first time I heard her say that, I didn't think much about it. Later, I started noticing how true that seems to be even for this writer. Here are a few things I heard just recently:"That Johnny can't seem to stay away from the women...bless his heart.""She is the messiest housekeeper I've ever seen...bless her heart." Or"She is so unorganized she would mess up a one-car funeral....bless her heart."I was thinking about that when I got this e-mail from a friend about Southerners in general. I find it very funny and hope you do as well. I am not sure who wrote the original piece or I would give them some credit for it!Southern WomenSouthern women appreciate their natural assets: �clean skin�a waning smile�that unforgettable southern drawlSouthern women know their manners:"Yes ma'am.""Yes, sir!""Why, no, Billy!"Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions:�"Y'all come back!"�"Well, bless your heart."�"Drop by when you can."�"How's your momma?"Southern women know their summer weather report:�Humidity�Humidity�HumiditySouthern women know their vacation spots:�The beach�The rivuh�The crickSouthern women know the joys of June, July and August:�Colorful hi-heel sandals�Strapless sun dresses�Iced sweet tea with mintSouthern women know everybody's first name:�Honey�Darlin'�ShugahSouthern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:�Fried Green Tomatoes�Driving Miss Daisy�Steel Magnolias�Gone with the WindSouthern women know their religions:�Baptist�Methodist�FootballSouthern women know their country breakfasts:�Red-eye gravy�Grits�Eggs�Country ham�Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jellySouthern women know their cities dripping with southern charm:�Chawl'stn�S'vanah�Foat Wuth�N'awlins�AddlannaSouthern women know their elegant gentlemen:�Men in uniform�Men in tuxedoes�Rhett ButlerSouthern girls know their prime real-estate:�The mall�The country club�The beauty salonSouthern girls know the three deadly sins:�Having bad hair and nails�Having bad manners�Cooking bad foodMore southern-isms:Only a southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "have" them, you "pitch" them.Only a southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up a "mess."Only a southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."Only a southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: Going to town, be back directly."Even southern babies know that "gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.All southerners know exactly when "by and by" is.
Speak out loud, Governor Vi!
Stefania Gheorgie from Romania was proclaimed Miss Thunderbird Resorts 2007 at the close of a pre-pageant activity held at the Cabana Bar inside the Fiesta Casino, one of two edifices at the sprawling Thunderbird estate grounds in the hillocks of Binangonan, Rizal. The Romanian beauty bested nine other hopefuls vying for the title. There are 93 entrants to this year�s Miss Earth pageant, aged between 18 to 25 years old. But since the pre-pageant activity was held inside a casino, only those aged 21 and above were qualified to participate. Of the 15 that qualified, only 10 went for the challenge. The nine other contenders were Patricia Andrade (Brazil), Anna Pohtimo (Finland), Amale Alkhoder (Lebanon), Telena Cassell (Liberia), Maria Fernanda Canovas (Mexico), Barbora Palovicova (Slovakia), Sonya Lee (Taiwan), Carleen Ramlochansingh (Trinidad and Tobago) and Hellen Karungi Kananura (Uganda).
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It must have begun as a joke among the upper crust, perhaps in the Hamptons, Palm Beach or along the North Shore around Rockport: If you have to ask how much it is, you can't afford it. The phrase usually applies to yachts, and certainly not those little 53-footers, but to sailing vessels with crew members and a smoke stack. Those luxury yachts are how the storied rich, the other half, wile away their idle days cruising from island to island as the rest of us worry about paying the light bill and stretching the paycheck another week. Many things nowadays easily fit into that yacht category. Who ever thought cameras would be included? Last week a friend and I went to the Photo Plus Expo in the Jacob Javitts Center in the Big Apple. It's a reality check, if nothing more, for anyone who uses a camera more often than at birthday parties and vacations.
Meet Your Neighbor: Sue Rossi
What�s your background in Tahoe?
When I moved up here, I was a hairstylist. I eventually got a job doing hair, and I was a manager up at The Balcony for four-and-a-half years, and then I owned it for 15 years. I met my husband, Tom, up here. We were married on the beach at Tahoe. I have my son, Sam. And I enjoy the openness, and serenity, and the beauty of the lake.
When and how did you first discover you had breast cancer?
Through a mammogram at Tahoe Forest in 2001. The long and short of it was I had to have a mastectomy and I had to have chemo and radiation back then.
So the cancer receded for awhile?
We had hopes that we had gotten everything. But when we did my mastectomy, we found invasive cancer that was really close to my chest wall.
A new wrinkle: Skin fillers are becoming more popular
Beauty at 20 is a given. Beauty at 30 is a decision. Beauty at 40 is a commitment. Beauty beyond 50 is an investment." So says "Extreme Makeover" TV show dermatologist Ava Chambon of Santa Monica, Calif. By investment, Chambon is talking hard cash and lots of time. And it's an investment many try once or twice before deciding they can live without it. Even with relatively simple treatments, such as injections of Botox or filler, many patients lack the economic and emotional stamina to stick to a schedule of return visits to the doctor's office. As a result, the next step in skin injections could come from the fast-growing world of so-called "permanent" fillers, which promise to smooth the skin for years - not just months - at a time. At the typical doctor's office or med-spa that injects Botox, more than 40 percent of patients don't return for a second round of injections, and two out of three don't make it back for a third.
Water: Wonder and worry
NEW YORK - Given how often we deal with water - from brewing our morning cup of coffee, to grabbing an umbrella as we head out the door, to sweating at the gym - it's amazing how many surprises H20 holds. The leaves on an acre of trees can release 8,000 gallons of water into the air a day. More water is locked into the rocks and magma of Earth's mantle and core than there is sloshing around on the surface. Indeed, the amount of "deep water" inside the Earth is two, or three, or even five times as much as in all the oceans, lakes, rivers, and aquifers. And although geologists and hydrologists have concluded that most of the water on Earth is almost as old as Earth itself - the planet is 4.5 billion years old, the water has been here for at least 3.9 billion years - scientists don't actually agree on where the water came from.
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