13 Things that are the Quintessence of Boca
1.
I know I used this image earlier in the week, but I was afraid that the TT-ers would miss out if I didn't include this:
Yup...just in case driving a Hummer didn't say, "Look at me! I have
more money than sense! I believe in conspicuous consumption! I care not
about the cost of a tank of gas!" clearly enough...here's a BUBBLEGUM
PINK HUMMER!
2. My son and I arrived at the Apple Store in the mall at 10:30. It was MOBBED!!! On a Wednesday. At 10:30.
3. I was standing talking to the concierge, a lovely older Jewish man who 
looked kind of like this:
A rather distressed woman interrupted us and said haughtily: "I had an appointment." He gently asked, "What time was your appointment?" She sharply retorted, "10:40!" I looked at the clock. It was 10:41.
4. You are going to have to trust me on this, because it's hard to surreptitiously photograph someone with my iPhone. The size zero, be-yoga-panted, purse-that-costs-more-than-a-car-payment gal pictured here has a sweatshirt oh-so-casually wrapped around her 30 inch hips, carefully displaying the following sentiment:
"If the crown fits..."
That kind of says it all!
5. Again...you are going to have to trust me on this. The resurgence of leggings as a fashion "Do" should be limited to those under the age of 25. Really.
6. A sign at the beauty salon offered a drawing to win "$300 worth of Integrative Dermatology." Maybe it's just me. Maybe my medical standards are too high. But I don't think I want to choose a practitioner to work on one of my favorite bodily organs, my skin, because I won her in a drawing! I think I need a slightly better recommendation than an acrylic picture frame in a salon.
7. My friend Stacy whose family goes "slumming" at the Ritz-Carlton and who "wears" purses, had her identity stolen! Someone got hold of her debit card and began charging unauthorized items. How did she convince the bank that it was not her making the unauthorized purchases? Well, the list of purchases went something like this:
Juicy Couture
Abercrombie & Fitch
Whole Foods
Wal-Mart
Starbucks
Nordstrom's
One of these things is not like the other...
8. Not native to Boca, but it might as well be. This quote from Amanda Bynes (now 22) was in today's USA Today:
" I wanted a BMW for my 16th birthday. But my parents were like 'No.'...And they got me a used Honda Accord with my own money. They were like, 'This is what your brother and sister hand.' And I was so offended, so I took it out on them."
There are so many things wrong with this...beyond the fact that her parents didn't "say" things, they "were like" things.
9. I am not sure this is quintessentially Boca. Actually, it's not. I think Boca-ites believe in the religion of Neiman-Marcus, the spirituality of Gucci, the Zen of Louis Vuitton. But I couldn't resist putting this picture in here.
My proposed Boca bumper sticker?
"My other car is a used Honda Accord."
10. It rained yesterday. This is what it's like when it's raining in Boca:
This is what it's like five minutes after the rain stops:
12. It takes less than one hour to get to South Beach...we are leaving in a half hour!!!!
13. Seeing my wonderful friends, Vicky, Stacy and Andrea, made me feel like I never left...but in a good way. They are the people who make the rest of Boca's foibles tolerable.
Di
The hummer is outrageous. Don't see things like that in my area of the world at all.
Happy TT, mine is posted.
Posted by: Penelope Anne - The Mama Bear | April 03, 2008 at 03:06 PM
The Apple store comments made me giggle. They're that crazy busy here too. Happy TT.
Posted by: pussreboots | April 03, 2008 at 10:58 PM