tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post4042632869309799484..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: She's a Lady!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-59704122579389068032010-06-19T00:44:36.627-04:002010-06-19T00:44:36.627-04:00Late to the party again!
I feel most like a lady w...Late to the party again!<br />I feel most like a lady when I'm wearing mascara; something I hardly ever do!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12487464497446199247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-8930066576470337702010-06-17T16:12:03.707-04:002010-06-17T16:12:03.707-04:00Thank you to everyone who commented! I drew random...Thank you to everyone who commented! I drew randomly and came up with Zita. Zita, can you please email me your mailing address to: sophie@sophielittlefield.comSophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-64276481440383318292010-06-17T12:40:17.336-04:002010-06-17T12:40:17.336-04:00vicky, you have nailed my favorite tool in my arse...vicky, you have nailed my favorite tool in my arsenal - politeness in the face of even dauntingly rude people. it just KILLS them when you remain calm and sweet. Enjoy your sassy new 'do, darlin!Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-84332935397352844792010-06-17T10:25:11.395-04:002010-06-17T10:25:11.395-04:00What makes me feel the most like a lady...dressing...What makes me feel the most like a lady...dressing up for any special event that requires a beautiful dress, stockings, heels, hair and make up done.PoCoKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02041525731209772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-76539721304802842222010-06-16T21:30:52.807-04:002010-06-16T21:30:52.807-04:00Very fun post, LADY.
As my entry I'll say pol...Very fun post, LADY.<br /><br />As my entry I'll say politeness that is heavily tinged with feminine wiles and charm. I think nothing says lady (or gentleman) like manners and being polite in any situation no matter how I'm dressed or coifed or if I remembered to swap my coffee breath for minty freshness.<br /><br />As a close second, I'd say I feel very lady-like when I'm having a good hair day. I just got mine cut shorter and it has nearly pulled me out of my normal tramp status by inspiring me to still be hungry for dinner at 8 and has me loving California, even when it's cold and damp! I don't think I could further give the push-back to Frank Sinatra by coming late to the theater, but I'm close when I've got a good hairstyle working and I remember my p's and q's.Vicky Politonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-2945944345914849292010-06-16T20:24:50.263-04:002010-06-16T20:24:50.263-04:00Oh, I'm so glad you admitted it, Sophie! Now I...Oh, I'm so glad you admitted it, Sophie! Now I know what to tell my four year old when he says, "Mommy, will I still snuggle you when I'm a grown up?"jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-37364867623301007342010-06-16T16:44:32.784-04:002010-06-16T16:44:32.784-04:00jenny, i miss those days with the little ones. I l...jenny, i miss those days with the little ones. I loved it when they would climb up on me, tracking mud and cookie crumbs and whatever, and go to sleep in my lap. <br /><br />probably shouldn't admit this, but they both still come and sit in my lap from time to time. And one's six feet tal...Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-83532023810498838972010-06-16T16:43:08.524-04:002010-06-16T16:43:08.524-04:00smart as always, susan. well said.smart as always, susan. well said.Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-19231926152562119152010-06-16T16:42:18.150-04:002010-06-16T16:42:18.150-04:00kay, i love perfume, but it's my daughter who ...kay, i love perfume, but it's my daughter who really has a collection. when we moved last year my husband put up a shelf in her room with a little gilded mirror above, and she keeps all her perfumes there. Whenever I'm headed out, I stop by her room and just borrow whatever I feel like. And I've discovered my favorite, something I never would have tried on my own - Hollister!Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-21988335629192286222010-06-16T16:38:10.537-04:002010-06-16T16:38:10.537-04:00Wendy, absolutely on the lipstick. I have fair co...Wendy, absolutely on the lipstick. I have fair coloring - pale skin, eyelashes etc. - so on me, a little bit of red lipstick goes a LONG way. I kind of like it - and I make sure to leave lip prints on every coffee cup, wine glass, and passing child I see!Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-7576074389979851682010-06-16T14:26:20.797-04:002010-06-16T14:26:20.797-04:00Hi there, Sophie, loved your book and have passed ...Hi there, Sophie, loved your book and have passed it on to more than one lady I know...<br /><br />Love your name, too--it is my daughter's!<br /><br />What makes me feel lady-like (is that the same as being a lady)? This has changed since having children. Before Kids it might've been a pedicure, a short skirt, or sexy lingerie. <br /><br />But for the past seven years it's been the things that made me think of my mom and others like her as ladies. Being asked to wipe a nose or two. Pouring glasses of juice. Someone with sweet, sticky hands climbing up into my lap--and not caring, not even having the thought, that my cropped pants might get stained.jenny milchmanhttp://jennymilchman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-76505888608916698152010-06-16T14:22:25.345-04:002010-06-16T14:22:25.345-04:00I'm an unapologetic feminist in part because I...I'm an unapologetic feminist in part because I'm old enough to remember at least a little of the bad old days. If "lady" is supposed to signify class, manners, dress, etc., then I would say the word's irrelevant. I'm a feminist and a woman and like lipstick and nice clothes and the pleasure of being courteous as much as anyone. (I love high heels but my feet don't.) But I don't bristle at the term "lady" any more. I bristle, like you, Sophie, at the notion our fundamental rights may still / again / as always be under attack. Keep your eyes on the prize, as they say...susan C Sheahttp://www.susancshea.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-74873388428728733762010-06-16T12:59:47.046-04:002010-06-16T12:59:47.046-04:00For me it is perfume, earrings & lip gloss. I...For me it is perfume, earrings & lip gloss. I've always been too big of a klutz for the heels. No one has to trip me, I can do it all by myself, thank you very much ;-) I'm not & never have been into the real 'girly' stuff nor do I wear make-up. Too many years of drama productions & all that stage make-up. Seeing the consequences of what that did to my skin was more than enough for me.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001557857341271451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-81932145060262039952010-06-16T12:41:33.251-04:002010-06-16T12:41:33.251-04:00Lipstick! I always feel like a lady when I have my...Lipstick! I always feel like a lady when I have my face done up and and my lipsticks on. I especially feel lady like when the color is red!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-30258047227841946702010-06-16T11:41:02.014-04:002010-06-16T11:41:02.014-04:00ah, zita, you are *one of those*. my sister is to...ah, zita, you are *one of those*. my sister is too - she gets really scandalous stuff, and you'd never know it from her clothes. Very funny when she does her laundry over here - next to my workaday unmentionables, her things are way more exciting!!Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-22683076314218992292010-06-16T11:39:19.689-04:002010-06-16T11:39:19.689-04:00maggie, you really own leopard print pumps? WOW. J...maggie, you really own leopard print pumps? WOW. Junior and I were shopping at marshalls last night and I found this zebra print skirt and she hollers out "You are NOT wearing animal prints, Mom" and snatches it back from me. She is getting unmanageable! Now we are watching how-to makeup videos on YouTube over breakfast...Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-47071501564622461942010-06-16T11:22:49.975-04:002010-06-16T11:22:49.975-04:00Okay, this is going to sound weird, but remember I...Okay, this is going to sound weird, but remember I lived in Las Vegas from 1968-1975, where "lady" was anyone who was female & had the confidence to turn down a date with Frank Sinatra. I can't explain it. Your church lady was wearing gold lame and a cancer tan in my old town...<br /><br />Anyway, I grew up on horses, then motorcycles, and eschew a lot of girlie stuff out of sheer laziness & habit (makeup attracts dirt and bugs on horseback/motorcycle). <br /><br />I felt most like a lady one night, in the Fortunes of War pub on St. George Street in Sydney Australia in 1988. It had been a wild night, full of unemployed surfers, creepy rich guys from the Czech Republic (before the Velvet revolution), and women who can be described charitably as semi-pros. <br /><br />Did I mention there was also more beer than I'd seen in my life to that point? <br /><br />After watching the semi-pros evaluate men and establish territories around the local guys with military precision, I chatted with the Czechs mostly because they were as tall as me.<br /><br />But I got bored and headed out -- the Czechs called after me, so I waved, thinking "in your dreams, bucko." Then one of them stood up and shouted "I can buy you!"<br /><br />I just smiled and kept on going, pleased that at least one person in the bar would understand the difference between a semi-pro and a free agent. My idea of a lady is usually a single one -- the one gal in the crowd who tells Frank Sinatra thanks but no thanks. Is that totally weird?<br />(p.s. don't put me in drawing, I have my copies of Pretty!!!!)Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635298177146419014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-36986606045678218942010-06-16T11:21:40.640-04:002010-06-16T11:21:40.640-04:00The one thing that makes me feel most feminine is ...The one thing that makes me feel most feminine is my underwear. I buy really girly underwear, with bows and everything. My workplace is a university library and the dress code is office casual so I don't often wear skirts or dresses, but I always feel like a lady because of what I've got on under those office casual clothes.Zitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934983183390982361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-64391326000570762632010-06-16T11:01:00.804-04:002010-06-16T11:01:00.804-04:00One cannot live in Dansko clogs alone--believe me,...One cannot live in Dansko clogs alone--believe me, there have been periods where I've tested the theory. To that end, because I work at home in jeans and tee shirts, I often throw on a pair of high heels and red lipstick to go grocery shopping. (Yes, I'm THAT lady. Don't stare. It's impolite.) I generally pull out the leopard-print pumps and troll the aisles at Shoprite. Another way to rock is out is wear the tee shirt and jeans and a little splash of Chanel No. 5. That usually results in the kids asking, "Are we having company tonight?" <br /><br />You can't win. MaggieDea, Kia, Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343657178001614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-4427948898740941332010-06-16T10:57:48.506-04:002010-06-16T10:57:48.506-04:00ooooh, did someone say "recital gown"?
...ooooh, did someone say "recital gown"? <br /><br />This takes me back to the very first time I think I ever felt womanly. I played cello, and in junior high I had to get a floor length black dress. It was a silky thing, some sort of late-70's synthetic fiber, and probably rather disco-y, but I adored that dress. yowza.Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-13818177621966738092010-06-16T10:56:08.320-04:002010-06-16T10:56:08.320-04:00Ha Susan, now we're getting down to it! Thank...Ha Susan, now we're getting down to it! Thanks for the tip - I routinely steal the Sephora gift cards my daughter receives as gifts, so I'm good to go over there. My current favorites are Burts Bees in Watermelon (but who doesn't love that - ) and also philosophy gloss in Spicy Pear.<br /><br />God, we're fantastic, aren't we? All this talent, *and* we know our consumer products...Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-28742567637610031062010-06-16T10:53:58.881-04:002010-06-16T10:53:58.881-04:00Hey Mason - that sounds so delightful I might have...Hey Mason - that sounds so delightful I might have to go give it a try right now. Except it's, uh, not even 8am out here on the west coast. :0Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-48449214478968370052010-06-16T10:48:07.639-04:002010-06-16T10:48:07.639-04:00I have to admit being a jeans and tee-shirt girl. ...I have to admit being a jeans and tee-shirt girl. However, as a performer, I often have reason to dress up. I never feel more lady like than when I am a floor length recital gown with my fabulous heels on....I'm 5' 10" so I understand the towering over everyone else thing, too. But when I'm on stage, I feel like a lday - no matter how many unladylike moments I've had that day, month or year.<br /><br />Congrats on the new book. Stella rocks!!Joelle Charbonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608552691748018256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-67012060606610612942010-06-16T09:58:50.758-04:002010-06-16T09:58:50.758-04:00Sophie, what a wonderful post! Thanks for joining...Sophie, what a wonderful post! Thanks for joining us today! I do the jammies/sweats/T-shirts/braless thing, too, when I'm home writing. Then I can just focus on the words and not on things that pinch. But, girl, I always do the lip gloss (Origins Really Rosy is my fave!)! Whether I'm in jammies or dressed to kill.Susan McBridehttp:///susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-73293989885269192302010-06-16T08:28:55.811-04:002010-06-16T08:28:55.811-04:00What makes me feel most like a lady - just time to...What makes me feel most like a lady - just time to myself to soak in a bubble bath listening to music sipping on a glass of wine. My time to unwind and let me mind wander.<br /><br />The book sound very intriguing. Best of luck.<br /><br />Mason<br /><a href="http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Thoughts in Progress</a>Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.com