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Our Cheap Clothing: Trick or Treat?
I know. This is supposed to be a post on Louisiana. Bear with me. It's coming, next time around. But for now the mood here in the East Bay is prickly…
Tina Polito
Oct 29, 2019
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Kentucky: Pop Tarts and Post-it Notes. Baseball Bats and Disco Balls. But wait, there's more...
...the whole blue valley spread out before us, and the monastery and all the barns and gardens standing amid the trees below us under a big blue sweep…
Tina Polito
Nov 9, 2017
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Kentucky: Pop Tarts and Post-it Notes. Baseball Bats and Disco Balls. But wait, there's more...
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Kansas: There's no place like home...
--Guest Blog Post By Suzanne Parsons Greetings, Dear Readers! I'm Suzanne, Tina's sister-in-law in Kansas--yes, I sew and quilt and make things. My…
Tina Polito
Oct 26, 2017
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Where'd you go, CAMJ? Five signs it's time to restart China Ate My Jeans.
First sign: The pile staring up at me in my writing room. Notice the folder labeled "Louisiana"? And Austin Kleon's book? Can there be two more glaring…
Tina Polito
Oct 22, 2019
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Where'd you go, CAMJ? Five signs it's time to restart China Ate My Jeans.
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Levi's: Made in Lesotho. But You Knew That, Right?
Lesotho. Say it three times. Think Colin Firth as George VI in the movie "The King's Speech." Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho. There's a tongue-twister for you…
Tina Polito
Jan 31, 2011
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Levi's: Made in Lesotho. But You Knew That, Right?
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Simple Sorrows, Simple Joys
Autumn returned like an old friend. Oh, you’re back. I’ve missed you! Evening temps dipped into the 40’s. Yellowing leaves rustled in the cottonwood…
Tina Polito
Oct 5, 2017
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ABC World News with Diane Sawyer "Made in America" Challenge
On February 28th, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer launched its "Made in America" challenge. As many of you know, the show invited me to join in the…
Tina Polito
Mar 2, 2011
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Nordstrom: Dinner and a Cardigan
In the name of research, Don / Richie C and I ate dinner at Nordstrom's Bistro Cafe. It was a warm spring evening. Easy listening music piped onto the…
Tina Polito
Apr 18, 2011
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Karen Kane: All in the {American} Family
Hi Tina: Here is an example of a very reasonably priced Karen Kane dress sold on the Nordstrom's website. Carolyn So it began: with a simple note from a…
Tina Polito
Sep 28, 2011
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Hangover
Is there news access on the other side? Are the Los Angeles Times and thousands of other newspapers somehow tossed up to the heavens, keeping our loved…
Tina Polito
Jan 1, 2011
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Hangover
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Jobs, Chinese and Otherwise
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." --Dante Alighieri, Inferno I'm…
Tina Polito
Jan 8, 2011
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Jobs, Chinese and Otherwise
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Will the Real China Please Stand Up?
Ironically, for a country that still claims to be communist, China has grown far more unequal of late. Many peasants and workers share little in the…
Tina Polito
Jan 23, 2011
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Will the Real China Please Stand Up?
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