Enyce

Apparently I picked a pretty great week to leave Atlanta considering half of the city is completely underwater and the kids are out of school until Monday.

I've been making the daily trek via car and train to NYC for work and fun and fun work, all of which I'm hoping will act as a drug to help regulate what will be a somewhat insane next couple of months. 

I suppose maybe it's weird what honking horns, the oddly appetizing street food, and the dog-poop infested sidewalks can do for the soul. 

(Okay, so I'm hanging with some of my best and dearest friends in the whole world, as well as performing on stage for the first time in a very long time).

But there's just something in the air here, well other than pollution, that breathes new life into my suburban housewife lungs. 

So, I've cut the bangs, shredded the pounds, and pillaged H&M just for this occasion. 

Because if there's any reason to try really hard to look like you're not trying hard at all, NYC is it.

You just can't beat being surrounded by people who are able to grab random, non-matching clothes and shoes out of their closets and look stylish. Or who can pull off the shiny spandex and crop-top combo that you were just making fun of from that American Apparel ad. 

But the moment of truth is when some poor unsuspecting tourist in her jean dress and Crocs (no lie) asks you (You, the mom of 3 who is still trying to get over the fact that she bought, and now advocates for, skinny jeans) for directions - ones that you could actually tell her.

Of course, she doesn't have to know that about five minutes before she asked me where the hell to go I was walking around in circles trying to figure out the same thing. 

Comments

[Secretia Teller]

Shredded some pounds, lucky lucky!

[Wendy]

Just found a great list of links to bay and kid sites.
Here at Webdealinsider.com

[marty]

I remember the exact block I was on when a tourist asked me for directions in London. It was my shining moment that semester.

[Laurie]

You rocked those skinny jeans too, sister. And made me wish I'd brought my Chucks too, for what it's worth. :)

[Carmen]

Ugh... I hate to admit that I wore crocs all day today. :( It was raining all day in Houston and with all my errands it was just the easiest thing. They were the more shoe-like crocs so I wasn't a total loser... right? right?

Oh, and I do manage to look decent on other occasions. I was once asked directions when I was a tourist in London. :) That made my day!

[muskrat]

I'd love to be there right now instead of pushing water out my garage and ripping out drywall or hardwood floors.

I'll never trust a rainbow again.

[Meg]

welcome to NY! i am native new yorker and i still can't pull together a decent outfit; so you should feel quite proud! i am jealous.

[kyslp]

I can't get by with the haphazard look. I end up looking homeless. In NYC is is better to look homeless or look like a tourist?

[Mom101]

Um, that was actually me asking Motherhood Uncensored for directions.

What can I say, Billy's Topless used to be on 23rd.

[TheFeministBreeder]

I've learned you gotta be careful when you go hating on the Crocs. The people who wear them are hard core, and now they know where you're going to be this weekend. Don't be surprised if somebody throws a Croc at you! ;)

[A Vapid Blonde]

I will admit, no actually I won't, but I do own some cool skinny pants. They're called ramones leggings...now that is brooklynese!

[Daisy]

When I first move to Chicago (from New Orleans, night & day) I'd get stopped for directions a lot when I was carrying groceries downtown back to my house. I had no idea (I knew the line between my building & the grocery store) so I'd just tell people "Oh it is really far, you should take a cab." In retrospect I think I sent some people a grand total of 3 blocks. Oops.

[Jenny]

Yay for you and your renewed soul. I love that about NYC. Savor the moment and remember it in November when you are wiping noses and treating ear infections. You really are doing a lot for you, and looking so great. I hope after my baby #3 is born (in a few months), I will do the very same. Great job mama!

[Boston Mamas]

So with you. I'm obsessive about not looking like a tourist in cities I'm not as familiar with. I literally memorize the street map of my target neighborhood before heading out.

Have an awesome time K -- wish I could see you perform! -Christine

[Kelly]

Hater! There really are people in the world that like Crocs (or there wouldn't be so many that wear them to tick you all off). They are very comfortable especially when I was 8 months and on pregnant. We actually have a Crocs outlet nearby and my husband the Croc hater went in the store and was about to buy a pair of Croc flip flops but they didn't have his size. There are some men Croc shoes that look like regular ol' shoes if you didn't know any better. http://www.crocs.com/crocs-velocity/10112,default,pd.html?cgid=men-footwear-work
Be nice to the Croc lovers. I think maybe you should try a pair for Cool Mom picks because you just never know you could turn into a Croc liker too. Oh and I'm not lost either but if I were, at least I'd be walking around looking for where to go in comfortable shoes!

[Amy]

Welcome! I was really hoping to make it to your show this weekend but unfortunately, doesn't look like I'll be able to. Tonight hospital tour (I'm 31 weeks pregnant!), tomorrow a birthday party, and Saturday long-standing tentative plans with friends. So if those fall through, maybe Sat... otherwise, good luck, have fun while you're here, and let us know how it goes!

[Fairly Odd Mother]

I was just watching a video last night that was shot in Brooklyn and thinking the same thing about the fashion---man, I wish I could carry that "slapped together" look in a way that is still cool and funky. Instead, I just look "slapped together"!

But skinny jeans are the best, especially for us girls with no junk in our trunk, even the good-looking kind of junk.

[MetroDad]

You didn't look like any suburban housewife I've ever seen the other night. You looked like a sexy hot city slicker who wouldn't even bother to look up from her iphone to give a tourist directions. Oh wait, you were twittering, weren't you?

[georgette]

Isn't HM awesome?

[Nel]

This post should have at least 2 pictures. One of the woman wearing a jean dress and Crocs and one of your friend wearing that AA outfit. I would pay money to see those pics.

[amanda]

We're all kind of quaking on the inside and holding on by a gossamer thread, at least you are looking hawt doing it!

[Angela in Ohio]

One could speculate that all who wear Crocs are lost.