tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739109242635013967.post2493627280858103272..comments2012-03-15T16:50:36.296-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Novelera: Ay, que frío!Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985569265800851409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739109242635013967.post-45562435878791739712012-02-06T07:04:24.655-08:002012-02-06T07:04:24.655-08:00Ha! And Japanese girls DO like their skirts short....Ha! And Japanese girls DO like their skirts short... but you'd think they'd make at least a cursory concession to the weather. Have tweeted you a picture apropos this phenomenon. I can't decide whether these people deserve to be laughed at or admired as hardier physical specimens...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08985569265800851409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739109242635013967.post-88359652569635024752012-02-05T18:23:57.405-08:002012-02-05T18:23:57.405-08:00Only a few days ago I passed "a silly young g...Only a few days ago I passed "a silly young girl in manifestly unsuitable outerwear" wheeling a suitcase through the (minus 8 degrees)snow in Niseko, Japan. Her only concession to cold was her disconcertingly short skirt trimmed with fur. The rest -high heeled boots, short shirt and coat leaving a bare midriff, funny little hat that didn't go anywhere her ears and thin wrist gloves with no fingers.<br /><br />It made me shiver in my thermal underwear and polar fleece.Diego Luegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356052340100552800noreply@blogger.com