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"I have a lot of big pictures that you hang on the wall. There's one with old-time ladies in those big dresses sitting by the lake with parasols. I just got tired of them and wanted to change them out.". Whether it's furniture or clothes or miscellaneous knickknacks, Meloneck said she is sure everyone will be able to find something to "treasure.". (Sealy News, TX)
Autos added to Relay for Life Aug 1, 2006
While they didn't wear grass skirts, the paper parasols came in handy in the hot sun. The team offered 5 wheelchair rides around the walking course as one fund-raiser. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Catfights and penis pin-buttons: Paris shows not so glamourous Jul 22, 2006
At Chanel's display last autumn, some editors walked away with half a dozen pink parasols stuck under their arms. Backstage, designers often reveal astonishing details about their collection or philosophy of life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Makeshift beach offers Londoners oasis Jul 20, 2006
Wearing a short skirt and sleeveless top, Ms Baker was among some 50 workers lounging on deckchairs or sipping drinks below parasols on the stretch of sand dotted with potted palm trees. A small crowd stood around a Brazilian-style bar of bamboo and thatch which pumped out house music and served pina coladas and cold beer. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Tourists flock to tsunami-battered Java Jul 20, 2006
They were here to see the desolate beach, littered with flotsam deposited by the retreating waves, a public swimming pool laid bare for all to see after its surrounding walls were flattened, and collapsed concrete parasols. Fingers were pointed at the rubble and the sea as tales and speculation were exchanged. (iAfrica.com)
Feature The dog days of summer Jul 19, 2006
Some, doubtless, are this minute feverishly devising plans of attack and contingency swimming-pool memberships; pricey last-minute excursions to cooler environs; oversize, frilly parasols. It is not to these that I speak. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Camp is an oasis for abused children Jul 18, 2006
The dining hall was decked out with party decor -- green jungle-like netting on the ceiling, jungle animals everywhere, fancy paper parasols on every napkin that some girls put in their hair. On the menu, kid food: hamburgers, hot dogs and potato chips, veggies and ranch dressing, plump strawberries. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fun-filled action and games Jul 10, 2006
To escape the hot sun, many participants appreciatively took shelter under the 50 parasols sponsored by Magnum, 100 Plus, Milo, Spritzer and other sponsors. Thirsty participants also enjoyed cool drinks at the booths set up by 100 Plus, Milo and Spritzer while others took the opportunity to buy bottles or cartons of drinks at promotional prices. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Caldern pins faith on Mexicans urge for continuity Jun 20, 2006
Women twirl parasols, men in baseball caps fidget with their free campaign flags and children slip between the metal bars of the fence that has been erected to keep them back from the stage. The crowd has been rustled up by local organisers to see Felipe Caldern, the centre-right candidate in the July 2 presidential elections. (FT.com -- Markets)
Cherie Speller: When it comes to tanning, it's best to protect the skin you're in Jun 19, 2006
Women had parasols, and bathing suits covered large portions of the body. In those days, pale skin was in fashion. (The Daily Reflector)
Royals honour Thai monarch Jun 13, 2006
At Bangkok's airports, attendants in white tunics held purple parasols to shield royals, while women in colourful silk clothes strewed flower petals on a red carpet as they arrived. Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn (L) escorts Japan's Emperor Akihito. (Aljazeera.Net)
The bizarre Battle of Bull Run: the fight spectators came to see Jun 6, 2006
As the troops retreated, they came to the terribly frightened civilians who had come out from Washington in their Sunday bests, the women with their parasols and the men in their linen coats and straw hats to watch the great Union victory, said Pohanka. Along with all the soldiers, cannons, wagons, caissons and ambulances, all the civilians were trying to get out on the same road with their buggies and carriages and they created the mother and daddy of all traffic jams in this country, said... (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Workers of world spice up meeting Jun 5, 2006
The Chinese delegates cheered while twirling straw parasols adorned with pink and blue crepe flowers. Central America s delegation was the biggest at 186. (Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR)
Jubilee fans step out with flair May 28, 2006
This was the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, all right, because there were women dancing in the streets while twirling parasols, and men wearing boas or strings of colorful beads around their necks. And Bill Van Velkinburg was looking absolutely fashion-appropriate in his red, white and blue windowpane suit, stars-and-stripes bow tie and straw hat. (Sacramento Bee)
This Fashion's So Bright You Gotta Carry Shade May 22, 2006
In addition to making style points, newer parasols can be made of materials that limit harmful exposure to sunlight ... From city streets to county fairs, more and more people are seeking the stylish shade of parasols to deliver them from the heat of the sun's damaging rays ... "Psychologically, a person who carries an umbrella for shade is saying to herself, 'This is an umbrella. There's nothing radical about carrying an umbrella. It's just keeping the sun off of me instead of the rain. No one... (The Ledger)
Glamour at a price in Asia May 20, 2006
Women buy sunscreen creams to wear to the office in case they are struck by stray rays while commuting, the modern equivalent of the huge parasols that servants once carried to shield their masters from the intense Asian sun. And while many if not most skin-whitening creams are safe, doctors, consumer groups and government officials are reporting dangerous consequences of the white-is- beautiful trend: Instead of treating blemishes, women are applying potent creams in large and harmful doses. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Tales of the riverbank Mar 26, 2006
Close by, priests lounge in the warm shade of mushroom parasols. Are they teaching disciples or just chatting with pals about the cricket. (Guardian Unlimited)
Capital gains Feb 26, 2006
A doggedly academic Tuileries scene, say by Charles Curran, can't help containing excited details - a man openly admiring a woman, a frisson of scarlet parasols. At the other end of the aesthetic scale, Sargent's summer evening in the Luxembourg Gardens, the pale paths glimmer in the mauve twilight, sashes and buttonholes are brilliant as the hot moon begins to glow: nobody could call this ravishing nocturne a postcard. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Caution: dangerous dames Feb 24, 2006
" Certainly not Dolce & Gabbana, who dressed their D&G models up as sexy snow bunnies in cheeky thermal knickers, chunky knitted cream coats and pom-pom hats. The cigar-chomping Roberto Cavalli was up for a good time, too, chatting with pop star Anastasia in the front row before his Just Cavalli show. Preaching peace and love, he fused Eastern and Western fashions as models twirled leopard-print parasols, or strutted out in kimono-shaped jackets with Spanish-style ruffles, high-collared... (Australian)
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