Posts with tag remember when

Do you ever wish that the products you once loved never went away?

I know I do. Every time I walk into the Body Shop, my heart aches a little when I look at the shampoo shelves. Nostalgia takes over, and I start to think back on the day that I discovered Body Shop's Blue Ice shampoo. The color, the smell, the tingly scalp feeling I'd get when I left it on a little too long -- oh it was so wonderful! Why did they ever discontinue it?!?

And don't even get me started on how much I miss Express's short-lived production of lingerie, which yielded the best pair of underwear I have ever worn in my life. (Confession: I still have them! Who cares if they're 8 years old?)

Alas, the list of items I have loved and lost seems endless: Clearly Canadian's sparkling raspberry drink in the clear glass bottle; aluminum-free Adidas deodorant; Concord grape New York Seltzer Water; the old Tide smell; Diet Coke with lemon (I hate the lime version)...

Now that we're on the topic of discontinued favorites, what are yours? Leave a comment, and we'll randomly pick one person to receive the discontinued item of their heart's desire! Just kidding about that last part, but let us know what you've loved and lost anyway.

People are funny, aren't they? No matter how well you know someone, inevitably he or she will drop some bomb that manages to completely floor you.

The reason I bring this up is that about a week ago my boyfriend -- who is, by the way, much more of a lover than a fighter -- revealed that he used to take karate lessons when he was a kid.

At first I didn't believe him. But lo and behold, after few hilarious crescent kicks in our living room, I started to come around if for no other reason than to hear more about his days in the strip mall dojo of Williamsburg, Virginia.

His latest tidbit involves something called karate jeans. (Yes, fashion fans, karate jeans.)

They may look like your regular Levi's, but if you look closely -- yes, I'm asking you to look closely at Chuck Norris' crotch -- you will see that karate jeans are designed with a hidden gusset that gives the wearer a full range of leg movement making them perfect for on-the-street karate moves.

If you're anything like me then you're probably wondering what a person would need a pair of karate jeans for in the first place. Well, I'll just tell you what my boyfriend told me when I asked him the same question: "You know, in case I ever needed to drop a roundhouse kick on some baller in the parking lot of the bowling alley."

Uh, yeah. And by the way, what's this about being in the parking lot of a bowling alley?