A Moment of Silence

...no...not because I've gotten more bad news from law schools. This is something MUCH more tragic.

This is the senseless burning of a Prada store.*

Of all the Prada boutiques Manhattan -- and there are 5 (and Dr. Juicy and I have been to all of them...together...in one single day...IN THE RAIN) -- this one in SoHo was definitely the most beautiful. Architecturally it was really stunning, and I think it's a tragedy that if something had to burn in SoHo, it was this Prada store, rather than all the atrocious art that is sold on the sidewalk (TOTALLY blocking the entrance to Emporio Armani) on the weekends.

If anyone reading my blog is in the NYC Metro area, please pass by Park Slope for me. I fear that Juicy may have thrown herself out the window of the only building in Brooklyn tall enough to have an elevator.

VC

*Obviously if anyone had been seriously injured, I'd have not thought it appropriate to talk about the "tragedy" of Prada burning. I also understand that a lot of people lost a lot of precious things in the fire, and that is very sad. You'll note in the article, though, that 200 firefighters can't control the flames, which makes me think that it's because of the uncontrollable hotness of the clothes in the Prada store. I also think that the fact that it's been burning for so long might make this, in the fashion world, comparable to the story of the burning candle in the Temple of David -- maybe one day we'll have songs and light candles once a year in memory of Pradannukah, the week that they poly-blends just would not stop burning.

PS: I totally wrote this post a long time ago but just noticed that I forgot to move it from Word to the blog. Shoutout to Juicy for the article!!