I could use a parasol on a day like today.

[randomness]

I would see them all the time, carried by fashionable young women in Bangkok, who used them to maintain their porcelain-pale complexions. They could be distinguished from umbrellas by their shiny silver top surfaces, but worked to protect from both sun and rain.

I saw them being carried, but never found a vendor. I wasn't looking particularly hard, as I thought it silly to bring one home.

Perhaps I was wrong. I walked a couple of miles in this heat at noontime. I wanted a parasol.

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[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I genuinely want a parosol, but I don't know where to find them.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I found this: www.emcadgifts.co.uk/graphics/umbrella1.jpg, but the company sells bulk orders of ones with custom logos on, which is not overly useful.

I mean, £7.95 each is all well and good, but not for a minimum order of *fifty*!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

In Australia I used to see people using their umbrellas as parasols on hot, sunny days. Better than nothing, though not as nifty as an actual parasol.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Yah, black is simply the wrong color for a parasol, for example. :)

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

I have a lovely white lace one that I bought in Venice. I've used it a couple of times since and been very glad of it, although a broad-brimmed hat is usually more convenient.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

True enough.

Although yesterday I was very conscious of the sun on the rest of my body as well as my head.

[evilbunnymayhem.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm.... chinatown maybe?
I've seen them, but in paper form... thus I'm thinking rain would be bad.
I want one too.
Now I'm gonna have to look online, I'll tell ya if I find any.
;o)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

www.emcadgifts.co.uk/graphics/umbrella1.jpg has a good example of what I'm looking for, but it's not actually a useful site, as I have no need for fifty silvered umbrellas, even if they have custom logos on.

[puffydrake.livejournal.com]

I'd have sworn that the thingies with the shiny silver tops are also umbrellas. That being said, would you still like one? *grins*

(though, these days, everyone's using them for the rain - it has'nt really stopped since I LEFT a month ago!)

By the way, on the subject of porcelain-pale complexions, don't know if you noticed, but you know all those creams and lotions that get marketed as having "anti-wrinkling/anti-aging" properties in the US?

The exact same stuff (as near as I've been able to determine) is touted as having as "skin-whitening" properties down here on the equator....

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I'd have sworn that the thingies with the shiny silver tops are also umbrellas.

Oh, they are. They tend to look like this:
www.emcadgifts.co.uk/graphics/umbrella1.jpg

That being said, would you still like one? *grins*

Thanks! But I think I'll come get it. This is one of the first times I think I've thought of having one here, and I'm terrible about keeping umbrellas.

(Also, I have a question for you which I'll ask in email. puffydrake @ LJ work for you?)

The whole skin-whitening thing rather disturbs me, actually.

[puffydrake.livejournal.com]

(Also, I have a question for you which I'll ask in email. puffydrake @ LJ work for you?)

Yes it does. Or you could just use my old Wes account. Am curious now.

[sea-bound.livejournal.com]

Hmm. One more thing to coordinate with outfits. Oooh-ahhhh.

http://www.lunabazaar.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=220

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Those are pretty!

But www.emcadgifts.co.uk/graphics/umbrella1.jpg is more the kind I saw. (Not placing a bulk order of fifty, though. :) )

[sea-bound.livejournal.com]

*grin*

Much more practical, but not as fun.

It was good running into the two of you yesterday (was that really yesterday?). This weekend we promised each other we wouldn't accept any social engagements and the next we will be in Montreal, but we'll have to get together some time soon. Do you have any interest in seeing Taming of the Shrew in the Common?