June 7, 2007
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Plus
other interesting questions to ponder like babies at sixty, hormones, and public bathrooms
Who’s the fairest of them all? Well apparently all
of us, because according to last week’s The Three Tomatoes’ Poll, nearly 91% of us
think we look younger than our peers. Which is interesting, because for sure some of our peers who know us, took the poll too,
which means they actually think they look younger than us! To which we say, “Let Sleeping Beauties
Lie.”
Which kind of brings us to an interesting thought to ponder on that whole
aging “naturally” thing. If everyone around you is getting Botox and fillers, or plastic surgery (not that
there’s anything wrong with that) would you feel pressured to do likewise? And with all the advancements in cosmeceuticals,
what will an aging face look like in ten years, if in fact there will be such a thing as an “aging” face? It reminds
us of a woman we once met who had the face of a forty year old, but scarily it was on the body of an 80 year old. Maybe there's something
to that old less is more adage.
Fooling Mother-Nature
And while we’re on the topic of “fooling mother-nature”, The Three
Tomatoes did find it ironic that in the same week a sixty year old woman gave birth
to twins, a new drug was announced that will keep younger women from ever having to experience “that time of the month” unless and
until they want to procreate (which hopefully will be before they’re sixty.)
Okay, so we know this is going to sound like “if men
were supposed to fly, we would have had wings”, but seriously, sixty? Now of course, babies are just adorable, especially
when you can hand them back to Mom or Dad. But don’t forget, they grow up into those horrible creatures called
teenagers. Can you imagine dealing with teenage kids when you’re in your mid-seventies? Well at least
you wouldn’t be able to hear the loud music, or the kids sneaking in and out of the house at all hours. And on the
plus side, you’d have someone who could drive you to all your doctor’s appointments – but only of course when they’re not
too busy doing other things.
Now, a word to you younger tomatoes about giving up “that time of the
month”. Let’s face it, inconvenience aside, this is one of the greatest all time excuses ever.
Like, “not tonight honey, it’s that time of the month”. Or, after a major meltdown
“yes I know I might have overreacted just a tad, but it was that time of the month.” Or, when you
really don’t want to do something, “sorry I can’t make it tonight, I’m feeling a bit off, it’s that time of
the month.” Trust us, we older tomatoes know what we’re talking about and these days we just blame those
evil twin moments on our hormones, or lack thereof.
And speaking of hormones, the next time we’re complaining that
it’s hot, and want to turn on the air conditioner and a tomato husband says “It’s not hot, your thermostat is off”, we
will shoot him. Okay, so sometimes we’ve said that in the middle of winter, but just humor us and bundle up!
See what we mean about the evil twin thing?
Nature’s Call
Okay, we’ve got a kind of a theme going here, so hopefully this won’t
seem like a total non
sequitur , but
we’ve been meaning to talk about public bathrooms for awhile now. The Three Tomatoes admit it, we have a bit of a
phobia about public bathrooms and we’ve developed certain camel like traits to avoid the use of certain bathrooms altogether.
Like, we have never used an outside portable—never. We once ran the Revlon Run Walk which ends in Central Park and
rather than use the portables, we headed down Fifth in search of a more suitable public restroom which we found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
but only after paying the entrance fee first. (It was worth it.) And we’ve actually flown cross country
without ever venturing into the airplane bathroom. And don’t you always feel like you’ll be sucked out of the
plane when you flush? Oh, and whose idea was unisex bathrooms? We don’t even like sharing
bathrooms with our husbands, never mind stranger’s husbands. So imagine our excitement when we found out about
TheBathroomDiaries, a web site that rates public
bathrooms in cities around the world. Seriously. In fact they even have the “Golden Toilet”
awards for the best bathrooms.
Last year for example, Bar 89, in New York City won the “Best Bathroom for
Extroverts” award. “The glass doors on the unisex cubicles offer as much privacy as a float at the Macy’s
parade. But hook the latch, and the glass becomes opaque. Best of all, these bathrooms
are immaculate”, according to their description. We’ll take their word. The Three Tomatoes personal favorites in New York City are the Waldorf lobby bathrooms, Henri Bendel and Bloomingdales.
Well that’s our ponderings for this week.
‘til next week,
The Three Tomatoes
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