Dogs, Ducks and Dresses

Here is what I know about rain in Stavanger and about dogs in Stavanger....

Rain in Stavanger:
--About 50 inches of rain falls per year
--In July 2007, rain fell on 29 of the 31 days
--September tends to be the rainiest month
--Rains falls about 2/3 of the time, which is roughly 240 days a year

Dogs in Stavanger:
--Milo must go outside at least twice a day
--Lillie must go outside at least five times a day
--Both must go outside 365 days a year



(If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a Husband.)





(I bought this dress at the West Village Urban Outfitter in 1996. When I wore it for the first time, Derek, my downstairs neighbor, said "Elizabeth, that is the ugliest dress I have ever seen." He is a graphic designer with super funky taste, so of course he was right. But I loved it anyway. And eleven years later, this dress (and Mos Def) played an initial and starring role in the beginning of the Us, so while it's in a much less frequent rotation these days, I still wear it occasionally for that very reason. Why it survived in the years inbetween, I can't say for sure...)