>>>Oh yeah! I ate practically nothing but seafood the whole trip, and it was all superb. I dug Bird Rock (where the sea lions hang,) the aquarium (knockout,) deer walking the streets, and the general prettiness, but overall it's a golf town (what are there, eight courses?), and honestly, just the proximity of golfers is enough to reduce me to genuine tears of boredom. I wasn't sorry I went, but I won't be champing at the bit to make a return, not when SF is just 100 miles further north, and Santa Barbara is only about the same distance from home!

>Levante AirSkin 150's sound like great tights.  I've seen images of Levante packaging, but just for sheer hosiery--didn't know they made anything heavier.  What material are they made of?  150 dernier sounds amazingly thick!  They must be opaque beyond your wildest dreams.

>>>They are! I'd place 'em even higher on the opacity scale than the DKNYs. The formula is: 87% nylon, 10% Lycra, 3% cotton. My new "special occasion" black tights, by the way...

>Funny about the E.G. Smiths.  Most "one size fits all" is usually "fits small as opaque and large as sheer," often with a cap at about 5'8"-5'10".  So you find them to be one of the best you've ever worn?  How opaque are they compared to the Levante 150's?

>>>About the same, actually, but they look like they could actually stretch a bit more and still be about as opaque as regular tights! I think the idea is that they're more like socks on short girls, more like tights on large, if you get my drift! I can't promise that you'll be a hyped as I was about the look, but they're worth a shot, even at 22 bucks. I get the feeling that they'll wear like iron as well!-Depon (not the one who likes piss in his rectum, the other guy!) (Soundtrack: Guttermouth: "Covered in Ants." Hard, funny mod punk. Wash my car, get a job, Oder Eaters formyshoesfor YOU I'D DO IT!)