Eliza Starbuck, Day 21
Ready for Adventure
Today, I really didn’t feel like clothing. I somehow couldn’t see the purpose of them, and I really didn’t feel like wearing structured clothes. I just wanted to be wrapped in something beautiful and belted. So I pulled out a hand dyed piece of cloth my friend, Lisa, had bought me on her adventures in India and draped it around myself, making it into a halter dress of sorts.
Before it had been today’s halter dress, I had used it as a baby sling, and in the past I’ve used it as a cheerful scarf. It’s so versatile and so lovely. My little black dress gave the whole look some sophistication, and I threw a belt on it to perfect the form of the outfit.
The adventures of the day took me all over Brooklyn. I visited the Bed-Sty public pool, which is free all summer long. After that, the Bright Young Things Street Team had a meeting in a local neighborhood farm-garden, which grew everything from corn to chickens! The folks who ran it were really friendly and invited us to join the Bar-B-Que they were having in the back of the garden. I ended my day with a visit to the McCarren Park Red Gate Garden, which was also quite magical.
