Beach Mystery

A beautiful day at the beach

Here is a mystery for you . . . .

It has been windy the past few days here in Cape Breton, and although I am a five minute walk to the beach, I could hear the waved crashing on the shore all day yesterday. Early this morning I decided to walk down to the beach, and see what the wind and waves brought ashore. I did not find much washed onto the beach, but I did find a mystery.

Washing Ashore

Well above the high tide line sitting on a rock was a pair of pants and a jacket. I left them there as sometimes people are exploring like I was and will return, but after walking all the way down the beach I continued to be alone wandering the beach. Going back to the items, I thought I’d check for any ID, thinking I might be able to return the items. They were good quality items, “Clairbourn” or some other “designer” label. There was no real identification in either item, but there was a dry envelope (so they did not wash ashore . .) from Sprott School of Business, Carleton University. The front of the envelope had a hand written note in two different handwriting “for deposit – 70487106” and the name “Brian Peters”. On the back was a post-it note from smith&nephew with a list of things to do.

Left Behind

            Take cheques /deposit

            ?Pat Johnson

            De-caf coffee

            Dental plan?

Joe’s house

What a strange collection of tasks?

The Lost & Found Rock

A quick internet search did not turn up any likely “Brian Peters”, and “Smith & Nephew” is a medical research company and there was no Brian Peters associated with the site I could quickly see.

Now folk seem to routinely leave clothing items on this beach, and the locals seem to just bring found items out and lay them on a flat rock at the end of the path to the beach, hoping the owner returns to look for things. I have been here three weeks and the pair of women’s leopard pattern underwear that were there when I arrived are still on the rock, and a number of other items have been added.

You do have to wonder how this pair of pants and jacket got left on the beach. A few to many beer, or just forgetful after a day relaxing on the beach, but the mysterious envelope and odd list do make you wonder what went on?

Dress For Success - Las Vegas

Go For the Fashionable ones

We went to a show called “Las Vegas, The Show”, and the MC commented on how the dress code of Vegas has changed, and he missed the suits, tuxedos, and formal wear. Walking around the strip after dark you can’t help but notice that he certainly has a point.

There is a definite gender inequality in dressing for an evening out in Las Vegas. I brought my nice linen suit, but it hasn’t left the closet. It seems acceptable for men to wear whatever you want, but definitely it is not necessary for the male in Las Vegas to get dressed up. Jeans & a T-shirt, shorts, sweat pants & shirt, all good. If you feel you want to “dress up” a bit, wear a button shirt. What ever you do, do not wear a suit; everyone will think you work at the casino, or are one of the “condo salesmen”.

Now the Las Vegas female  can wear jeans & t-shirt, but she will definitely be underdressed by Las Vegas standards. If you want to be noticed here, you need to bring, those outfits you thought you’d never wear. My careful observations (made from behind my mirrored ’gangsta’ sunglasses so Regis didn’t notice) is as follows;

Shoes - HIGH! The heels can’t be too high. Those platform shoes you thought you’d never have to wobble around on again, they’ll fit right in here. Don’t worry if you gave them to a charity, every shoe store in Vegas has plenty of outrageous styles that you can take home and never wear again.

Go for the comfortable ones!

Dresses - The rule seems to be that you take your dress size and subtract 2 sizes. Everything has to fit so that every curve is clear. Don’t worry about body type; the size 4’s dress exactly like the size 24’s. I saw three very large girls dressed in skin-tight thigh-high dresses, and 6" heels, laughing and having the time of their lives. My first reaction was OMG!, but then I thought, ’They are having fun and enjoying themselves under the ’what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’ principle, so good for them!

Skirt length - Simple, there is no such thing as too short, seriously. The same thing goes for shorts.

The general principle seems to be that if a female wants to get noticed in Las Vegas, you have to go to fashion extremes. The wilder the outfit the better.

You get the picture, well actually I’m afraid I don’t have any really good pictures for this post, Regis might have caught me doing that . . .