Being seen. Establishing existence, humanity. My SOP.
May 22, 2025, I had a full but basically uneventful afternoon. First was an hour training session with the gentleman teaching me how this www thing works. We spent an hour on how SEO works and just scratched the surface. None of this is intuitive for me given that I used to grab the Yellow Pages to look up a landline number, spinning the rotary dial on the phone. After that I drove from Akron to Kent State’s Fashion Museum for a Plexus event. It was nothing more than me showing my face, but I was out and looking really cute as I do believe this outfit was museum worthy!
Six hours out just being seen and visible (and I spent no money and consumed no alcohol!).
Disappointing
May 23, 2025, I headed across town to play pickleball. I signed up for a summer pickleball league at Studio W117, an LGBT+ complex which includes a gymnasium. I play frequently, but never as Kandi (which is why I joined their summer league). The league starts in a few weeks, but this day they advertised open play. I wanted to first play as you see above, which includes some things I ordinarily don’t wear when playing. I also wanted to try and get the feel for the level of play. Well, all good ideas except I completely wasted my time. No one showed up.
That was a disappointment, but what angered me is that Studio W117 never even set up for the possibility of play. Therefore, they knew no one would show and made no effort to change what was advertised on their web site. I will factor that into any future decisions as to spend a single dime there in the future. If the league ends up being a disappointment, that will keep me away permanently. As an aside, I recently built an extensive wardrobe of tennis dresses, skorts, athletic tops (like this one) to add to my collection of leggings, women’s running shorts, quarter zips and t-shirts. I need this idea to pan out…
It ended up I spent an hour getting ready, 45 minutes driving there and the same drive home, wasted time on a day I would not have minded lounging at home. I did at least browse a Target, restock my THC beverage supply, have a cocktail at Studio W117 hoping for anything interesting (the place was deader than dead) and have a few more at Twist, a much more active LGBT bar nearby. I salvaged an hour of my outing with a nice time there. No great story, all in all, but it was me being visible at least. And I looked sooooo cute!!!
An Enigma Sighting!
I am sure you all can’t remember, it’s been so long. Sherry, aka The Enigma, is in the forefront, seated at right.
Laverne, Suzzane, Liz, yours truly and what’s her name, enjoying a lovely meal and great company!
That’s really all, May 25, 2025, I went very churchy, hit services and had the great fortune of spending time with all these lovely ladies!
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Fabulous looks as always, I love the print skirt for the Plexus event. And a Sherry sighting makes the day even better!
I totally get the frustration though—putting in all that time and effort to show up cute, only to be met with a ghost town? Ugh. But you were visible. You did the thing. And you looked damn good doing it.
Your looking so good my dear
Never a disappointment dispite what didn’t go well
Those cute pickleball outs can be worn anywhere I love my golf skorts an tops
Kandi ,
So sorry you effort was wasted with your pickleball event , great outfit ! Can we ever go wrong with denim , lovely jacket .
As you know I signed up for 60s+ tennis last year so I had to put a similar outfit together ( the pic is somewhere in your archives ) . The difference was too many people turned up , I admit I was slightly nervous but soon met up with some lovely people and got to knock a tennis ball about again , I really enjoyed it . On a couple of occasions I needed some items from my local supermarket , yes I did get some smiles and second glances mostly from men !!
Looking good. I had a great time with you at Studio W117, wish we had one closer!!! And I admit I have never played pickleball!
Look at this way, at least your outfit was spot on.