July 11, 2007
The Land of Women
It was raining and blowing a bit, but having come from the land of no rain, it was a nice change.
Then it started pouring.
I'm washable, as were the clothes I was wearing, so I bowed my head, angled my umbrella and trudged four blocks through rivers running along curbs before ducking in the door.
My phone rang. My colleague bailed. My pants were soaked. I stepped outside and tried to stay under the awning as I wrung out my pant legs.
Washable linen holds a lot of water.
Ten minutes later I was eating saffron tofu, drinking lemon ginseng iced tea and realizing that the only men in the restaurant were employees, save two. All of the other customers were women.
It seemed to confirm statistical data showing that women far outnumber men in this city.
Ooo-OOO-ooo.