SALLY'S PASSIONS, VANITIES & OTHER ENDEARING VICES - Collections, Re-collections & Regurgitations!

Having always had an addictive personality, and loving things in multiples, it's a wonder the invitro fertilization didn't stick or most likely I'd be dressing quints in his n' hers vintage Izods & Danskin. But as far as my collecting addictions, there are many and it's an insatiability that feeds these obsessions. Pretty little things, that's what I love, that's what I need. I always want MORE. They give me pleasure when I gaze upon them, I never feel they are excessive or unnecessary. They indeed, become a part of my patchwork Hyde Park crib of many colors.

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WHETHER WITHER WEATHER: RAHM, OPRAH, OPRAH, RAHM, SNOWBOOTS & VINTAGE SUNDRESS FOR INAUGURATION?

As we head into Chicago's Mayoral Inaugeration Day, it promises to be as Wild and Wooly as the Windy City has ever been!! The weather, oh what can we say about the weather? It's May 15th, it's freezing cold, windy and rainy. As usual Mother Nature is upstaging the power brokers as they attempt to sweep the goose poop off the open sound stage in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. The biggest question facing this new administration is: What's a Vintage sister to wear to Millennium Park for Rahm's swearing in? What would Oprah wear? Oh yeah, she's still here, but just barely!! With Richie Daley out of City Hall, and Mistress Winfrey leaving our Randolph Street Market West Loop neighborhood -- how can this toddlin' town handle such a quantum paradigm shift? Granted, Barry's new headquarters are here and we are assured that we are still relevant. Well, sure, if you're the weather channel!! As Annie sings "The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow, Bet Your Bottom Lobbying Dollar That Tomorrow, There'll Be Sun".

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