tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:56:00 +0000Everything you ever wanted to know about rain gear, rain drops, puddles, and whatever else strikes our fancy on a daily basis.http://www.dllrainwear.com/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul - DLL Rainwear)Blogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-8060205162363679650Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:56:00 +00002008-11-20T11:56:00.728-08:00pirates Who knew pirates still existed? I just read an article about the Indian Navy sinking a pirate ship in the Gulf of Alden. Apparently that area is beginning to be overrun with pirates. Today's pirates use rocket propelled grenade launchers. Yikes. They sound WAY scarier than the Pirates of the Caribbean. http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/modern-pirates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-8173861355229672405Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:22:00 +00002008-11-19T13:22:00.458-08:00gift certificate Has anyone seen the movie "A Christmas Story" ? Remember when poor 9 year old Ralphie gets a handmade pink rabbit costume from his aunt for Christmas? "You lool like a deranged Easter Bunny," declares his father after his mom MAKES him try it on. Seriously. Don't do this to someone you love. Don't buy your niece who has green hair, her eyebrow pierced and a tattoo sleeve Cow rain boots. http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/perfect-gift.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-3400460399628270068Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:29:00 +00002008-11-18T13:29:00.617-08:00coupon code For those of you who read our blog regularly, here is a little bonus to say thanks SO much for being one of our very valued customers. Honestly, we really do appreciate you more than we can ever say. So use coupon code THANKS during your next purchase at DLL Rainwear to get 20% off your entire order through the end of 2008. Why? Just because. Isn't that really the best reason? http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/thanks-for-shopping-with-dll-rainwear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-3883758141712294597Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:12:00 +00002008-11-17T13:12:00.221-08:00Rainforest TrenchChooka CrocoBarbieParis umbrellaBarbie is feeling hip yet a bit dreary today in her muted greys and blacks. Rainy Day in Paris Compact umbrella: $18.95 Rainforest Women's Steel Metallic Flowing Trench: $295.00 Chooka Croco Riding rain boots: $89.95 http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/virtual-barbie-back-in-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-6517377002713392974Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:02:00 +00002008-11-13T13:02:00.701-08:00Fall in California There really IS a season called fall in California. Maybe our leaves aren't as stunning or our weather as crisp (try incoming record HIGH temperatures in the Bay Area over the next few days---UGH!) but we do have an autumn however brief and void of fantastic foliage it may be. For those of you unfamiliar with our state's true climate (I know people think it is always 70 degrees here), the http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/california-fallin-and-whining.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-4636087452360271619Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:53:00 +00002008-11-12T13:53:00.330-08:00Totes umbrellaRainforest rain coatSperry SadiesIt has been awhile since I gave Virtual Barbie some new clothes. Today she is dressed all in black with a vibrant floral splash of color. Her Rainforest coat is spendy but very fashionable, fitted and extremely well made---a purchase that will last seasons to come. Her Sperry Sadie boots have a Tweed lace cuff, a sexy wedge heel and are super comfy to boot (no pun intended). To top it all off http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/new-outfit-for-virtual-barbie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-5402218326261578014Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:44:00 +00002008-11-11T10:00:27.725-08:00robotic legs I blogged a few weeks ago about the creepy robotic girl and today I found an article about Honda creating robotic legs for people who are elderly, going through physical rehabilitation and workers who are on their feet all day. It is definitely not as creepy and is kind of an interesting concept. But really strange looking. And a little, um....shall we say intimate, in the groin area. http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/robots-everywhere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-7739432062641198130Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:15:00 +00002008-11-07T13:15:00.367-08:00LadybugKatie HolmesWestern ChiefYesterday on a celebrity website I found this photo of Katie Holmes with her daughter, Suri, sheltered under a Ladybug umbrella. Here is a Western Chief Ladybug umbrella we have that is very similar and much cuter if I do say so myself. We also have ladybug boots (women's and children's) and a matching kid's rain coat. So your little bug can be outfitted from head to toe just like http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/lovely-ladybugs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-103637106163381430Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:47:00 +00002008-11-06T13:47:01.778-08:00Totes Eco UmbrellasTotes has come out with an attractive 'green' umbrella called the Eco. The Eco is made from 70% recycled material and is a great way to be environmentally friendly during the next rainstorm. These compact, auto open, auto close umbrellas come in 5 colors to match any mood or outfit. Leaf Green (of course!) Orchid Mist Pool Blue Sage Wineberry The Totes Eco umbrellas also proudly displayhttp://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/go-green-and-stay-dry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-3873466207359707538Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:19:00 +00002008-11-05T13:10:38.340-08:00rain puddle We had a fairly good rainstorm over the weekend. On Sunday I went for a walk on a local creek trail and saw this puddle. It was so big I had to take two pictures of it. It must have been 15 or 20 feet long. (It wasn't at a right angle...that is just how I had to photograph it). I was a little sad that I had on my sneakers and not my rain boots. Cuz I totally wanted to splash in http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/now-thats-puddle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-1375924886236214774Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:43:00 +00002008-11-04T10:43:00.954-08:00Hatley Snow GearHere in perpetually sunny and warm California, we just had our first good rainstorm. And the rain makes many people's thoughts turn to snow...and skiing, snowball fights or if you are me, sitting by a fire reading a book with a hot toddy! (I no likey the cold). My boys bug me every year to head to the snow but when we get there they are ready to leave in 10 minutes because they are freezing. We http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/let-it-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-349372437163626888Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:04:00 +00002008-11-03T13:04:00.448-08:002008 Holiday Shipping The holidays are right around the corner already. Can you believe it? Time to start shopping for gifts. Please keep the following information in mind when you place your orders. DLL Rainwear does not ship orders during the weekends. Please factor in 2 to 3 days to process your order prior to shipment. Please provide a phone number and email address in case we need to contact you. UPS does not http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/11/ordering-deadlines-for-holidays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-3797128876565144818Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:15:00 +00002008-10-31T12:10:25.290-07:00Halloween Here is a super fun 'carve your own Jack-o-lantern' website. Carve faces over and over into the virtual pumpkin without all the muss and fuss. And no moldy, nasty remains...like the four squishy disasters on my porch. Exhibit A. Exhibit B. Does anyone know if mold catches fire? I am sorta afraid to light these fuzzy things. And here are my two dressed up in their costumes for their http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/happy-halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-2998723096063666596Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:36:00 +00002008-10-30T13:36:00.560-07:00trench coats My Fact or Crap calendar has sure been work-related of late. Here was yet another interesting factoid (or could it be crapoid)? FACT OR CRAP? Trench coats were used, quite literally, in the trenches. That would be FACT. The jacket, which went on to reach peaks of fashion success even on couture runways, was first worn by British soldiers during WWI. The design kept the soldiers warm and dryhttp://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/todays-fact-or-crap-trench-coats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-7425592338424464067Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:51:00 +00002008-10-29T01:51:01.119-07:00newspaper Once upon a time there was a pair of glorious rubber boots. They were fashionable, they were functional but just a wee bit too big for the wearer. So that wearer carefully packed them up, wrapping them snugly in newspaper to cushion their ride in the brown metal delivery truck and sent them back in for an exchange. Upon arrival, the boots were unwrapped from their blanket of newsprint. Low http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/ancient-fairy-tale-of-woe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-6154780000630540437Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:16:00 +00002008-10-28T11:20:27.774-07:00holly berry Oh no. That is just my dog. Might be a good Halloween costume for her. Dog King. HA HA HA!! Seriously though. WTF is up with the crazy hair??http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/could-it-be-don-king.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-7626349526345079015Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:32:00 +00002008-10-27T11:32:00.942-07:00mailing list We recently added a "Join Our Mailing List" function on our website. If you are interested in receiving occasional emails from DLL Rainwear about new products, upcoming sales, special offers and the like, please do sign on up. We PROMISE we will not bombard you will daily emails. We also PROMISE we will not sell your information to anyone. DLL realizes how annoying it is to get daily http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/join-dll-rainwear-mailing-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-5242577563690338224Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:44:00 +00002008-10-24T13:44:01.167-07:00Halloween I found an article on what are the top 10 least liked Halloween treats. Here they are: 1. Toothbrushes (That is just asking to be egged!) 2. Raisins (Again...eggs on your windows.) 3. Candy corn (I like it but I guess most people don't. They look like little teeth!) 4. Smarties and Necco Wafers (Agree on the Neccos but Smarties?????) 5. Dum Dum lollipops (Really? I though kids were suckers for http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/what-treats-not-to-dish-out-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-4418218827564054066Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:41:00 +00002008-10-23T11:41:00.295-07:00Canadaweddingrain bootsA customer of ours, Amanda from Alberta Canada, recently had a gorgeous outdoor wedding on a beach behind the house in which she grew up. She was nice enough to send us some of the wonderful photos from her wedding. Amanda told us that it rained the entire week leading up to the wedding which left very muddy bogs that the bridal party and guests had to muck through to make it down to the beach. http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/canadian-rubber-boot-wedding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-7495103396727562607Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:59:00 +00002008-10-22T13:59:00.792-07:00umbrella facts Last Christmas my friend, MeiLei, gave me a Fact or Crap calendar. It has a new tidbit each day on a variety of things from politics to sports, food to movies. You are supposed to guess if the information is true or false. I have a lot of crap stored in my longterm memory (which I like to call important trivia, thank you very much). Now at least once a day, I add one more tidbit to that ever http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/fact-or-crap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-7369105017612166958Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:09:00 +00002008-10-21T13:09:00.846-07:00House of D Like so many people I have a Netflix account. We got it during the writer's strike when there was NOTHING TO WATCH ON TV. I took the questionnaire Netflix has on their site which has you rate movies you've seen so they can then recommend others you may like. I have a few hundred movies in my queue, most of which I don't recall the plot. And the synopsis provided with the DVDs aren't usually http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/house-of-d.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-3269923839832075055Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:56:00 +00002008-10-17T13:56:00.833-07:00Karma Today I was standing in front of a Starbucks waiting on a friend. I had just gotten off the phone with her and up comes a kinda sketchy looking guy who asks me if he can borrow my cell to make a short local call. I flat out said, "No." I sort of surprised myself because I usually at least say, "Nope, sorry." I was a bit rude. But we were outside and I am always wary of people asking to http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/back-away-from-iphone-buddy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-1539431211657468152Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:41:00 +00002008-10-16T13:41:01.204-07:00Mail GogglesDoes anyone remember in the movie "JerryMaGuire" when Tom Cruise has an epiphany in the middle of the night, then prints and hands out his 'Mission Statement' to the entire company? And later regrets it after everyone has already read it? And laughs at him? And he gets fired? Poor Jerry.... Jerry needed some goggles from Google.... I heard about this new 'service' Google has recently http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/drunken-emails-be-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-6413538396060510786Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:26:00 +00002008-10-15T13:26:01.118-07:00Totes umbrellaRainforest rain coatJeffrey CampbellVirtual Barbie really needed a new outfit. I decided after hearing someone on the radio mention AC/DC that she would be 'Back in Black" with a little metallic bling. The Rainforest coat is very feminine with its ruched front and high collar. This is in opposition to the edgy Jeffrey Campbell Engineer 2 boots. All in all this outfit is a contradiction in style that looks pretty darn cool. You gohttp://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/long-time-no-virtual-barbie_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702948113810345595.post-7916303796682624754Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:36:00 +00002008-10-14T13:36:03.932-07:00 (Very cool artwork from Vladstudio) Having the right equipment is half the battle.... She should have shopped DLL Rainwear! Now look at her.http://www.dllrainwear.com/2008/10/as-boy-scouts-always-saybe-prepared.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen, DLL Rainwear)0