Having lived in San Diego for 27 years, casual is the word of the day for dinners or just about anytime. Having came from IL where dinners out for business or w/DH were a dressy occasion, I never did get used to it, so preferred to keep that 'habit'. Take a jacket. Many restaurants keep it very cool and the evenings are definitely cooler than the norm.

That one about "Long term commitment" ... seeking someone to " ... round out a six-unit plot". Do I sense a plot to pick up a six-unit/figures estate? I wonder how much s/he acquired from the previous three? o j

My son's high school has a written dress code. It's in the school district's handbook somewhere, which every students receives a copy of every school year; a parent signs and returns the form saying they received it. Shirts straps have to be at last 2 finger widths wide on the shoulders. Skirts and shorts can be no shorter than 5" above the knee (they'll check it with and index card). No underclothes can show on boys or girls. No hoods/hats. No flannel pants. But there is clearly no rule on how low cut a shirt can be! I'd like to see that one added next year. It just makes me cringe they amount of cleavage girls show at school, or even anywhere for that matter. If they would just write and enforce that one, I would be satisfied with the way kids' at this high school dress. Lower than the standards I grew up with, but I'm still OK with it. I sub there, and would even like to teach there full time in another year. I just really think the low cut shirts are inappropriate, and more offensive than some of the other issues that are enforced. Stephanie (who has switched her 8 y/o DD to organic milk in hopes that she won't have any cleavage before she's 18 LOL Just like her mother.)

I suppose some of you have a point, in that there are those who haven't a friggin' clue as to what constitutes proper attire - and what does not. I'm perfectly capable of dressing up a pair of nice blue jeans (as I have today - although they're actually gray skinny jeans that I've topped with a long, flowy turquoise jacket and completed with 4" espadrille wedges) as it's "Casual Friday" in my workplace. That said, our HR Department did recently have to send a reminder email to employees about what that means. Don't wear your flip-flops, don't wear that spaghetti-strap maxi dress, and please, for the love of all things holy, don't wear leggings to the office with a top so short that your privates are on view. It's rather mind-boggling that people have to be given explicit instructions such as this, because in my mind we should all be perfectly capable of understanding how to dress in casual fashion to go out and how to dress in casual fashion to bop around the house or work in the garden. There is a huge difference, but I do get it that some people just don't get it. ::sigh::