RR wrote: > A muumuu is a Hawaiian dress, just a big old long baggy print dress, > like Mama Cass used to wear, or Hilo Hatty.
I love the stories of Hilo Hattie! It sounded like from the short story that Shepard was using the description in the "slobby" context, but we should clarify that in Hawaii the muumuu is traditional and usually considered formal dress. > The go-aheads (maybe it's a Californism) are thongs, flip-flops, > clackers, specifically cheap ones. My mom (native N.Cal) called them > that in the 60's. I thought my mom was the only one who called them go-aheads ;-) I forgot about "clackers!" My favorite pair had a sort of bamboo sole with black velvet embroidered straps ;-) Kakki
