Last night Kevin and I watched the opening ceremony. We wanted to see the country uniforms.
First prize for the most tasteful uniform goes to Japan: They wore plain white parkas and hats with just a hint of the red from the Japanese flag.
First Prize for the silliest hat but the best attitude – goes to Mongolia. Each person wore a dead animal but had the most cheerful expression on their faces.
First Prize for the greatest departure from their country’s flag: – goes to Germany. What were they thinking? Vomit green with vomit orange parkas that bore no resemblance to their country’s flag. The hats with the fake braids were also a complete fashion disaster. Someone was thinking – let’s not do the German colors!
First Prize for wearing all the colors of your flag: Goes to South Africa. Helpful hint: wear a nice neutral color and then accessorize with colors from your flag.
And lastly Italy. Metallic colors are not a good idea when televised. They gleam too much. But what does this mean for winter fashion? Metallic colors are in!
Did you see Sophia Loren? She is magnificent even at 71.
I thought the human element display/ dance that ended up in the shape of a dove was excellent. I actually liked Peter Gabriel’s version of Imagine. I still prefer the poignancy of the original. Peter’s version sounded a little too militaristic for me (in the beginning.)
The lighting of the Olympic flame was quite spectacular. We tivo’d a repeat broadcast just to see that one more time.
