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Show I Ten O'ClocU Whistle I by David Fleisher Mirror, mirror on the wall... The fact that people in Park City are, becoming more concerned with their physical appearances suggests that spring is here to stay. The use of a mirror has taken on greater importance in the past few days. It stands to reason that with rising temperatures, dressing becomes less time consuming, and people simply want to make sure they look okay wearing fewer clothes in public; This theory concludes with the fact that mirror sales go up. During my travels around Park City, looking for news, I can't help but notice people who stare at themselves in the mirror. While shopping for a grapefruit in Alpha Beta the other day, I saw two girls looking at themselves in the mirror in the produce department. I'll admit, this is a nice mirror, always clean and the reflection is perfect. The girls left Alpha Beta; Alpha Beta, Alpha Beta without buying a thing. The Club on Main Street.- Now this is a haven v for. mirror-users. The moment you walk through the swinging doors, you've got mirrors on both sides, behind the har and along the wall. If you don't like the way you look, you can look at someone ehe in the mirror. And if you get tired of using the mirrors downstairs, you carj i always gc upstairs where mirrors abound all over the place, f aw-bne lodal resident in The Club over the weekend get bored with the downstairs mirrors and charged upstairsto look at every mirror, one on top of the fireplace, another' behind .the; bar,: and still another set of mirrors next to the televisidri.i guess'she was hoping one mirror would make her look better than another mirror. People often strive to accomplish the following: , talking to someone and staring in the mirror at the same time; 'This feat kills two birds with one - stone:' Vou can enjoy interesting conversation while checjeingtn hoV you look, simultaneously. As many of you have? probably already discovered, the private xlub at Thelaimjumpe;Downunde absolutely not a good place to lootfin the mirror. The teflectioh' potential is quite 1 low .because it's sin'tptv 1toB dark; There steally only one usable niirror in the Ddw'nUnSer; the'one behind the bar. But.' Vf vou get desperate, vou can run into the restroom. .located, a few feet ,:away. ;, , , a . The Kimball' Art" Center hssomftime's; a ..pjeasaiit'',place -to . receive reflections. There aren't niany mirrors at 'the An Center, however, the paintings 3n the wall oififer ood feedback, espc ially if the paintings are encased in glass. I saw someone just the other day brushing his hair in front of an abstract piece of work, Of course, this guy looked like an abstract piece of work himself, so the. painting probably" didn't' offer any constructive feedback. " ;' ' " ; . . " 1 . The 7-1 1 store on Park Avenue has decent reflections. The next time 'you go there to buy a. bottle of orange juice or a six-pack of Coors watch yhat happens the moment before you open the refrigerator. You see yourself. Ha! Haf Let's face if. there are some people who are not fortunate in having tremendous physical attributes. These people never stare at themselves in the mirror: instead, they use paper clips and thumb tacks. It's very difficult to receive proper reflections from clips and tacks: but if you look like Godzilla, who wants to ...see anyway? But because this is spring; there is'a lot of peer pressure to use mirrors, bothfpublicly and privately;!. w opiCAvho tise mirrors excessively tend to be either boring ' -or conceited; My grandfather once told me it was -a sin to do . anything too much. So. the next time you shave or alk past a mirror, rememben mirrors can last just so long, and then they cloMMheir effectiveness;" - - As I walk up Main Street. I hear the Ten O'Clock Whistle. |