Lest anyone think I am uncharitable as a Canadian, I want to wish Team USA  a sincere and hearty Mazel Tov from Canada on their Olympic gold medal hockey victories.  I am still as Canadian as the maple tree in my backyard, but I am proud of our Jewish hockey players everywhere, and proud of the many Jewish athletes who participated at the Olympics.  They inspire us.

If you haven’t been following the Olympics (and many of us are glad it’s finally over), I think the Olympics Opening Ceremony in which Team Israel flag bearers were booed is a little bit like the UN.  Or Europe.  Or Canada today.  They boo us and we continue to perform as champions and professionals.  Tell the anti-semites and their enablers.  They don’t matter.  Really.  Most of the time.  Let us take a breath and remind ourselves of this. Frequently.

From a fashion perspective, I loved the Team Israel uniforms and felt that their modest blue parkas and black snowpants with white hats for flag bearing were sufficiently stylish and practical for future use and modest enough to blend into a crowd for security purposes.  Great!

Lululemon designed the Team Canada brown ponchos and parkas worn at the Opening Ceremonies but I know I wouldn’t wear them.  I did like the steel grey / green down filled parkas Team Canada wore at the Closing........

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