If You Miss the 70s

Iraq is for you!

I was sitting at the Baghdad Airport, which now has wireless internet by the way, if no more than 10 people get on it at once…
But anyway, the greatest thing about the upper class Iraqis here is they are still stylin’…from the 70s! Thin dark brown leather jackets, v-neck sweaters, brown leather shoes. Beige shirts with open collars and polyester slacks with a bell-bottom flare. And what outfit is not complete without a blue and orange horizontal-stripe polo? What about that green and orange plaid suit-coat?

For the ladies, a leopard-print head scarf really sets off that black burqa. Kids run around in faded denim jackets and jeans with sweater vests, little girls from the more progressive wealthy in denim mini-skirts with leggings and boots. It’s Winter here you know. I love it!

Saddam’s palaces are similarly decked out in the finest 70’s interior décor styles and colors. That era must have really done it here. Actually, I still listen to 70s rock and roll, which constitutes the most common-style radio programming in America from coast to coast. But I’m telling you, it’s a blast to step back in time and see it in live color. Brown, tan, and beige, that is.
If I took a picture at the airport though, I would probably be taken outside and summarily shot, so use your imagination.

For now, I leave--back to the future…