Monday, January 1, 2007

Are you In or are you Out - Welcome 2007!

Some highlights from today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's picks of the Ins and Outs for 2007:

Out: Metrosexual (urban man who spends a lot of time and money on his appearance)
In: Übersexual (confident man who enjoys the finer things in life)

Out: Helicopter parents (hover over their kids)
In: Peerents (treat their kids like peers)

Out: Splitting the bill
In: The woman pays

Out: "We belong together"
In: "You must not know about me"

Out: Trans fats
In: "Ethical" eating (Chicago banned foie gras from restaurants in April 2006!)

Out: Over-oaked Chardonnay
In: "Liquid cuisine" (cocktails loaded with juices, spices, herbs and assorted "nibbles")

Out: Flashing photographers as you exit a vehicle
In: Wearing underpants
(ed: Out: Enough already!)

Out: Squeaky clean beauty queens
In: Coke-snorting, girls-gone-wild pageant royalty

Out: Skinny runway models
In: BMIs over 18

Out: Blogging
In: Tubing

Out: Bling
In: Ice

Out: Pet "owners"
In: Pet "guardians"

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