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Article: SYNTHETIC LONG JOHNS DO MORE THAN WARM YOUR BUNS.(Getaways)(GEARING UP)(Recipe)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 15, 2001
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Byline: KRISTIN HOSTETTERCOLUMNIST
AS A KID, I spent every weekend skiing with my family in Stowe, Vt. I remember tearing around that mountain with my brothers and cousins, carving our own paths through the trees (long before it became hip), flying down icy pitches on chattering edges and floating through fluffy white stuff on those glorious powder days.
I also remember how I froze my butt off every single time I got on the chairlift. The culprit, I believe, was my Santa-red "thermal" cotton union suit. It had buttons up the front, a trap door in the rear, and I absolutely loved it.
Problem was, there's nothing "thermal" about cotton, ...