What A Nice Surprise!

Thank you Viscape for the honor of including ME (at #6) in your list of the

TOP 15 TRAVEL BLOGS of 2008!

I lift my cups and raise a toast to you

and everyone who has helped me realize my dream

of being the world's first and only TRAVELING BRA!

CHEERS!

Olga, the Traveling Inspirational Bra

Looks like word of my pioneering journey as the world's first Traveling Bra is creating quite a stir in the undergarment underworld! With the exception of a few uptight knickers and conservative granny-panties who've gotten themselves all bunched up in a wad over my "alternative lifestyle," most of my peers have been very supportive! In fact, I'm happy to report that several of my contemporaries have even followed suit!...

Remember Frank, the Sedentary Jock Strap?...that strappy little guy with a BIG drinking problem sense of humor? Well, he still doesn't feel very comfortable outdoors, so he's busy creating havoc his own little adventures inside Dorky Dad's house! In fact, now I'm beginning to wonder if Frank was involved in this latest Dorky Dad fiasco! Some say Frank's nothing but a dumb jock (and a royal pain in the a$$,) but I say it takes balls to do what he's doing, so cut him some slack, OK?!

And then there's Sheila, a HUGE pink bra who's been causing some big rumblings Down Under as she travels around raising social understanding (as well as a few eyebrows) and friendship between women. You go girl! With any luck, the two of us will hook-up and compare notes someday!

And most recently, my attention has been drawn to a new breed of roving undergarment...and one that needs a NAME! Can you help? (You could win a prize!) Please visit Cuppa Writing for the Soul to meet the cutest doggone pair of panties you'll ever see...and enter the contest too!

But first, please tell me....since Traveling Undergarments are apparently on the rise...have you checked yours lately?

Newsflash: Big Busted Women No Longer Have To Go Broke Supporting Themselves

Asda, the second-biggest food retailer in the U.K. and owned by U.S. giant Wal-Mart, has announced that they are "putting an end once and for all to one of the last prejudices - that of the bigger-busted woman" (huh?) because all of their (George brand) bras, from A cup through to F cup, are now exactly the same price.

Well, isn't that just peachy? Now British ladies of all sizes can pop into the store and pick up their milk jugs, melons and themselves ~ for less!

Toss Me Gently Toss Me Slowly

Yesterday, fellow blogger, Sullicom alerted me to this startling news: Apparently, these two buddies from Toledo, Ohio were traveling together on the I-75 and, though they deny it, making rude gestures to a carload of teenage girls...when suddenly a red bra that was hanging on the girls' car antenna came flying through the air towards them, causing buddy #1 (the driver) to freak out, swerve and crash the car!

Both guys were injured and subsequently sued the teenage girl who's bra had gone airborne. And now buddy #2 (the passenger) is suing buddy #1 for "negligent driving"...but buddy #1 claims he wasn't negligent, he just didn't "recognize the flying object as being a bra!" Yeah, well maybe that's because in the news article it is described as being a "dog-chewed red bra!" OMG!

If dangling a chewed up bra on the antenna of a speeding car-load of semi-dressed teenage girls, so it then gets tossed straight into the path of Dumb and Dumber isn't a clear cut case of BRA ABUSE, then I don't know what is!

This is not to say that bras should never be tossed...done correctly, tossing your bra can be fun for both you and the bra....but puh-leeez, if you are going to toss a bra, do it right - toss it gently, and never at high rates of speed.

So, what's YOUR take on bra-tossing?

I Didn't Do It!

Well, this really blows.

My good name is currently being dragged through the mud all over TV, the Internet and newspapers...and I just want to set the record straight that I, Olga, the Traveling Bra, in no way, shape, or form, have anything to do with this, this, or this!

(My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the storm.)

A Trip Down Mammary Lane

Did you know that THE BRA turned 100 years old this year?! Yep, in 1907, Vogue Magazine coined the word "brassiere" to describe what is now commonly known as the "bra." Or, if you happen to be a 14 year-old boy, (or maybe just think like one), the "over-shoulder-boulder-holder" or "upper-decker-flopper-stopper"...or, as Dorky Dad has so affectionately referred to wife's bra collection, "those #*%$ obstacles!"

The first actual bra (my great-great-great grandbra, Ima Holdinemfromfloppin) was born in 1913 when a clever young New York socialite, Mary Phelps Jacobs, stitched together a couple of hankies and some pink ribbon...as seen in this video...

...needless to say, Mary's design was a big hit with her girlfriends, and soon everyone wanted one...on November 3, 1914 Mary was awarded a U.S. Patent for her udderly brilliant invention...and well, the rest is his herstory!

THE BRA has endured a lot of ups and downs over the past century...to see for yourself, check out this excerpt from the Secret History of Bras recently shown on the National Geographic Channel...

...and if that wasn't titillating enough for ya, then perhaps you'd like to feast your eyes upon the real reason we BRAS have been hanging around and putting up with your stuff for the past 100 YEARS!!! (Note: This video isn't appropriate for children.)

Now, go give your favorite BRA a great big hug and tell her CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done!