Glasses

It’s That Time Again

After 3 years it is time for some new glasses. I’m pretty sure the prescription has not changed that much, but tradition is tradition, so new glasses I’ll get. And I’ll add the current ones to the drawer where the other last two pairs of glasses reside, so if I want a different look, they are there for the taking.

From left to right, the top row, Dawson’s in Azure Crystal with Oak Barrel (Current pair), the Vaughn in Eastern Bluebird Fade and the Sadie in Riverbed Tortoise. Bottom row, Santiago in Hudson Blue Fade, the Gillian in Teal Tortoise and the Newman in Shoreline.

The current front runner is the Santiago in Hudson Blue Fade because it is similar in shape and style to the current pair. But, I find myself leaning towards Gillian in Teal Tortoise because it is a slightly different shape and because of my love of all things Gillian Anderson.

More Fun With Warby Parker

In the last chapter of “Brian Gets New Glasses”, we left our hero with the leading contender for his next set of glasses as the Dawson, but he was not totally sold on them. In this chapter he gets a second set of Warby Parker Home Try On frames with four new choices and another of the previous set’s front runner again.

Below is a galley of second set of glasses. Top row from left to right: The returning #1 Dawson, #2 Weathers and #3 Keene. Bottom row from left to right: #4 Wright, #5 James and the current #6 Wilder.

Well, now the waters have been muddied a bit.

I still kind of like the #1 Dawson, but after trying them all on one after another, the leader by a nose is the #2 Weathers. And now after looking at the pictures I took today, the #3 Keene aren’t a bad choice either, they are in the same color of my previous glasses that broke on Halloween, Beach Glass, and they have the same look as the #6 Wilder I’m currently wearing.

So, the only ones that have been really eliminated are the #4 Wright which seem too big, the #5 James because they are metal frames that are $50 more than the others (and I don’t like them that much) and the #6 Widler because they don’t sell them anymore.

Don’t worry, I’ll keep you posted…

Everything Always Looks Better On The Website

Last Thursday’s post I showed pictures of the 5 frames from Warby Parker that I chose to try on at home. They showed up on Tuesday and now here are what they looked like on my face. Below are the Warby Parker images of the frames and when you hover over them you can see what they looked like on my face. I don’t know if it the lighting with me sitting in the desk chair with natural window light from the upper left or what, but almost all of the frames looked nothing like what they looked like on the web.

Dawson
Azure Crystal/Oak Barrel		 Durand
Striped Pacific		 Percey
Tidal Blue
Whalen
Lapis Crystal		 Yardley
Blue Marbled Tortoise		 Wilder
Squall Blue Fade

The last photo, Wilder in Squall Blue Fade, is a picture of what I’m wearing right now and they are nearly 6 years old. I’m using them because the ones I’ve been wearing for the last four years, a set of Lyle in Beach Glass, broke on Halloween evening.

Right now the leading contender for my next set of glasses is the first one, the Dawson, which has a different color on the front of the frame compared to the earpieces, but I’m now totally sold on them. As soon as this set of frames make it back to Warby I’ll get a second set sent out to me to try four more different frames and the Dawson again.

Eye See You Warby Parker

After a 2-1/2 year hiatus, we made appointments to get our eyes examined. Today was the day.

We got a recommendation from the nice lady at the bookstore and it was 2 doors down from our dentist, so we ended up at Basin Eyecare Center. Our appointments were an hour and a half apart because that is how long they allot for a comprehensive eye exam. Mine was scheduled first, but when we got there we asked to swap times because Donna takes longer to come down from the dilation procedure. Turns out, both doctors were in the house, so we both got in not too long after each other.

We were in and out in under 2 hours total and that included Donna picking out some frames from a catalog to have them get in for her. Me, I skipped that part of the process because I’m going the Warby Parker route again when it comes to the frames. My initial 5 pairs of Home Try-ons are in the image above. I’ve tried the Percey before, but it was in Crystal and no matter how much I like the idea of clear frames, they just don’t look good on my extremely pale complexion. I have high hopes for the Dawson because I like the idea of different color temple pieces, so we’ll see1.

5 More Pairs of Glasses from Warby Parker

If you hover over the images of the glasses you will see a photo of them planted on my ugly mug. Donna took the pictures yesterday while we were on the screened porch (it was kind of overcast.) That and whatever the camera does make the frames look darker than they are in real life. The frame colors more closely match Warby Parker’s online images, but those studio photos are then again slightly lighter and brighter than they appear in person.

The sixth pair shown are my current glasses and is on the upper right. From there, I have ranked them in descending order from 1 to 5 moving right, down, then to the right again. Current plan is to go to Specs on Monday afternoon to compare the top two against the two they have put aside for me. But if you are placing bets in Vegas, both the Hudson and the Split-C are at even money.

The Past 4 Days

Things that have happened in the past 4 days, listed in no particular order or level of importance:

  1. I managed to get two photos posted to Instagram.
  2. The Mini got a bath.
  3. Managed to bike ride to work on Friday.
  4. Donna got a flat on her bike ride home.
  5. Watched Up in the Air on HBO – again.
  6. The Miata got a bath.
  7. Bad breakfast sausage?
  8. Got 5 more pairs of glasses from Warby Parker.
  9. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

How Was Your Weekend?

In between raindrops and watching the Olympics, we managed to donate some books for the AAUW book sale coming up the first weekend in March (where we will probably spend money on books), stopped by our usual local eyeglass place and tried on some frames and gathered a bunch of Moss Motoring Challenge points. I also installed and uninstalled a pneumatic hood lift on the Miata, but that is a whole ‘nother post.

The first glasses shown are made out of something called TR-90 and they weigh next to nothing. Also they are close to what I wanted two years ago because they have blue temple pieces, but instead of clear face pieces, these are gray translucent. The second one is a wild card like those clear frames I so wanted a couple years ago, I like the idea of round frames, but I’m not sure if I love the way they look. I am going to get another set of 5 from Warby Parker and will probably include a couple rounder ones in there too.

This year’s Motoring Change has spots for 5 “clever” Vanity License Plates and they have waved the “your car must be in the photo rule” for it. So we opted to laminate another catalog cover and keep it in the Mini. This paid off on Saturday morning when we were dropping off those boxes of books. We knew this was a personalized plate by the look, but we were not sure what it meant, until we saw the accompanying bumper sticker.

Sunday we were in the Miata, so we included it in our second Vanity Plate, which was instantly understandable because of the car it was attached to. The bare trees were our third and last Sign of Winter and I hope to recreate that shot for each of the other three seasons, flowering in spring, green leaves in summer and reddish-brown for fall.