You know you’re a Marina Chick when…
Found the following printout, minus a few things that are outdated, in a drawer recently. It was originally posted on
craigslist.org back in ’02. Even if you don’t live in SF, I’m sure you can imagine women like this. Also, I have to admit, I’ve fallen victim to some of these (not saying which ones, though):
1. you’re afraid to go to Balboa Café because you have gotten together with too many of the male patrons
2. you have a toasted Noah’s bagel with lite schmear and a Jamba Juice for breakfast every morning and you can’t figure out why your Bebe boot cut black Lycra pants are getting snug
3. you’ve dated 18 men in the last four months and you’re still single
4. you have a crush on a bartender
5. you have dated someone who used to date your roommate’s best friend’s sister’s cousin, or your roommate
6. the only consideration when buying your cell phone was the weekend minute plan
7. your haircut costs more than a small car
8. you need to blend two lip-pencils, plus a lipstick and gloss, just to get your shade
9. you have a contraband tube of Retin-A from Mexico somewhere in your home
10. about married friends… on the weekend you ask, “What the hell were they thinking?”… on weeknights you think,
“I bet she’s getting a foot massage right now.”
11. you’ve won bingo at Ace Wasabi
12. the only time you ever cook a full meal is to impress a guy
13. you feel that $25 is a bit “pricey” for a mani/pedi combo
14. if the MAC store were to close, you’d picket
15. you regard email as a flirting device with editing capabilities
16. you have worn body glitter for no other reason than it’s Saturday night
17. you have 18 pairs of black shoes, not including the ones in your strappy sandal collection
18. you know the difference between midnight black, jet black, off black, gray black, and black black
19. you have no full fat items in your fridge except wine (because they don’t make Cakebread Lite)
20. you have attended the Polk St Fair, the North Beach Fair, and the Union St Fair, but have never bought a craft (There were crafts there?)
21. you own a Jetta, Saab 900, Audi or Rav-4. It’s about a year old but it only has 12 miles on it (because you take MUNI to work and cab it on the weekends)
22. the 12 miles on your car are from going to Trader Joe’s that one time for Tuna Jerky, Toblerone, and wine
23. you only feel like going to the gym on “thin days”
24. you have driven taxi drivers crazy by telling them, “No, we don’t wanna go there, let’s go to another bar across town” – all because there are no cute guys in line
25. you have given your phone number to a guy, he’s called, you made a date, and you have absolutely no recollection of what he looks like
26. you’ve bought new undergarments because you haven’t done laundry in so long
27. you’ve used the “It’s not you, it’s me” line at least once in the last year
28. you’ve pulled an item from the laundry, sprayed a little perfume on it, waved it around, and declared, “It’s not so
bad.”
29. you’ve gone to a restaurant with a friend, ate the complimentary bread, split a salad, each had a bottle of wine and called it dinner
30. on a given Saturday night, you have made a pre-dinner drink plan, a dinner plan with drinks, and post dinner drink plan
31. you have not taken the bus because they don’t take ATM cards
32. you go to sports bars to “play the game” vs. watch it
33. an average workout at Gorilla Sports is 1 hr: 5 min makeup application/workout prep, 35 min chatting with pals, 15 min on the treadmill, 5 min scoping the scene
