Tunic tops anyone?

Had a great day today! I needed/wanted to go downtown to have a Pakistani top 'reproduced'. The top is a fave of mine. It was made for me by my good buddy B.H. when she went to Pakistan a few years back. It's nice looking, very comfortable, very washable and appropriately modest for this region. I rang up a lady I had met briefly from my favourite place of prayer, and she went with me on the search for a tailors. We had a fun time exploring around together.

The tailors I chose is one where a friend of mine had been before to have a tablecloth made. It is a tiny little place down a side path (almost feels like an alley in a Harry Potter book). The downstairs room is smaller then my current bathroom. The men who sew are upstairs and you can hear the 'foot powered' machines working above. The place was packed with women from all over the world wanting to have garments made. Is the place a 'sweat shop'? I do not know. It is certainly an interesting question. But, it is air conditioned and it does not have a bad odor. Some of the men who sew sit around the door and do hand stitching while watching and chatting with the ladies as they come through. It all feels rather jovial. I can only hope that the men who work there are paid a fair wage.

Today's snap is an anemone I came across snorkeling last weekend. If you brush against them too roughly, they pull themselves down into their holes.

Peace.