And I know the significance of all the high-end prams, the sudden appearance of a yoga parlour, the almost-palpable whiff of testosterone emanating from the shiny new estate agencies full of shiny blokes with big, shiny ties and shiny Mini Coopers sprayed in the company colours.
I still have a third of a dresser full of shiny black running gear, including a wooly tube you put round your neck for running in the cold.
We only know that we want it because it's a shiny thing, but the world is full of other shiny things we overlook and undervalue.
Nowadays, at least at feature length, the form tends to be a much bigger deal, with every year bringing can-you-top-this spectacles full of noisy, shiny figures and images.
The museum, a tribute to the signage of the strip and Sin City's glitzy past, has been open since 1996, but its move into the La Concha Motel marks its debut as a formidable destination in a town full of shiny distractions.
Enter: a white lady who turned down a job at her father's well- established business to make a real difference, armed only with her naiveté, a bag full of shiny new journals, and at least one cardigan.
(Opposition officials recently toured Hammanskraal, an impoverished community north of Pretoria, in a caravan full of shiny Mercedes-Benzes).
In a world full of shiny dramas whose characters don't feel rounded, watching Wainwright's people endure their tragedies then keep on is a glorious, restorative sight.
In a world full of shiny dramas whose characters don't feel rounded, watching Wainwright's people endure their tragedies then keep on, just as they would in real life, is a glorious, restorative sight.
By Axel Horn and John McCarten The New Yorker, February 10 , 1962P. 31 A friend of ours recently observed a Department of Sanitation truck full of shiny new wire trash baskets parked at Seventh Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street.
