Legally Blonde’s infamous Elle Woods once came to Washington wearing a lot of pink trying to make a difference. Since then, army’s of women – good and bad depending on your politics (i’m talking Komen for the Cure, Avon walk for the Cure…the good pinks, and Code PINK…aka women who give pink a bad rap). This year, in honor of pink October, First Lady Laura Bush “painted” (and by painted I might lighted) the white house in pink.
[picture from LA Times blog]
“During a ceremony at the White House, First Lady Laura Bush flipped a switch and suddenly a building that has been white ever since John and Abigail Adams took up residence there in 1800 was suddenly pink. She said:
We’re showing our support of breast cancer awareness and research in a historic way. In recognition of the mothers, daughters, sisters and wives who struggle with this disease, we’re lighting the White House in pink, which is the color of the cause. May our lights tonight shine as beacons around the world, a signal of the United States’ commitment to saving lives for breast cancer.”
Kudos to Laura Bush and all the other women around the world who are working hard to raise awareness of this horrible disease.
Speaking of Laura Bush, I’m about 100 pages away from finishing “Cancer is a Bitch” by Gail Konop Baker (which is INCREDIBLE btw) and then I’m planning on reading “American Wife” by Curtis Sittenfeld – a fiction novel loosely based on Laura’s biography. I’ve heard incredible things so I’m pretty excited for this.
