Pitches that arrived while we were sitting around talking about the buyout:
Goodbye Metrosexual; Hello Metrospiritual.
Prague, no. Macchu Pichu, yes.
Oprah, no. Uma, Yes.
This comes from Beliefnet, which is actually a very good site about religion and faith. They don't actually say Oprah isn't metrospirutual, but it's not too far a stretch. They define metrospirituality as "being hip and holistic while seeking inner bliss" and "a kinder, gentler post-Yuppie." Into the planet. Native cultures. Attuned to ancient physical practices.
They have a chart on their Web site. Some people and things fall obviously into one camp or the other. Hummer v Toyota hybrid (c'mon, this is easy). Golf v surfing. (But isn't golf but seeking oneness with the earth's holiness?)
Gwyneth Paltrow is one. So are Angelina Jolie and Leonardo di Caprio. Chances are your bikram yoga teacher has the major characteristics and so does the guy who makes your fruit smoothie at Jamba Juice. Donna Karan is totally in on it. The salesperson who helps you find the right Botanical Kinetics moisturizer at Aveda is probably one, along with your eco-tourism guide at Costa Rican surf camp. Richard Gere may be the proto-one and Uma Thurman was pretty much born into it. What is influencing Hollywood stars and Wal-Mart shoppers, fashionistas and Filene’s basement-dwellers alike? It’s called metrospirituality, and chances are you already know or even lead the life of a metrospiritual.
That's me. I don't have a Costa Rican surf camp. Pass the remote.
