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It seems an old fashioned thing to wear an apron. I remember my grandmother always wore one and it seemed to be her uniform, unless removed to show off her Sunday best dress. (Iโm sure it came off when relaxed in private, but that was something I as a child, never saw.)
My memory is that when wearing her โuniformโ apron, she would produce all necessary wonders from the apron pockets as needed. Almost like a magicianโฆโฆ.
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I think as hosts trying to survive emotionally and financially, we all might be wearing something similar: an โinvisible, many-facetedโ apron: please indulge me here. ๐
We do so to protect. We protect our overall investment, our properties, ourselves and our reputations as hosts. This metaphorically can be in our actions and words, including the very basic, such as cleaning.
We wear our โreliable and maybe old apronsโ when cleaning, polishing and scrubbing our spaces.
We may change into another โcleaner apronโ as we restock, finalise beds and room preparations.โฆ.
We might then shower and wear our โbest apronsโ when we are meeting and greeting.
Or:
We may also have a geographical spot, like the apron for a stage, where we stand and we meet and greet guests, whilst socially distancing. Giving them our friendly check-in performance.
But hopefully, we also wear our โcongeniality apronโ when face to face or corresponding with guests. But even more, I hope we donโt need to wear that โXRay protective apronโ too often, or make use of the boxing ring apron with guests who are being difficult, very challenging and just giving off negative vibesโฆ..
We can also wear creative aprons when choosing to do just that - create. It might be worn when making jewellery, woodworking, painting (either on an easel or wall), sculpting or cooking a special dish or a barbecue.
On an AIrbnb provisions list, do you leave a โreal apronโ in your Airbnb space? This could be so guests donโt have to worry about their clothes as well! Maybe something to considerโฆ that old fashioned home feeling that it can evokeโฆ. (I even leave a unisex bib with the highchair! ๐ฑ she nods her head) Itโs also there as emotional protection, if called upon, just like grandmaโs house.
As something of fashion, aprons have been around for centuries but lost favour after the early 70s and they have changed in design and fabrics over the years. They are decorative, funny, nostalgic, industrial, waterproof etc.
Yet we now see with the return to retro, some of the feel good from history, they are also coming back into fashion. So maybe โgrandmaโs magical apronโ is what we all need to have, to add the feeling of home and nostalgia to our Airbnb spaces in these uncertain times.
Iโve decided that as a thankful host, surviving Covid19 and this topsy turvey state of ever changing requirements: rules and laws from local/state, and federal governments and also AIrbnb, that I need the protection and comfort that โthe apronโ gives. But I need more than one and they all need to have big huge pocket/s at the front to help me multitask and work my personal magic.
Just like grandma did many decades ago, I need waterproof, poop proof, animal hair proof, showerproof, complaint proof, virus proof, spill proof, insult proof and reflective.
It would also need to have impregnated in to the weave of the fabric: kindness, patience, empathy, good communication, an eye for detail, and more helping hands (more deep pockets).
Then without a doubt, interwoven and coloured with flexibility, agility, creativeness, problem solving and the ability to relax and of course a large splash of sense of humour. Once we have these factored in, maybe Airbnb might come up with a few designs and colours to match our needs and moods! But all must have those useful grandma pockets! Remember pockets hide the magic โฆโฆ
What do you think @Catherine-Powell and @Airbnb? lolโฆโฆ
Disclaimer: No hosts or guests were harmed whilst making this apron thread. For safety, it requires a no nonsense neck tie and stitched waist ties. After all, with all these superpowers, we donโt want cumbersome; for we are all efficient adults in this STR and LTR partnership. What do you say? Has my thinking made you want to cut your apron ties with me? I hope notโฆ.I want you to be proud wearers of your invisible aprons.
I put forward our new age Airbnb hosting PPE: The magical apron, patent pendingโฆโฆ
Hoping Hanukkah has been joyous and that others enjoy Kwanzaa and feel love and kindness across the Christmas season๐and peace to all. ๐
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For those wanting further information:
APRON - Definitions:
A protective garment worn over the front of one's clothes for many actions, domestic and commercial.
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It can be part of official dress, as by a bishop or Freemason.
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It can be sheet of lead worn to shield the body during an X-ray examination.
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It can also be a small area adjacent to another larger area or structure."a tiny apron of garden"
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or a hard-surfaced area on an airfield used for manoeuvring or parking aircraft โon the apronโ
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a projecting strip of stage for playing scenes in front of the curtain.
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an area of asphalt where the driveway of a house meets the road.
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the narrow strip of a boxing ring lying outside the ropes.
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an extensive outspread deposit of sediment, typically at the foot of a glacier or mountain.
Last but not least, it can be an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates."apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill"
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