And in honor of my 100th post: an unlikely but true event.
Hot date with Mr.opera singer! This warrants a repetition-I had a hot date with an opera singer!
Just a side note-We met under very unlikely circumstances, flash back to my high school days. Best friend and I had the car for the night and drove around aimlessly. Imagine, rows and rows of newly built homes surrounded by a few acres of untouched land. She realized we were in the vicinity of her childhood friend but could not remember the exact address. My impulsive nature was in full force that night, I suggested we walk across the field to locate her friend’s house among the rows of identical boxes.
This adventure ends with me climbing a rickety wooden fence with an inch and a half of space to stand on all the while I’m in heels, and his understandably mistaking me for a crazy psycho but then recognizing my friend and inviting us inside. Miraculously there were no injuries but in the process of walking across the field an overzealous small farmer who did not take kindly to trespassers shot in our direction; we came out unscathed and entered his home through the front door like civilized people. We chatted away into the wee hours but I did not see him after wards. Years later I discovered he moved to the east coast at exactly the same time I did.
Flash forward to present day-Yesterday I swung by his cozy one bedroom apt, whipped up a batch of my famous nutella cupcakes while he made me coffee and we proceeded to watch Fellini’s Satyricon. He’s a staggering 6’1’ to my 5’1’ and as we said our goodbyes he gently, and slowly leaned in towards me and planted a big soft kiss on the cheek, it had the effect of leaving me in a bit of a daze the rest of the evening. The date was followed by a short and lovely message that night. Personally I can’t wait for the follow up.
PS I think the nutella cupcakes were well received :D
Question of the day…
What kind of a fool does not attend their graduation?
Answer: an insomniac with an unhealthy obsession for chocolate, wine, film, design and architecture. This person also has a problem with staying put in one place for too long and isn’t so great in the keeping in touch department. Oh yes, in case that’s not an obvious enough hint, the person in question has annoyingly started referring to herself in the third person…and this will stop right about now.
I can think of many reasons to not attend and only one good reason to go. Perhaps I will change my mind I have till the end of April to decide so who knows.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Because I’m feeling mischievous today…
Brick! →
For the Lichtenstein project-I’d like to think Mr. Kahn is positively beaming.
Funny how an ordinary photo evokes strong feelings because of whatever associations we project onto them. I clearly remember the day, my sister came to visit me in Philly for an early b-day bash. Her timing was impeccable within days of her visit I was let go from the only steady job I had in Philly, I was crushed and terrified especially since I knew absolutely no one, had no family and the friends I had were not in the capacity to offer much help. For the first time I felt absolutely alone. Needless to say I did a fair amount of drinking and crying, sad tears and laughing tears followed by frustrated tears and tears of desperation. Fortunately I had my sister’s company and on her last day we walked to South Philly gorged on Sarcone’s chocolate biscottis, cheesesteaks, and nutella lattes from my favorite coffee shop in Philly. We grabbed a seat in the back, and the weekly paper and just enjoyed the moment. I happened to find a review for Ponyo and lamented the fact that I wouldn’t see the film with her, as it turned out I did watch the film with an equally enjoyable person. There was something about the late afternoon light; it felt so right as though I were the sole witness and beneficiary of its magical other worldliness.
The quality of light was enough to infuse meaning into the most banal or ordinary. It made me feel as though things would work out in the end. Much has changed since that summer, but the photo seems to bring me back to that one moment and I smile.
I realized current living situation has taken up too much of my energy-to rectify this issue a nifty urban design project.
The design aptly named “the Lantern” is situated in Sandnes, Ragna Stakland in Norway.
The roof is a double grid of 90×90mm laminated pine members, with steel reinforcement in the joints it’s supported by four hefty oak columns. The overlapping glass panels allow for direct connections to the wooden frame.
I can totally see an outdoor farmer’s market going on in this space or even a really creative dance performance with flowing fabric and swings engaging the four columns and there goes my imagination…
sick of passive aggressive tactics.
Where is all this animosity coming from? I hardly know since I’m not home 80 percent of the time. But whatever, I’ve vented here-now to put it past me because life is just too short for trivial matters.
yet another reason to ♥ Philly-affordable studio minus intolerable roomate
What to do when a roommate you presumed possessed a genuinely nice disposition turns out to be snooty, rather mean, and fond of talking behind your back?
Do I stay and put up with this situation? Do I find more comfortable living arrangements? Do I hold my ground for as long as possible and just pretend she’s a pesky fly in the background? Hhmmmm…as usual, more questions than answers.
Too tired to write anything worth reading. For context I will merely mention this project is located within the vicinity of Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals. Designed by Dutch based architect Bjarne Mastenbroek, the project is intended to be a self-sufficient rental property.
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