As you might guess, I haven’t read the last book yet. Today was remarkably similar to yesterday, minus the painting. We bought a bookshelf today to go behind the dining room door. Rob picked up a desk for the office, which he is setting up as I type. And next week, we pick up our […]
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I spent today alternating between writing, proofreading, working on Rob’s new website (I’ll show you when it’s finished) and painting. My eyes are crossing. I didn’t leave the apartment today. Tomorrow, we go to pick up some bookshelves (yay!) and a desk for Rob.
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Our friends Don and Yan are in town for business and birthday. We just got back from an outing with them. First at Flute, because Don is one of Rob’s wine buddies, and then at La Bonne Soup. It was so nice to see them. We have plans to get together this weekend again and–lord
I went to pick up my dry cleaning. As I was standing there, a butterfly flew in and landed on my computer bag. It sat there, fanning its wings as if it were the most natural thing in the world. I froze, afraid to scare it. “Look!” I caught the drycleaning lady’s eye. “A butterfly.
I’m here to report on the first couple of weeks of life without a/c. It’s fine. There were two days when the outside temperature was in the mid-90s that were rough, but honestly, otherwise it’s not noticeable. We can keep the apartment about ten degrees cooler than the outside air and with a fan to
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Yesterday I went down to join a group of writers at the Malibu–I had no idea what I was getting into. The group has apparently been meeting for some seventeen years, every Wednesday at the same restaurant. It was a lively bunch of writers, none of whom I had met before. I went because Keith
My wonderful cousin, Susan, has started EyeItalia, after living in Italy for a year. It’s full of amazing Italian papers, fabrics and just about every beautiful thing you could possibly covet. I warn you, this is a dangerous, dangerous website. Oh and check out the photo essays, which are gooooorgeous.
Chris Billet sent me this BBC article about a ‘ninja’ arrested in Italy Italian police have arrested a Russian “ninja” who had been spreading fear across farmlands in the north of the country. All I can say is that you need to read the whole article, because it just gets weirder the farther into it
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Really. Is there anything else to say about today? Well, actually there is, because I got some news about three different exciting projects none of which I can tell you about. Gah! So, for the moment, you’ll just have to watch the paint dry. La la la. Oh, and no, the news is not about
I finished painting the largest wall of the dining room Venetian Red. We’ve moved the bookshelves back into place and have begun the process of unpacking books. It is quite clear that we have more books than we have space. We’re discussing were the additional shelves will go–clearly, we can’t get rid of any of
This is a fine, fine use of pop-up books and puppetry. Spotted by John Scalzi at Ficlets.
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What a day. I’ll all in. We started by having brunch with fab girl, her friend Leslie, Jodi and Jed at Cafe Deville. It’s a nice big open space with good food, but the service was questionable. We kept having to send water glasses away because they had floaters in them. Ugh. After that, Rob
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Last night, Kahlua invited us out to dinner with her and her daughters. We hadn’t seen them since Iceland, so were delighted to go. She suggested Gavroche, a French Bistro. We had forgotten that it was Bastille Day, so it was crowded, even more so than usual for a NYC restaurant. But they have a
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I went over to our local farmers market today. There are only six or so booths, but with a nice variety of things. It’s at 106th and Central Park West, nestled against an unexpected bluff of stone. It’s a beautiful setting, and naturally I didn’t have my camera with me. Google Maps Street View is
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I’m somewhat amazed at how easily we agreed on a color for the office. Unfortunately, finding a place where the paint was affordable proved significantly harder. The first place I went to wanted $45 per gallon of paint. That’s more than twice what I usually pay in Portland and totally not in our budget. Rest
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