thursday morning

9:40am 10.1.2009

3&4

late start. bank lunch under the shadow of the dome. winds on the millenium span. the gutted glory of the tate modern. rf and such. wandering the covent garden. old buildings new buys. a fat croissant. old man pub with a little knook for four. thai food, bitter, mirrors, busts and a hairy dog. sweet sleep. six dreams. off to pimlico. haunted footsteps to tate britain. the familiar halls. the stairs. the place where we found each other. beauty and possibility. victorian and blake. first show's are the worst, misunderstood. hands holding. old tweed lunch. murals on the other side. love. and then the cold wind and gold spires. protests and police. news crews primping. meat market with j and k. fat pig and sticky toffee pudding. crackling good. words and words and a red elevator. london cab going forward. talk back radio and k's flash. pilgrim's lane. 

london town day 1 and 2

jet lag punch in the guts. up the stairs to the attic, or the roof if it wasn't freezing. fancy porridge. double deckers. tribes and undergrounders at the market. falafel and mystery asian friedness. stuff stuff stuff. cuteness at a cafe with aspirations for a law office. the fish looked happy and bright, we slumped red eyes. curry pile makes you feel alive. rummikub is new. j and k are rad.....//..... full english breakfast thanks. salty and protein. walking into a permanent head wind, hair swirling dust bowl. king george III gave his library to the british museum. old mystics, armour, books and china. they don't read in the reading room any more. the retail circus on the way to oxford circus. matches, mismatches and lots of possibilities. tube is better than subway. coke opens eyes a crack. j and d are by a round church. poshness, hours of chin wagging. comfort in tea and cakes. so many sugars. labrynthe in talk and between us and the bathroom. perfume bottle brandy spritz and fanciness. i'm not supposed to say yummy. laughter and smiles, the sun is gone, the street is quiet. even the wind is a little more peaceful. air mattress.

eliot and oliver

This little kids are so stinkin' cute! I wish we could hang out with them more often.

out west

here you go peeps this is what went down on a recent ride out to the west of the two coasts.
we went where Old Roman got it in the gut.
spinning on giant teacups in the walt land.
birthday, birthday, birthday!
watching kids prefer a big rock to van gogh.
in-n-out, krispy kreme. then not chains - cora's coffee shop.
fun rad time with friends o and e and a cobweb motorcycle.
haze. wind. red eyes.

Looking back

My dad just emailed me this photo he found from the first summer Hadleigh and I spent together in NYC.

Val Day 2009

It looks as though we've skipped January. That's ok. January is a pretty cold and uneventful month. So let's move on to February...
This past weekend was Valentine's Day. Hadleigh booked a zipcar and drove me to Brooklyn for the day. We stopped in Williamsburg for a pastry and tea. Probably the best green tea I've had in a long while. We did a lot of "browsin' round the shoppes" in the area, which was really fun, since we never go to Brooklyn. We visited this jewelry shop that we've had our eye on for awhile called Bittersweets (www.bittersweetsny.com). It seemed more like the workshop than an actual shop, but the man there was nice and let me pet the adorable black and white bunny that was hopping around the room. It was so soft and very cute. Unfortunately we could not make up our minds to purchase anything, so we drove on to Fort Green to get us some famous red velvet cake from The Cake Man Raven (www.cakemanraven.com).


Unfortunately there was a line out the door, and by the time we got up to the counter, there was no cake left to purchase :( It was just as well, because we went home for delicious Tang Tang take out and amazing homemade oreo cookies that Trish made. We ate way too much, which seems to happen a lot these days.
It was a gorgeous day spent with my lovable Valentine.