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{1} Once upon a Friday, just before I left for home, Alice took the last northbound train into Union Station. The next morning morning she, Nikki and I quickly breakfasted at Apartment 10 and set out to do some touristy wandering in Beverly Hills. We walked Rodeo Drive from Little Santa Monica to Wilshire, finding ourselves among the crowds of Saturday sightseers, stopping before particularly pretty windows - ones with Tiffany diamonds, ivory gowns, and golden brocades.
{2} Early afternoon found us in the Miracle Mile district, walking about the third floor gallery of the Craft and Folk Art Museum. We were there to see an exhibition of artwork inspired by the shadow boxes of Joseph Cornell. The pieces by this artist were my favorite, but all afforded so many strange and lovely old things to look at - Victorian cards, butterflies under glass, vials and one cent postage stamps, match boxes, skeleton keys, bingo cards, tin birds, rusted sewing needles and a logo cut from a Western Union telegram.
{3} By the time daylight started to fade our party of four (now plus Brett), had enjoyed dinner from a picnic basket in the middle of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. All summer long, they host movie screenings on an open lawn, and this particular Saturday, Singin' in the Rain flickered before us.{4} We drove home via Sunset. Don't cities look their best at night? All the unsightly details whisked away in the twinkle of streetlights and marquees.
{5} Sunday brought my parents on the 12:15 train, we met them downtown, inside the cavernous waiting room at Union Station. Back at Apartment 10 a group of six sat down to a homemade lunch of cool salad, warm bread, and farfalle pasta and pesto. As delicious, merry and memorable a few hours as our sweltering little kitchen ever saw.
{6} Our aforementioned drive to Union Station was by way of the Fairfax flea market where I hurriedly purchased a box of thread and notions. After the lunch dishes were washed and dried I sat down to look more closely at my find: lots of wooden spools, a handful of paper bobbins, six thimbles, pink satin ribbon, a snippet of crocheted trim and a minty green case of needles.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
LA Story
{1} Once upon a Friday, just before I left for home, Alice took the last northbound train into Union Station. The next morning morning she, Nikki and I quickly breakfasted at Apartment 10 and set out to do some touristy wandering in Beverly Hills. We walked Rodeo Drive from Little Santa Monica to Wilshire, finding ourselves among the crowds of Saturday sightseers, stopping before particularly pretty windows - ones with Tiffany diamonds, ivory gowns, and golden brocades.
Labels: History + Art History, Travels
19 comments:
- iva yaneva said...
This is the cutest post ever! I love what you have done with the journal and your story is so cute :)
- September 3, 2009 at 1:33 AM
- Ade said...
Your posts are always so magical! I love seeing your updates :-)
- September 3, 2009 at 2:03 AM
- PaperPumpkin said...
This all sounds so wonderfully peaceful, quaint, old-fashioned and happy. Thanks for detailing your weekend so beautifully!
- September 3, 2009 at 3:04 AM
- CandieAcidCupcake said...
those photos are amazing, i love love love that dress and you're right cities do look their best at night. Magical.
- September 3, 2009 at 3:28 AM
- anji-jane said...
oh what a perfect find. x
- September 3, 2009 at 4:02 AM
- insidethehemisphere said...
hi. love your post. i've been following your blog for sometime now and have enjoyed your reading about your projects and the places you've been. One question though, how do you make your photo collage? Do you use a particular software.
- September 3, 2009 at 6:08 AM
- chiaroscuro said...
Very beautiful photos, nicely done with the journal. I love it!
- September 3, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- Skyye said...
Wow! You are so lucky!
I've been reading your blog for some time now...and I just thought I'd finally tell you how gorgeus it is.
- September 3, 2009 at 8:26 AM
- Elise said...
Hello, you have the most fabulously wonderful site here and I had to leave this comment for you ! Your posts are beautifully written, creative and original too, and you have interesting pictures.
It's all perfect !
Thank you for sharing your site and best wishes.... 'Happy September'....
- September 3, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Robin said...
does everything you touch just turn to gold? i feel like you could tell a story about giving a cat a bath and it would be magical. beautiful post.
- September 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Betty said...
This is one of the nicest and prettiest travel posts I've seen and read yet :)
- September 3, 2009 at 12:05 PM
- koralee said...
You are so creative my dear...I love your blog so so much...lovely lovely post today!
- September 3, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Stacy's Designs 88 said...
Love the gown...so romantic!
- September 3, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- Modern Crush said...
Oh yes, I did hear all about your weekend soiree from your dear friend and mine, Miss Alice. You see we work together and get to chat throughout the evenings, and so I got to hear all about these lovely outings. Everything is beautiful!
- September 3, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- red food colouring said...
i love what you did with the notebook to tell the story of your day. so beautiful.
- September 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Anita said...
I love this post and the design of your notebook! How did you get this Moleskine look? Is it a scan? Is it a template? Thank you in advance from the Mediterranean Coast in Spain!
- September 13, 2009 at 1:02 AM
- OdetteO said...
I love these. They remind me a little of LA descriptions in Francesca Lia Block's novels...
I wish there was an entire LA travel book styled this way (or for that matter, a travel guide to any other major city - it would make all the tourist sites seem so much more magical)
- October 7, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- bomobob said...
I'm so knocked out by all these gorgeous photo montages you've done. I'm going to be spending a lot of time here. Thanks.
- November 4, 2009 at 7:45 AM
- http://interior4homes.blogspot.com/ said...
- March 2, 2010 at 2:19 AM


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Fans of South Korean figure skater Yuna Kim are upset after she finished second at the Sochi Olympics after Russian skater Adelina Sotnikova. More than a million people are calling for an investigation online. Will Davies has the details.
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"In November, government data confirmed that the manufacturing recession hit bottom during the summer. However, manufacturing technology bookings typically pick up two to three quarters following the overall manufacturing sector," says Douglas K. Woods, AMT president. "October's slight decrease from September's booking is typical of past years and favorably off less than in previous years. Major indicators are still pointing to a turnaround in business, which is welcome news no matter how slow it is expected to grow next year."
By region, manufacturing technology consumption in the Northeast fell 29.2% from September to $26.27 million. At $268.46 million, the present year-to-date total was down 54.1% compared to 2008.
In the South, manufacturing technology consumption totaled $21.12 million. This was 53.5% higher than September's $13.75 million but off 36.7% compared with last October. The $187.88 million year-to-date total was 69.0% less than in 2008.
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Another Mobile World Congress Wraps
Musings and mutterings from the just-completed Mobile World Congress 2012 . . .
- Darned if this still isn't the only place in the universe where there are waiting lines leading into the men's rooms but not the ladies' rooms . . . Obviously, the planners did not heed my carefully crafted suggestion for improvement made in the wake of the 2011 event.
- Barcelona did get the weather right this year, though – Each day was darned sunny and fairly warm . . . a decided contrast to the last two Februarys.
- The show was held two weeks later this year than in previous years, so no one had an excuse for being away on Valentine's Day. "Sorry, honey, but I 'have' to go to Barcelona this week . . ." didn't work this time.
- All that aside, MWC continues to enhance its position as the largest, most important service provider-focused show of the year.
- The projected attendance was 65,000, about 12% more than in 2011. It will be a few days before the official figure is posted, but, judging from the traffic inside and outside the Fira de Barcelona all four days, the estimate seems reasonable.
- The most prominent theme this year was SP Wi-Fi/small cells . . . which just happened to align perfectly with Cisco's key messaging and announcement. Not to mention numerous customer-focused mentions this week and last. Cisco focused "not only on what we make, but what we make possible."
- Other consistent themes included monetization, optimization, reducing capex and opex, and cloud applications.
- ARPU continues to stagnate . . . a real problem for operators.
- Another theme often heard is that service providers are more and more looking for advice from vendors. There was a time when that was not true. "They're looking at the situation and saying, 'We need some help figuring out what to do with all this stuff," one analyst remarked. Another added, "It's VERY important for a vendor to be considered a trusted advisor." Hmmm – Does Cisco's consulting arm – the Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) – ring a bell?
- Mobile World Congress has evolved – as it must – in its approximately 15 years of existence. Real old-timers remember when it was small and very clubby. Particularly in the last few years, it has changed and broadened as the concept of mobility has become more ubiquitous. "Three years ago, it was more of a pure infrastructure show with the Huaweis, Ericssons of the world holding forth," said one. "Last year, companies like Samsung and Google got much of the attention. This year, it's WiFi and small cells."
- "Four years ago here, a Hotspot was an oddity," one analyst said. "Now, it's the norm."
- In a Cisco analyst/media event about small cells, Telstra CTO Dr. Hugh Bradlaw said, "It's the network, stupid. That's what makes the cloud possible."
- Machine-to-machine continues to grow in importance. One analyst firm characterized it this way: "M2M = M3 . . . Make More Money".
- Overheard while standing in line at the men's room: "Operators are chasing the consumer too much and not realizing that a lot of SMBs and mid-market companies are dying for solutions that are right in their [the operators'] sweet spot."
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