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Monthly Archives: February 2010

tea time no. 43: Inspiration from Frida

Drinking: Lady Grey Tea Listening to: Yeasayer – Tightrope “They thought I was a Surrealist. I wasn’t. I never painted my dreams. I painted my own reality.” -Frida Kahlo Dig it.

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Once more to the Moma – Photography

I know, enough about New York already, right? Well I don’t get out much so I may milk this trip for a few more posts. I only had a lunch hour at the museum and we flew through it. I shot it like it was a fast-paced wedding and you are literally seeing every image...

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tea time no. 42: good grief

Drinking: Caramel Latte Listening to: the sounds of my own cursing. :) Searching for zen on a stressful day. The good news? I found… this in the MoMA store when I was in New York. How did I ever live before pastel masking tape?

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tea time no. 41: Red, Green & Amelie

Drinking: Cafe Mocha Listening to: Amelie Maybe it’s all of the red, but Valentine’s Day has me thinking about revisiting Amelie.

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a Valentine for Bibliophiles

I once had a first date, more than a decade ago, at Shakespeare & Company booksellers in Paris. It was early evening and it had been raining all day. It was warm inside the store. A cat was sleeping in the shelves. My date and I stood in front of the Philosophy section and talked...

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tea time no. 40: Jane Austen v. The Saints

Drinking: Revolution Earl Grey Lavender Tea Listening to: Mercy – Duffy My husband is teaching Pride & Prejudice this week which has me thinking about it and in a moment of American sacrilege, I watched part of the film during the Super Bowl. I really did. Maybe that’s why these tea towels and mugs with...

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tea time no. 39: B&H Photo

Drinking: latte Listening to: Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Paul Simon I had 30 minutes to experience B&H Photo Video, lust over lenses, hold the mini fuji instax, and generally run through what I’ve heard described as the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory of electronics. It is quite a place and much more...

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Knitting A Marshmallow

This post from Purl and a Bee about a Hot Chocolate Festival/Night of Knitting has me thinking about booking another flight to New York. For my New York readers, it’s on February 18th at 7 pm, City Bakery. All you can drink hot chocolate, beer, wine and knitting workshops. They will have 5 knitting workshops...

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tea time no. 38 : Babbo

Drinking: Just Coffee- Fondo Paez Listening to: New Sensation – INXS Back in the days of cable, I saw this episode of Iconoclasts on Sundance Channel with Michael Stipe and Mario Batali. They are both kind of interesting on their own, but together in conversation as good friends, they are really fascinating. They talked about...

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A Date Night Idea

If I make it in to CD Central , it’s usually on my lunch hour so I don’t know that I’ll get to go to this appearance, but it’s cool to know this is coming up so I wanted to pass it on.

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