Sunday, July 29, 2007

For my Dad


Only you, daddy, and you alone can appreciate this. I've learned this: a little elbow grease never hurt anyone, and waiting for other people to do the job is the pits.

And for the rest of you, here is a little taste of my house's quirkiness! Bathrooms and pipes go together like...kids and bikes?

Rainy Day Fun

So, the weatherman got it right yesterday. Forecasted storms did indeed fall upon Cambridge, but luckily only in the afternoon--so the morning was the perfect time to gather materials for indoor fun as the rain fell.





After a quick metro ride to Harvard Square, I stopped by my three favorite stores, all lined up in a row: Dickson Brother's True Value Hardware Store, Urban Outfitters and Tealuxe. There I found paint, a wonderfully colorful rug, and a frozen chai with bubbles (delicious!). Then, my walk home brought me to a basket of paper mache'd fruit at Oona's Thrift, that I immediately fell in love with and quickly placed in my kitchen once I walked through my door.






Of all of it, the paint provided the most fun, although I did enjoy the chai bubble tea perhaps the most for the moment. After quickly plotting out a plan for decorating the found table of last weekend, I slapped down some masking tape and started painting. First, I laid out a border of "Golden Green" and then filled in with a couple layers of "Aspiration," all of which match quite well with the "Himilayan Mist" base coat. The finished product...

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Free is good when things aren't great.

The much anticipated event, Boston's Free Shakespeare on the Commons, was all this week. Friday night was the only time I could possibly go and beat the forecasted rain for this weekend. So, at 8:00 I parked myself on my nice Rice throw (thank you LRC) with an ice cream cone and awaited the show. The actors walked on stage, started into the dialogue, but my interest waned. In essence, the actors were okay, the stage pretty sad, and the singing---let's just say that the first time I heard the Fairy Queen's voice, I, along with half the crowd, packed up and went home. Better luck next year, Boston!

Not to mention, the actors were all dressed like space-age bumble bees...