Saturday, March 23, 2013

My friend Mariah and I are taking a trip in April - to Paris. Neither of us has gone before and we're both pretty jazzed. We seem simpatico in what we want to see and how we view traveling so far. I think it's gonna be really good.

Thought I'd start drawing some pictures and bring a drawing book along. I started already (antsy antsy antsy) with just one of the cupcakes she made and sold to raise some spending money. Brilliant. They were delicious. She decorated each with a paper fleur de lis. A couple days later, we got together for Indian food with her sig other, "L", and mine - Kent, and their good friend - a sculptor - "P". 

I don't like taking photos at gatherings and such. So, obviously, I didn't have one to draw from. But, wanting to add to my trip book, I improvised from some of their fb photos. The one with his arms raised, that one comes from a great photo of P taken at Mariah and Louis' last Halloween party. He went as a pilot, with a kid's floaty device airplane as a costume / makeshift dance belt. The phrase "no-pants dance party" made it into the conversation a lot. : )



More Napkin Drawings -
At the Triple Rock tonight to see Prissy Clerks (I love her voice) and Peter Wolf Crier (always very cool). I couldn't see Pete, but there was a woman with grey hair in long dreadlocks. She looked cool. Her old hippy husband had a cool bag. Then, I just doodled my purse and stuff, including my chewed up straws.
June 3rd. Went to the Turf tonight with Kent. I really liked I Colossus. Here are some of the napkins I drew on. The Tzar one at the end just came from looking up random words in the dictionary to draw.





Last Saturday, it was sooooo very hot. I was just a lazy puddle when I went out to get a graduation present for our nephew. Mariah called as I was in the checkout lane to say she, Kathryn and Nickol were in my neighborhood for some garage sale extravaganza, and would I like to meet up with them. I found them easily on my street and sloshed along with them in the heat. Some of the places had crazy-cheap stuff - free vacuum cleaners, $1 furniture... a complete set of Narnia books (arg - I had just that morning bought 2 new ones and shipped them to my niece - rrrrr).  Everyone seemed to find something good, and we finally took refuge in the Coffee Train.


If Facebook existed back then.



Turf Club last night - Ice Rod Chatroulette

The Amsterdam Bar

Kent and I went to the Amsterdam bar last night to see some friends and listen to/watch Prissy Clerks. They were very good. Fun. I was behind the bar at one point talking on the phone and snapped this photo -

Letter

 Kent and Batgirl unexpectedly peek out of a letter I'm writing.