Here Comes Halloween...

Elephants Deli here in Portland, has become one of my favorite places to visit from about October through December. They always decorate their NW Portland location with lots of holiday fare. So it makes the perfect meeting place of the yearly 'Pumpkin Planning' session. Which is the silly name my friend Gretchen and I have for, planning our yearly gingerbread houses.

Inspiration abounds at Elephants, the sights, the smells, the candy...

Look at these delectable macarons!

You know what I had? Those cups on the left are a chocolate mousse. I had one. The things on the right are house-made Ding Dongs. I almost had that.

Anyway, we nailed the idea for our gingerbread house, now all we need is a recipient for it. Thinking about raffling it off for coats and blankets donations.

Schoolhouse Rock

I woke up this morning with the Schoolhouse Rock song from, "How A Bill Becomes Law" cartoon, stuck in my head! I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill , and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill...

So, I headed over to You Tube, and watched some of my old favorite Schoolhouse Rock videos. This one's, "Three is a Magic Number." It's such a sweet song!

And who could forget Conjunction Junction! I feel so lucky to have had these playing on TV when I was a kid. Real, quality learnin'.

An Evening with Lee Kelly

Last Friday evening, I visited my old art school - P.N.C.A, for a talk given to alumni. An interview with sculptor Lee Kelly, conducted by Portland Art Museum chief curator and curator of contemporary art, Bruce Guenther.
Bruce would say something smug n' pompous, Lee would say something funny, and then people would look at each other and smile knowingly. You had to! Everyone was smiling knowingly! Then I got in line to be hugged by Paul Missal, which as P.N.C.A's most beloved figure, is always a really long line. The fellow up before me was stage designer Michael Curry, who was a very nice person - and extremely young looking for his age.

Here are a few examples of Lee Kelly's works:

Rajastan III (2004)

Lupin Fugue (2000)

Trip to NYC

My husband and I recently took a trip to NYC, where we crammed in as much art viewing as possible. We visited the Met, Guggenheim, MOMA, and many Chelsea art galleries. Here are some of the highlights:



Warhol at MOMA.

A painting gallery at the Met.

The roof of the Met; along with a spectacular view, some beer and cocktails are offered. Unfortunately it seems that NYC accomodates cigarette smokers in outdoor places like these.

A French interior display in the Met.

Part of a fantastic French wall mural, could barely tear myself away from it!

Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

Farewell Ted Kennedy

Farewell Senator Edward Kennedy, and thank you for your service!

Me me me

Black Wagon, the cutest and hippest children's clothing boutique in all the city of Portland, just celebrated their third anniversary with a birthday bash. My husband and I stopped by, and there was this wonderful photographer set up there, taking pictures: Melissa Hathaway.



These are unauthorized photos taken from her client site, sorry Melissa!



Will be ordering one of each soon. I can't believe she made us two goofballs look halfway decent!

Stuff I Want

Kate Spade... I want it.

Do I need it? No.

Doesn't stop me one bit from WANTING it, though.

My life would be better with this sweater, I know it. I PROMISE it would be! I can show you facts and figures.

Ok if I had to choose one item, it would be this polka-dot blouse.


Don't make me choose!