found a good dilbert comic strip . reminds me of my pajama day tendencies and ability to avoid putting on shoes for a few days in a row (not counting slippers).
this weekend the mayor hosted a Kite Festival at the Museum of Science & Industry. it was very cute watching all these tiny kids (and not so tiny kids) concentrating intensely and zooming around as fast as they could in all directions while looking up and behind them. and of course in a sign of read more
We visited the Chicago Art Institute which featured a special exhibit on “Cezanne to Picasso – Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde.” Vollard was a French art dealer from the early 20th century, who exhibited many artists who were struggling for a reputation at that time, including Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso. On our read more
there was once upon a time when i thought i would marry trevor linden…i guess i can’t anymore, but i still love him. thank you canucks and cable tv. we’ve been able to catch most of the playoff games so far: if we’re lucky, we sometimes get the cbc hockey night in canada telecast with read more
the view of the mountains when you fly into the city; i’m always a bit surprised at how big and impressive they are. cherry blossoms; they make me smile and want to prance around.
we had a great time shoe shopping in hong kong. we splurged. i’ve always thought the reason i can never find shoes is because my feet are gorked. it turns out they’re only partially gorked (love my orthotics); i just have unusually small feet for north america. i bought a pair of super cute but read more
the apartment is clean and the fridge is empty, except for a few ‘vita’ drinks, eggs and pine nuts. i’m not really sure why we always have to leave the home super clean whenever we go away, even if the trip isn’t for very long. psychologically i feel better. anyways, packing is almost finished: underwear, read more
i had a double-take when i saw this in the grocery store. initially i thought it was just our store’s fault, but then i learned that this is actually a normal price for organic avocadoes. i wish i could buy more organic food, but i’m not sure my wallet could handle it.
Yesterday I picked up my saxophone for the first time in months. I had so little stamina that I got tired after only a few minutes. Then, after talking with a friend about Selmer saxophones (mine is a Super Action 80 Series II), I went online only to find that Conn and Selmer had merged read more