Category: inter-world
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on a suggestion from The Custard, i've been investigating Portland, Oregon as a place to live when i return stateside in the fall. and what a contender! it had been on my short list some years ago when i first left Wisconsin, but it had slipped my mind–i think the rain deterred me. but i…
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Ryan in Not-Italy after hussling out the door to catch the 11am train we arrived at the station to find that the 11am train was a figment of my imagination (and the online train schedule). a cup of coffee and an hour later we're waiting on the platform for the 12pm train…which is delayed for…
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this is reminiscent of my childhood supper club experiences, though vastly more commited, so to say, to the concept…..and in my homestate no less, just down I-94….
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it seems i've inherited mom's colorful, creative use of language, which i use with phrases and cliches–i prefer a mixed colloquialism salad. one of Ryan's favorites: "I'd like to be a fly on the wall of that brain."
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Ryan in the kitchen, Ruby waiting for something to drop on the floor. we picked up some Bisquick with the dvd rentals thinking that pancakes make a good rainy day dinner. and also that it's something Ryan can make. or so i thought. i noticed that the packaging had been changed, Ryan dismissed it. that…
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Miss Dawn at this year's SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival. ah, i miss the girls. i was 'ichat-ing' with both Miss Dawn (in Savannah, GA) and Miss Kristan (in Santa Monica, CA) today when Ryan popped in, saw the screen and wondered if i was having a 'three-way'. ha ha, very witty. next time, we'll get…
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Ryan marvels at the size of the tickets–they do resemble airplane tickets. i'd never thought of it before. we went to Cannes, just to do the 'been there, done that' thing—on the way, Ryan learned the train routine and that indeed it is true that every single time i step on, the ticket inspectors know…
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Pomodoro restaurant down rue Migrainier i sold More Boats (Left) today! it was one of the ones hanging in the Pomodora restaurant, and it's gone to a good home with lovely Miss Lucy, an artist herself (and furniture designer!) currently working on the boats who treated herself to the painting she loves for her 30th…
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we're getting so Retro-80's Ethiopia is starving again. next thing you know, Flock of Seagulls will be making a come-back tour. oh my god,—they are!
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a get-to-know-you session for Ryan, Mom and Bert Ryan is getting settled in well, already using French phrases, unpacking the steamer trunks he brought and emerging from his "jet lag denial".
girl at large 