Today was gray and I've been tired all week. I fell into a deep food coma après le déjeuner and convinced my friend Sharon we needed to take a quick walk to the Prairie Avenue Bookstore and B&N for magazines. To get more oxygen in our veins. Plus I wanted the new issue of Dwell, but they were out. (The fabulous Ashley G and her boyfriend Drew are apparently quoted in an article about Etsy. Plus it's my current favorite magazine.) I did pick up a Fast Company and a new (to me) Sara Paretsky. I'm heading to DC this weekend for my friend Ginny's birthday, and to see my old roommate Mary and my cousin and his wife. (I also get to meet the lovely e. of Stories About Wolves! Yay for bloggy friends!) I needed some reading material for the plane and the metro. My trips to DC always consist of me running around town with my backpack, jumping from person to person. It's always nice to visit, but I'm always a little tired when I return.
Yesterday I had an email from some discount travel service advertising $204 fares to Europe. Then today I read that the Tate Modern is doing an exhibit this summer on Salvador Dalí and film. I'd love to see that. I loved his trippy dream sequences in Hitchcock's Spellbound. Though, at this moment, I can't see me working out a trip to London this summer. As much as I might want to go.
My fortune cookie today said, "Call an old friend today." I should do that before the day ends.
Part of my soundtrack today:
"Concrete Sky" by Beth Orton
"Jackson" by Lucinda Williams
"Leavin'" by Shelby Lynne
"Good Woman" by Cat Power
The polaroid above is one I took at the end of July. After I bought my camera I took it downtown and took some test shots around work. This is one of the Indian statues that bookend Congress Parkway. I always loved them as a kid. I took some polaroids into the lab at school to scan. I'll probably continue posting my good ones.
Dwell looks WONDERFUL! I've been enjoying two "new to me" mags lately... CRAFT and MAKE.
And you and my sister keep writing about Etsy. I need to give closer inspection.
As for your statue- I know that one! I was just thinking the other day that I can no longer remember the significance of horse statue legs... one up and they died in battle? Was that it? I seem to recall there being about 2 or 3 things about the legs and their significance...
Posted by: Jennifer | January 19, 2007 at 03:02 PM
Jennifer,
Definitely check out Etsy! It's fun, though fairly addictive. (I have a mild internet shopping problem.) I can give you links to some of my favorite stores. It makes me feel better about spending money there, because I know it's going directly to real people. And the people on there are really nice. A lot have blogs as well, so you can get a sense for who they are. I love it.
I think that there is significance for statues of military folks on horseback. I just found an interestingly long Wikipedia article about equestrian statues. It's interesting in its length. Well some for the content, too. According to the article, the legs thing is a popular myth and can only be circumstantially corroborated. I know that when I lived in Prague, where there are many equestrian statues (including the largest in the world), we were taught about the leg thing on our walking tours. So, whatever, wikipedia.
Posted by: Claire | January 19, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Thanks Claire- for the horse info as well as a good place to spend more money!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | January 19, 2007 at 04:42 PM
Claire-Maybe you can post your favorite etsy stores in a blog entry with some pics. Would love to check them out.
PS Those $204 airfares are INCREDIBLE.
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakesh | January 21, 2007 at 07:07 PM
AG feels like she has just read your personal diary. Having said that, can we get the lucky numbers on the otherside of the fortune?
Posted by: Adorable Girlfriend | January 22, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Maryam, I'm going to post about my favorite etsy stores later this week. Thanks for the idea.
AG, I guess that's because this post is just notes I scribbled on a page as I went through my Friday. I don't remember the numbers and I think I threw out the fortune... DC was fun, but I'm beyond exhausted, having got home with enough time to eat something, pet Frank and head to school. Tomorrow I'll post something.
Posted by: Claire | January 22, 2007 at 10:58 PM