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Alix got married

My sister got married this past weekend. There were threats of rattlesnakes (seriously), but the weather was beautiful and everything went off without a hitch. The location was remote but gorgeous. My maid of honor speech got accolades, I got to catch up with family and friends, and I got to take a bunch of photos. (And yes there was at least one total break down in tears from me and my mother.) The only downside to it all is that jetlag is kicking my butt and my toes are numb from the shoes I wore and the dancing that was done. Thanks for the great party Alix and Strawn! Here's to a great marriage! Love you guys!

Westward ho!

I am almost packed for my trip west to my sister's wedding. I am packing more pairs of shoes than I generally do (2), and let me tell you, cowboy boots take up more real estate in your suitcase than I would appreciate. (You also know I mean business when I'm actually CHECKING my bag.) My mother took my bridesmaid dress with her, but I've still got to fit my rehearsal dinner dress in there. I do have room for the four cameras I'm bringing (maybe five, should I bring the holga?), and the bag of film and stack of Polaroid film. (Priorities.) I am excited! I'm going to spend a couple days in Idaho with my old roommate Mary and her awesome husband Dan. Then off to a ranch in the middle of nowhere to celebrate my sister and her fiance! I can't wait!

(This photo is clearly not my sister and her fiance, but I do love it. I shot it last fall in New York City on the High Line. It was a serendipitous photo. I am looking forward to taking a similar shot of Alix!)

A couple of photos

Franky and some twinkly flowers around the yard a couple of weeks ago.

Six years in!

I thought I was going to squeak in a post for my blog's birthday, but here I am, checking my facts to find that I'm a day late already. My first entry was posted on June 13, 2005. It was actually a post I had written up three days previously, but hadn't had the courage yet to create a blog. It was about a movie I saw, one I still think of from time to time, about a rag tag group of ticket collectors in the Budapest subway. It was odd and engaging.

Instead of listing out the wonderful people who I've met in the past six years of having an online life, which I seem to do every year, I think I'll return to my roots to talk about a movie I saw tonight, and one I saw this weekend. (Hey, it's summer and I've suddenly got a bunch of movies I want to see. When it rains, it pours.)

Tonight my friend Tina and I went to see the documentary Bill Cunningham New York. Oh man was it fabulous. It made my heart brim over and want to hug Mr. Cunningham the entire time. "Oh you kids!," I'm sure he'd say to that. While I'm not particularly a stylish person, I love the documentation he has done over the years of high fashion and street fashion. If you have any interest in fashion, in people, in New York, go see it. Seriously. Now. (A bit more here.)

This weekend my mother and I went to see Woody Allen's new film, Midnight in Paris. What a charming film. Wilson was born to play one of Allen's nervous alter egos. He gets the chattering neuroses down perfectly, but softens it and is completely charming. I know I used that word already, but Wilson and the film were just that. Oh and Paris. What's not to love about a film where you get to visit the Paris of today and the 1920s? Go see it now too. 

Before I go, I just want to thank everyone who stops by to read my thoughts or look at my photos. I know some of you and wish we could all get together for a big dinner and chat away in person. Thanks.

Adventures with my mother

Yesterday my mother wanted a hot fudge sundae (above). Two scoops. Don't forget the whipped cream.

Tonight we came home from dinner and wandered the yard. We inspected the plants in the garden and she showed me the new ones she has planted. Then we went inside and tried on dresses and shoes for my sister's wedding festivities in a couple of weeks. It was fun.

Hi

Quick hello. A couple of photos from my last couple of hours in San Francisco in early May. I went to Chicago this weekend to see my brother's art show and have lots of time with family and friends (and friends who are family). I need to finish the roll of film I started.