Monthly Archives: June 2008

date night

the love and i had a wonderful date nighton friday. it was restaurant week and thiswas the first time we happened to catch it.i chose to try tapenade–a french bistro–forthe first time and we were both pleased withthe choice. very good service and excellentfood. ooh, the flavors.
we went with the prix fixe meals whichwere a [...]

in the holy name of research

once again, i’ve splurged in the name ofresearch. i’ve been eyeing this book for quite some time, but had put off purchasingit due to the near $50 price tag. ouch.but i finally decided to buy it. (using mypaintings sold fund, yay! =)
i think the actual travel part in the sequelwill be brief, and if [...]

dressing a heroine

virginia asked for some guidance onmy vision of what my heroine would wearin the novel as well as hairstyle. they willdo a shoot with a model who will portraymy heroine for both spirit bound and itssequel, so she wanted a variety of choiceson costume.
this is both surreal and very exciting.i said in a previous post [...]

afternoon visitor

look at what wandered through ourback garden today! i was doing horrible
boring to do list thingys like increasing
our home insurance because wild fires
always seem to threaten to burn it down
every other year to arranging seats and
special meals for our christmasflights to london…
when i glanced out the window and literallygasped at the sight of a [...]

look but don’t touch

don’t hate me because i havea box of delicious cookies! had lunchwith my old work friends at the bestjewish deli in town, and i can neverresist their bakery!
i’m not so much a chocolate girland i can usually pass on ice creamand cake, but if you have an awesomepastry or cookie (not just any cookie–chocolate chip [...]