no pretenders!

hbo's ROCK + ROLL hall of fame 2009@ madison square garden NYC...unbeleivable!
my top six favs...
6.metallica ( lead singer sings opera too)
5.simon + garfunkel
4.annie lennox ( wish she would have been on longer)
3.smoky
2.cs & n
1.bruce springsteen /sting / u2 (3 way tie)

my piano man

a few years ago my older brother gave us his piano...i thought one of our children would play (to our delight she does) little did i know it was a passion of my husband (i'll call him mr.R)...every few days he would play a bit... i soon realized he was pretty (darn) good. he now plays every day . i have been so surprised by this love of his & look forward to him playing every night... even when it is simply scales...it must be LOVE!

happy birthday to my dear friend!

happy birthday SNC! oxxxoo

it's beginning to look a lot like ...

the HOLIDAYS! da da da dee dee! ( sorry..couldn't help myself)
as you can see ...i have started the holiday decor (last week)...am feeling quite festive & it is only november 27th!

gobble gobble

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
wishing everyone a wonderful day! ox

pumping up the flat tire...

my dear dear friend has a BIG birthday coming up + suddenly feels the need to pump it up! hmmm...got me thinking... NAH...i am way too young:)...trying to convince this person au natural is the way to go...but on the other hand... ya gotta do what ya gotta do to make yourself feel like a new woman...or in this case ...man :):):)

in case you were wondering...

names + dates of the twelve caesars! (in order)

julius caesar...49-44 b.c.( the first)
augustus........31 b.c.- a.d.14
tiberius........a.d. 14- 37
gaius(caligula)..37- 41 ( the crazed lover)
claudius.........41 - 54
nero.............54-68 ( the bad boy)
galba............68 -69
otho.............69 ( could not get it together)
vitellius........69 ( ditto)
vespasian........69-79 ( the witty one)
titus............79-81
domitian.........81-96

good to know category!

a little story...

i have been working on this short book/story for about...well... ummm 14 years...am a little S L O W.
finally am done (well i am never really done)...if ya have any extra luck to spare...

thursday flowers...

pretty pretty + moderne!

i wanna hong kong!

i wanna go to hong kong!
i wanna see...the hong kong musuem of art(10 salisbury rd), kwai fung hin
art gallery(20 ice-house street)
i wanna eat...kau kee (21 gough st), felix (the pennisula salisbury st.) hutong(1 peking rd)
i wanna stay...JIA (1-5 irving st.) or the landmark mandarin oriental(15 queens rd)
i wanna shop...shanghai tang (12 pedder st.), d-mop(8 kingston street), http;//izzue.com(times square, 1 matheson street)
i wanna ..take a ferry on the star ferry across victoria harbor
i gotta...find a good bespoke tailor!
i needa...learn chinese!

iomoi.com

IOMOI IOMOI! the holidays are coming...the holidays are coming!
fun + sweet...labels...coasters (LOVE coasters)+ stationery etc!
for the girl (or boy) who does NOT have every little thang!

hat tip.. my good friend y'all for the site!

hmmm...decisions decisions...

love the italian...cypress!

it's the little things...

found these cute polka-dot straws @ wholefoods a few weeks ago.
do i need them...no
do i use them...no

do they make me happy...YEEESSSS!!!

i heart KEN ROBINSON!

ideas worth spreading...
unbelievable talks by remarkable people! love love love this site.
a couple of my favs...KEN ROBINSON + margaret wertheim.
i am sure you will find your own fav...worth the trip to ted.com.
enjoy!

ORIEL says...

SEE YOU SOON...
happy weekend!

ever feeling...

shambolic - adj.(british slang) chaotic or disorganized

i miss TOM FORD @gucci!

tom ford...creative director for gucci 1994-2004...those were the good ole days...if i had to pick an article of clothing that is my fav...it would be my tom ford gucci black suit...clean + sexy...shamelessly i have worn it over & over & over & over...it has become an inside joke between my dear friend sc & myself...he says i will be buried in it...HA. tom ford's designs were not just clothes on a rack ...they were a vision , a movement & perhaps a bit of dark comedy...in any case i miss those thoughts. tom ford will always be brilliant+ bold... as long as i fit in that black suit ...:):):)