"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." - Rabindranath Tagore
READING:
How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits — “From four stunning and accomplished French women--at last--a fresh and spirited take on what it really means to be a Parisienne: how they dress, entertain, have fun and attempt to behave themselves” (Goodreads).
Brat: An '80s Story by Andrew McCarthy — “In his memoir, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment in time. The result is a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction, and masculinity. New York City of the 1980s is brought to vivid life in these pages, from scoring loose joints in Washington Square Park to skipping school in favor of the dark revival houses of the Village where he fell in love with the movies that would change his life. Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Brat is a surprising and intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success” (Goodreads).
WATCHING:
Making the Cut Season 2 on Prime — Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, and ten established designed from around the world, including Paris, compete to become the next global fashion brand. I loved these Project Runway-type shows. Unlike most series on Prime, this one was not “bingeable”; you got two episodes each week which was both fun and frustrating. I liked that I could watch another episode right after I finished one, but didn’t love that I had to wait another week after finishing two. If they are going to spread the episodes out over several weeks, I’d almost prefer just one episode so that I would have something to look forward to longer.
FEELING:
Proud of my nephew, Alec, who is now officially an Eagle Scout. Here are the video and program that I prepared for his Court of Honor ceremony.
Anxious as we begin a third school year dealing with this pandemic.
WORKING ON:
Updating our loft: The chairs we ordered for our living room back in February are finally arriving next week. The chairs that the new ones are replacing will go in the loft. We removed all of the IKEA cabinets and furniture, patched holes, and applied three coats of our favorite alabaster paint. Now the space is nice and bright. We shopped in our basement for occasional tables and have the furniture basics (good thing since it takes so long for furniture delivery these days). Now comes the fun part — decorating and accessorizing.
