just in time

it is snowing outside, just in time for me to leave... 

im doing my last packing inside, where it's cozy, listening to etta james and looking at the snow and making the lighting just how i like it to be. i know, so sappy. 

davis square gets better each time i come back- most recently, a new speakeasy type bar called saloon opened up in a basement space.  it was lovely- dark wood bar and wall moldings and warm crimson oriental rugs scattered about.  dim light, jazz music- you know, the kind of place where someone might in all seriousness wear a vest or bowtie or fishnets and fit in just fine.  highly recommended for that perfect mix of relaxed and still 'out and about.'

thank you to penney and linda for a lovely hour of tea and cookies yesterday afternoon- i loved helping you pin images to the design board for the new show and catching up.  forever thank you for the impact you have had on my life in such a short amount of time of knowing each other!  also wonderful to catch up with joanna (kurkowicz), and get my hands on her new album.  i was sorry to have missed nancy bauer who is on leave, but am definitely paying her homage by finally working my way through simone de beauvoir. 

being in boston: orchestrating a lasagne dinner with lots of sous chefs, going to burlington to lunch on lobster rolls and wagyu sliders with kathryn and evan near their work (going to burlington is absolutely comical every time, i am just such a fish out of water there), meeting up with sharon by her work in the north end to have lunch with her at boston sail loft, visiting all my old employers at shops, and just in general be back and live with friends and be free to do as i please. 

getting on a plane (again!) tonight, heading back to san francisco for a few weeks before i head out to tokyo. let's see how many coats i'm going to have to wear tonight through security to get my luggage to not be overweight. at least it's actually cold here...