Starting and Finishing

car jewelry

you there driving with the scrap book of party remnants hanging from your rearview mirror.
does the fuzzy dice, glow in the dark skull, faded lay, Mardi gra beads and garter remind you of the good times?
or is this your way of communicating to cars in the passing lane that you like to party?

Wilted petal

Don't you hate it when you are on a mission to find a specific item and when you find that exact thing you need the need is soured by bad customer service?
We have been looking for a specifically sized item unique to flower arranging. It is a kenzan, a small metal bed of pins used in ikebana, Japanese flower arranging, though that isn't exactly our intended use.

Certainly, the Japanese market, Pacific Mercantile has that. Right? Well, after a bit of browsing Mark made the mistake of asking for assistance. The 100-year-old token white man that works there walked up and down every aisle ranting, "I know we used to have that exact thing your looking for..."
Pointing at the locked glass case I asked Mark to have him open it for us so we could get a better look at the selection of expensive kenzans available. He decided the hassle wasn't worth it.
Since we were headed to the Highlands area we dodged the drizzle and popped into the Perfect Petal to see if they may have some on hand.
The cheery clerk offered assistance right away.
"Do you need any help?"
"Yes, were looking for the metal pins used for ikebana."
"You mean the frog pins?" Ah, no.
"Let's see what you have." So I follow her to the flower arranging area. This is a flower shop right? But somehow she doesn't know what ikebana is?
So she grabs two different sized kenzen from a shelf on the wall that is overflowing with ribbons and bows and such.
Both of the kenzan are round, one is 2.5" wide and the other is 1.5" exactly what we want.
"How much is the smallest one?"
She snatches it from my hand, looks at the bottom at the yellow price tag, peels it off then takes 15 full seconds to double the price in her head. I can hear the deafening hum of the florescent lights while we are waiting for her response.
"That is $5.75."
"We need 5 of them."
"Well, I'm the only one here so I can't go to the basement to see if we have any more of them..."
Mark and I are silent.
"I could put your name on it and hold it until we get 5 in for you."
Mark perfect timing and phasing, "I don't think anyone is going to be coming in here looking for that specific item (again!)..."
The larger kenzan had a bright yellow sticker for $3.25 clearly displayed on the package.
We'll be continuing our search for the tiny kenzan at an Asian market where we'll be able to afford enough metal pins to replace our mattress with them and no that is not the use we were planning to put them to.

Note to bi-colored hair, cheery flower clerk girl, if you are going to mark something up at least try not to be so obvious.

Fire

america rocks

Jeff Smith style.

ah-cho

The cold has come.
The cold has seized us. Summer where did you go?
It's a good time to read some books between the sneezes.

A Heart Breaking work of Staggering Genius with the bright hungry voice of a twenty something reminds one of how your blood pumps with a different voracity when your in your twenties.
Me Talk Pretty One Day kick starts the coughing, laughing fits. David has such a pointed matter of fact sense of humor. It's reassuring to hear someone else talking about how excellent and wrong the norms of the south are.
Curl up with some Daily-C, Cepacol cough drops, Chinese tea and stay under the covers with a good book.

Snow patrol

So

you must

love this.

good sounds

ok video.

Ah home

Rain

pardon me

This is so funny and so close to my heart I was crying with laughter.

This reminds me of every time I've been at a Asian restaurant ordering dinner when no one can understand what the waitress has just asked they look at me to provide the interpretation. Just because I've had a lifetime of trying to understand my mom doesn't mean I know what every speaker of broken English is trying to say.

Girls on the town

don't just watch

Volunteer for the Denver Film Festival.

The black keys

The

Wha?

Lucky cat

Cat

Mom

Love

At the speakeasy

music makes the ...

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