Celebrations & Events
Birthday Flowers & Blog Anniversary
Even though my birthday was a week ago, these flowers are still lovely and the arrangement is so artistically done. These were given to me by one of my best friends along with the beautiful tulip card. (Liza used to live in Holland.) Seems like the place to get beautiful flowers in my town is at Helen Olivia because they are just gorgeous and the attention to the design details are just impeccable, like their signature ribbon wrap. I also appreciate that their store is named after the owners’ grandmothers, signifying a passed down wisdom. My other cards are thanks to my artist friend, Patsie, and my mother and mother-in-law.…
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Mardi Gras, Masks and Typography
In advance of Fat Tuesday! Here’s a combination of Venice and New Orleans. This is Gabriela Coutinho’s Venice Carnavale 2008. The costumes are wonderful: And from Irishaikidoka on YouTube: Hermes Wrestling for Pollens Float 18, just this past Friday night: I’ll have to ask my brother it this was his float. Here’s an interesting story behind a commissioned Sri Lankan Mask. And something we use everyday — not a cover up but maybe a hidden art — of creating typography. There is an interesting lecture tonight at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, called “The Designing Type: The Work of Matthew Carter. He is a founder of the fonts: Verdana, Georgia,…
Library of Congress
Surviving Inauguration, as my city virtually shut down and as we move forward with a new President, I thought it might be worthwhile to post about some of the buildings near the site of this event, particularly the Library of Congress, the “largest repository” and safeguarding keeper of our literary and many artistic works of wisdom and expression. We had a friend visiting from California for work and for the Inauguration, so we took our own long neglected trip (as local residents) into the city over the weekend (before the crowds arrived) to tour the Congressional Buildings, Capitol and Library of Congress. Granted my husband works “on the hill” so…
