yankee hotel foxtrot

behold - a samsonite carry on. a little over one dollar from the thrift store.

it's in good shape. i'm going to embroider something fun onto it with yarn

and use it either for a camera bag or a work bag or something of the sort.

for valentine's day this year, i bought will some really sweet tee shirts, but i also spent a couple of weeks making him a book called 10 things i love about you, which was inspired by elsie of a beautiful mess.

i've posted parts of it.  enjoy.

from the exclusive company today:

i've always enjoyed wilco, but i also chose this album because of its chicago references.  notice the "corncobs" on the front cover.  these are parking towers downtown that are called something other than corncobs, but, like many other chicago landmarks, it was best known by its nickname.  on the back cover and inside i found pictures of the skyline, michigan avenue and the lake.

we've listened to it twice already.  it's amazing.

tomorrow evening i'm practicing with the bar tab band in preparation for a gig on saturday the 20th at st. brendan's in green bay.  if you're reading and you live in the area you should come.  i'm really looking forward to it. 

cheers. molly

vday

this is the fourth valentine's day i will have spent with will.

1

sushi in lakeview

blue man group at the briar street theatre.  cabs everywhere.

he wore gel in his hair (which he laughs about today).

and i wore a blazer (i guess i was treating it like an interview.  it was early.)

2

homemade dinner

steak and crab legs.  fancy.

i think maybe we thought we were too broke to do something else.

but we probably paid a lot of money for crab legs.

3

basil leaf cafe

one of my favorites in lincoln park

then a movie downtown, which always felt special.

more cabs.  always cabs.

"there will be blood."

will bought me a really good pencil sharpener that year, which i still love.

4

big tomatoes in downtown green bay.

married. 

-isn't it wierd?

-yeah!  i mean, maybe not.

-i guess it's not weird.

-just weird if you think about it a lot.

enjoying the record player, falling asleep early.

some deliciously inspiring images from weheartit.

i think everyone should see the world through these.

this makes me think of sarah's room in labyrinth.

"neat."

the beautiful colors drew me to these cupcakes.

sipping tea

riding the line between creepy and artful.

i like this - very 70s. 

the most beautiful red couch in the world.

i'm posting this one, even though it makes me cringe.

someone needs to release some of that bow's tension.  we're playing music, not shooting deer.

(looks like one of my 6th graders got a hold of it.)

pianos are always photogenic.

-she's in love.

-i don't even know her.

-yes you do!

-since when?

-since forever. in your dreams!