A little more hometown love

I did a little happy dance when I opened my mailbox today and found my hometown of Logan, Utah, featured in the Sundance catalog.

My childhood growing-up home was a block and a half away from this theater in Logan's historic district. I saw so many classics of the 70s and 80s here. Amadeus. Short Circuit. The Hunt for Red October. Star Wars & ET (although those last two might have been around the corner at the other theater, the Capitol, which is now an Opera House. Yes, in Logan we have an Opera House. Because we are that kind of community, that's why.)

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I miss these wide streets
(it would make driving in Boston much easier).
According to the catalog, this Citroen van is also for sale
for $29,000.
Truth be told, we don't really see that many of those
around Logan. Plus it's parked illegally.
By the way, as far as I know
(correct me here, Loganites)
Sundance Film Festival has never ever
held showings in Logan.
But it's a good idea, Robert Redford!

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And if they did hold the Sundance Film Festival here,
I'm almost positive tickets would be
more than $5 for adults, $3 for children
as the sign above indicates.
Do they even let children in to the SFF?
{I love the art deco tile, though!}

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l) view up Center Street to the mountains
c) these green seats are very uncomfortable
r) again, this marquee is just for show.
There should be an asterisk that leads you to this message:
To get to Sundance,
take a right at the corner, go 100 miles,
take a left at SLC, go 20 miles and
exit at Park City.

images scanned from the Sundance Catalog

A little more show-and-tell

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We woke up this morning to a little fog,
a little more leaf color
This is the view from our front porch,
across the street
I love October

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A cry for help, this is
In spite of all the reading I should be doing,
I had to sort the books by color
I've seen it in magazines & flickr
and couldn't resist

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We finally replaced the two hideous light fixtures
(one was painted green and mauve, the other a lovely
verdigris leaf concoction)
in the kitchen
{yay, Greg!}
they're both cheap Ikea lights
but I love the lift they've given

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Here's the view from the family room
to the kitchen
Walls and windows still bare
I like the gradual, live with it approach

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Front room/music room
to the left is a nook with the piano
(Chairs and rug from West Elm,
sofa by Southern Furniture Co, as far as I can tell)
Still searching for window treatments
and an ottoman to soften things up
And side tables and lamps
Any suggestions?
Should I hang pictures or do bookshelves
above the sofa?

Embracing Wednesday

I love Wednesdays! I have intentionally kept them empty--no classes, no work--so I could have a catch-up day in the middle of the week. Sometimes it's filled with grocery shopping and laundry, dentist appointments and essential errands. But sometimes--oh the joy!--it's completely free. I love the delicious decisions--what should I do today before the kids come home from school? Shop for the still-needed furniture? Go to the plant nursery for fall flowers? Go on a walk? Laze around a bookstore or library and read for fun? Even (shhh...) go to a matinee movie?

I also have a little more time to stop and take a look around me. So, in the spirit of show and tell time I give you....my bedside table. I think a person's bedside says a lot about her...

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7:17 a.m. & untidied bedside
Sam still asleep, Lauren just left, Maddy getting ready
wallpaper pre-existing but staying for now
sun streaming through the window to the left

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Hummel figurine from my late grandmother Kathleen...
it was in her house and reminds me of her
black and white photo of Greg
sneaking a kiss on my forehead after our wedding
print from Hopper exhibit I went to with my mom
...it reminds me of long chats over dinner with friends

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Sam wants me to read the Harry Potter series so much
the other night he came in with the stack for me
so sweet
scissors because I've been clipping out design photos
so I can save what I like and get rid of the stack
of magazines (unpictured) beside my bed

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Prince Charles & Lady Diana plate from their wedding in 1981
{my grandparents brought it back from their trip to London}
feeds my anglophile tendencies
random earrings, rings
I always forget to take them off until I get into bed
a couple of foreign coins that remind me of good trips
I love my old-fashioned alarm clock
but I don't love it so much the moment it rings at 6 a.m.

Your mission, should you choose to accept: document a corner of your life that says a lot about you. (And then please let me know so I can come visit your show and tell.)

Update: Check out Emily's show and tell at Where the Wild Things Are. Thanks for playing along!