Dusk is folding into night up here on my little hill. It’s a warm summer eve in Los Angeles. I’m listening to the Chinatown CD by The Be Good Tonyas. Oh sweeter songs were never sung. And the second I’m done typing these words I’m going back to bury myself in this and imagine my little car winding its way down Italian roads. Windows rolled down.
I can study road atlases for hours. I never tire of imagining the pages springing to life as sea and land. In my mind I can see the details in the landscape. No better way to dream than with a road atlas.
Dear Suzanne from Chicago sent me her very own Rome travel guide. Bits and pieces of articles and recommendations and lore. She’s heading off very soon for her 3 month stint in Asissi which is in Umbria. She rents an apartment and lives there for part of her year. She always stops in Rome and is very familiar with it so recommended the exact neighborhood for my sister and I to stay in for maximum pleasure. Photos of THAT apartment coming soon to a blog post near you! Yes, apartments are easier to find and cheaper to rent than hotel rooms in a city like Rome.
Buck thinks the whole travel idea is overrated. He has grown pensive imagining his 2 weeks alone. I told him it wasn’t until April, but he’s ignoring me.
Your work is so beautiful! Its amazing that there is such an immense level of creativity in blogosphere!
And, btw, Buck is adorable! 🙂
oh Mary Ann – was that you in my crazy dreaming over-the-topness now? I am a lapsed lap dog girl mail art wise – in the art hop craziness – but just about to redeem my soul…
but it has to be “special”…
will you be patient with me… it is better if it trickles in yummy droplet by yummy droplet…, isn’t it…?
no excuses – just acts of redemption…
would an Amalfi Coast dress hang in your closet…?
my spray cans are longing for me…
xox – eb.
Roma!!!! Eat wonderful things for me… Ooo, love this wonder work!! xxo
Love all the pics and your very interesting blog…
Let me link you too:-))
Love the journal page. I am actually really enjoying your preparation for the trip to Italy. Lots of great info. I would love to go sometime in the next few years.
Yup, cats can read too and they hate it when travel is in the air. Buck is just brushing up his routine for the big pout that’s coming.
And that journal page! (which I love) That’s your hair in Rome if you forget your products. Pack carefully, grasshopper.
That journal page is crazy amazing!
I hate to comment on your planned trip because the jealousy might just seep thru the computer… but if it turns out you need to stay at home with sweet Buck, I will gladly use your ticket!!