Monday, January 26, 2009

I'm coven it

Last Saturday night Sar and I got our Gothic on at the Edwardian Ball in San Francisco -- an annual event celebrating the macabre style and elegance of the late great Edward Gorey though music, dance, storytelling, circus acts, and other strange homages.


While Sar and I did our darnedest to bedeck ourselves in attire befitting the occasion, we were by no means the most extravagantly dressed. Some rocked costumes appropriate to the period -- high frilly-necked white blouses with corsets and long skirts, or suit jackets with tails and top hats that whirled as they twirled and waltzed. Some were quite tarted out in gowns that could only loosely be tied to the Edwardian era. Some (okay, one) were wearing headgear featuring lanterns.

Sar and I were bummed that we'd neglected to attend the Edwardian dance lessons prior to the ball, since the ballroom dancing seemed to be the main interactive activity. We were limited to the spectator sport of people watching (which it must be said was still a damn good time). Still, next time we'll get a group together and learn to shake a tailfeather beforehand.

Isn't it great to live in a city where weird, fabulous stuff like this is going on all the time?

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Did you miss me? Probably not.

So, I took a few months off from blogging. Clearly.

And while I wasn't blogging, I was:

Celebrating my Mom's 50th b-day in New Orleans...


Christmasing in So Cal...


and anniversarying in Yosemite.



I also read a lot (which you can see from the little Goodreads gadget on the left, or by visiting my Goodreads page). A lot of it was mysteries. Big mystery phase. Got a good one for me, let me know.

I didn't watch that many movies, though -- which means that I have a mega list of them to get to now that the Oscar noms have been announced. I think at the top are Slumdog Millionaire and Gran Torino. I think there are also a couple cheesy chick flicks coming out in the next few weeks that I'll probably try to make it out to see. Otherwise, the Netflix list is a-gonna get pretty lengthy.

I haven't heard much music lately, but I'm looking forward to the French R&B CD I just got from Murry for my birthday -- along with some chocolate cookies that I can't wait to eat.

I went to a bunch of Warriors games, too. Ah, my W's. They are not doing so excellently, though I do appreciate the wealth of Belinelli play time (prior to his recent ankle injury), and am looking forward to the impending return of Monta Ellis.

Pretty much all I feel like doing lately is reading, eating cupcakes, and not working. Do you think there's anyone out there who will pay me for this? If pressed, I suppose I could write some mean cupcake reviews. (Mean as in excellent, not mean as in harsh. Hard to go wrong with a cupcake if you ask me.)