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Food, glorious food
Sep. 23rd, 2006 01:15 pm
( Food meme )Friday morning, I dreamed about Oreos. Double Stuff. Left in the sun a little too long to the point where the middles were gooey. Still good, though.
Sep. 23rd, 2006
( Food meme )Friday morning, I dreamed about Oreos. Double Stuff. Left in the sun a little too long to the point where the middles were gooey. Still good, though.
Food, glorious food
Sep. 23rd, 2006 01:15 pm( Food meme )Friday morning, I dreamed about Oreos. Double Stuff. Left in the sun a little too long to the point where the middles were gooey. Still good, though.
A Guide to Obsession: Hammered Aluminum
Sep. 23rd, 2006 01:50 pmLast night, I had a dream where I overheard a girl telling her brother about something she'd just bought. It was a metal pitcher or urn, and I complimented her, saying it was a nice piece of aluminum. She was surprised I knew that, but I told her I've been collecting it for years and can spot it from a distance. The name on it was a manufacturer I'd never heard of. The tag was still on it; she'd gotten it for a ridiculously low price.
Oddly, I didn't feel any sense of envy, or wish that I'd seen it before she did, even though it was unique. It was more like, "Oh good, that's a terrific piece to start a collection with, I've got to make sure she knows it's worth more than that. If she wants to learn more, I'll have someone I can share my passion with."
We were in some kind of antiques arcade, and I saw a fantastic Deco lamp I just *had* to have: it was black and gold, with a lovely stylized horse. It didn't have a shade; the light was in the base and the background was a wavy gold scroll and the black horse was in the foreground. The whole thing was at least two and a half feet tall and it was gorgeous. (If I've ever seen anything like that, it was in a book, not in real life. And couldn't afford it if I did, but here, it was $11. $11. For a lamp like that? I'd get the money.)
I know what prompted last night's dream---I saw this just before I went to bed last night:
http://community.livejournal.com/art_deco_style/228801.html#cutid1 (Big pix, dial-up beware!)
( Lengthy discourse on hammered aluminum collecting )
Oddly, I didn't feel any sense of envy, or wish that I'd seen it before she did, even though it was unique. It was more like, "Oh good, that's a terrific piece to start a collection with, I've got to make sure she knows it's worth more than that. If she wants to learn more, I'll have someone I can share my passion with."
We were in some kind of antiques arcade, and I saw a fantastic Deco lamp I just *had* to have: it was black and gold, with a lovely stylized horse. It didn't have a shade; the light was in the base and the background was a wavy gold scroll and the black horse was in the foreground. The whole thing was at least two and a half feet tall and it was gorgeous. (If I've ever seen anything like that, it was in a book, not in real life. And couldn't afford it if I did, but here, it was $11. $11. For a lamp like that? I'd get the money.)
I know what prompted last night's dream---I saw this just before I went to bed last night:
http://community.livejournal.com/art_deco_style/228801.html#cutid1 (Big pix, dial-up beware!)
( Lengthy discourse on hammered aluminum collecting )A Guide to Obsession: Hammered Aluminum
Sep. 23rd, 2006 01:50 pmLast night, I had a dream where I overheard a girl telling her brother about something she'd just bought. It was a metal pitcher or urn, and I complimented her, saying it was a nice piece of aluminum. She was surprised I knew that, but I told her I've been collecting it for years and can spot it from a distance. The name on it was a manufacturer I'd never heard of. The tag was still on it; she'd gotten it for a ridiculously low price.
Oddly, I didn't feel any sense of envy, or wish that I'd seen it before she did, even though it was unique. It was more like, "Oh good, that's a terrific piece to start a collection with, I've got to make sure she knows it's worth more than that. If she wants to learn more, I'll have someone I can share my passion with."
We were in some kind of antiques arcade, and I saw a fantastic Deco lamp I just *had* to have: it was black and gold, with a lovely stylized horse. It didn't have a shade; the light was in the base and the background was a wavy gold scroll and the black horse was in the foreground. The whole thing was at least two and a half feet tall and it was gorgeous. (If I've ever seen anything like that, it was in a book, not in real life. And couldn't afford it if I did, but here, it was $11. $11. For a lamp like that? I'd get the money.)
I know what prompted last night's dream---I saw this just before I went to bed last night:
http://community.livejournal.com/art_deco_style/228801.html#cutid1 (Big pix, dial-up beware!)
( Lengthy discourse on hammered aluminum collecting )
Oddly, I didn't feel any sense of envy, or wish that I'd seen it before she did, even though it was unique. It was more like, "Oh good, that's a terrific piece to start a collection with, I've got to make sure she knows it's worth more than that. If she wants to learn more, I'll have someone I can share my passion with."
We were in some kind of antiques arcade, and I saw a fantastic Deco lamp I just *had* to have: it was black and gold, with a lovely stylized horse. It didn't have a shade; the light was in the base and the background was a wavy gold scroll and the black horse was in the foreground. The whole thing was at least two and a half feet tall and it was gorgeous. (If I've ever seen anything like that, it was in a book, not in real life. And couldn't afford it if I did, but here, it was $11. $11. For a lamp like that? I'd get the money.)
I know what prompted last night's dream---I saw this just before I went to bed last night:
http://community.livejournal.com/art_deco_style/228801.html#cutid1 (Big pix, dial-up beware!)
( Lengthy discourse on hammered aluminum collecting )
