FRIDAMANIA

While home for the holidays, I took a field trip to the Walker Art Center for the Frida Kahlo exhibit, conceived in commemoration of the centennial of her birth. My first attempt to see the exhibit was (foolishly) on a Target Free Thursday Night–the line looked to be about 2 hours long. Not feasible, given [...]

Ko a la

I’ve been thinking about my favorite créole phrase that I picked up in Guadeloupe: Ko a la. Le corps est là. The body is there. (It’s used in response to “Ka ou fè?”/”How are you?”)
I love the complete, suspiring exhaustion contained in those three monosyllabic words, the intimation of a fugitive spirit. That’s how I [...]

Gimlet-eyed

I love the term “gimlet-eyed” but I think it’s something of a misnomer:
After a few gimlets I definitely don’t feel so gimlet-eyed.

CANDY LAND!!!

I went to the Barnes and Noble tonight to pick up a book for a school and made an important discovery–Classic Candy Land!!!! I can scarcely communicate how excited I am about this. (And, yes, I know that this + my sample post + my Cozy Cookie post makes me look like I’m approximately 9 [...]

The Sample Scene

I am, admittedly, a sample-fiend. My obsession began, typically enough, in childhood, when going to the grocery store with my mom on sample day was better than a day at the park. My sisters and I would visit sample stations multiple times, disguising ourselves by swapping jackets, changing our hairstyles, etc. Unlike most people, I [...]

So true

“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
–Oscar Wilde