good day

Today was a good day. We went to the farmer's market early, bought ripe peaches, a few herb plants, and a perennial called "Joe Pye Weed." It's pretty, supposed to attract butterflies, I saw it in a book on low maintenance gardening, and plus it's called Joe Pye Weed. How can we go wrong?

After the farmer's market I helped Lisa clean out the interior of 9 Westy. This was to repay her for the work she did on my room last week, but it seemed much less strenuous and also took less time, so I don't think we're quite even yet. In any case, we took down the curtains (neatly so she can use them as patterns), removed the upholstery from the seat cushions, and pulled up the carpet. Really nasty carpet that was holding moisture & encouraging corrosion in the floor pan.

Good music was listened to: greatest hits from the Cars (which reminded me intensely of the summer I bought their self-titled first album, and the girl who was my best friend that summer. She lived in Arden, a sort of hippie community in Wilmington, and we hung out together all the time, then somehow near the end of the summer we decided we hated each other and I never spoke to her again. But it was a great summer.) Many baggies were filled with various types of hardware. Many staples were pulled from teh seat cushion and thrown away. The gas pedal was broken but easily repaired. Much barbecue was consumed. An important consensus was reached that Lisa fucking rules the world.

In the afternoon Lisa used 9 Westy to help me get a couple sheets of drywall home. Tomorrow we're going to try and fix that wall problem in the bedroom. I sat around feeling grubby and drinking lots of water for a little while, then went out and planted the new herbs. The plot we've set aside for the herb garden is still looking pretty bare, but at least it's not totally empty anymore. A lot of those plants will spread so I don't want to fill the space up too much.

Then we got cleaned up and went to an opening at Tyndall Galleries, a client of mine. It was a great show, gorgeous work and a lively crowd. We tried to chat with Jane Tyndall but she was busy talking with people at all times so I never got close enough to say hello. We're gearing up to redesign their site but she probably didn't want to talk about that at an opening, and I sure didn't.

Last we had a nice dinner at Vespa, marred only by the noisy people at the next table who stayed long after their meal was over because it was pouring out. At some point David Sutton came in, he told me he had just finished up his second big celebrity makeover in two days! The first one was Christa's, and today's was for a TV show. Sure enough, soon after David a camera crew showed up and started filming right near us. I think they were doing the pre-reveal interviews. Which basically consisted of standing people up against a wall and asking them "How do you think your mom is going to look? What does your dad think about so-and-so changing the color of her hair?" The light from the camera was shining right in my face, but they weren't that close to our table so it wasn't a big problem.

As we left (thankfully, just after the downpour ended) we saw a party being filmed in the restaurant's private dining area. I guess this is one of those shows where the big reveal happens at a party. I've got to remember to find out what this show is called and when it's going to air.