Le Voyage de Penelope

I'm always a bit weary about shooting in dim lighting, especially with mixed feelings about grain. But I thought what the hell, why not, so I went for it anyway. Had dinner with my parents at a nice Italian restaurant. I love the 40s, 50s feel of the place- music, ambience, decor, and all. I hope this doesn't look like a food blog now, I hate food blogs.

We are Golden

Spent Saturday afternoon apartment hunting with the bf, ended up torn between love for antique doorknobs and spiral staircases, or a fenced backyard. I think they backyard + washer/dryer hookup won us over in the end. I guess I'll never know what it's like to live in a historic house with a vintage showerhead and skeleton keys. But at least picnics will be easier now? And we'll only be 10 minutes apart, which makes up for lost time in the long run. But maybe I'll set up a tent in his backyard and camp out, ha.

These were shot in a neighborhood while waiting for a realtor to show up. The entire afternoon felt like such a time crunch, between getting all my things in order, the search, and dinner with my parents. Whole weekend was filled with adventures, actually. It didn't snow after all, so my parents dragged us to all their events/dinners. Which, by the way, Happy Lunar New Year to everyone out there who celebrates. I'm actually probably too old to be receiving red envelopes anymore, but hey I'm not complaining.

So knock me down, tear me up- But I would bear it all broken, just to fill my cup

Some shots of inanimate objects I managed to take while staying at my parents' house. It's kind of interesting trying to capture something lifeless in an interesting and capturing way. Like the assortment of cute but creepy old alarm clocks all over the second story. I swear, the dog clock actually screams "Good morning, I love you!" to wake you up in a very creepy high-pitched child's voice. Thank god most of those batteries are dead.

I actually missed taking shots of my mom's cool miniature ship collection, as well as the array of pretty crystal things in the glass showcase. But my contacts just managed to shank the hell out of my right eye and I don't have glasses, so this post has already been hard enough. Oh, misfortune!

It's supposed to snow tomorrow in Houston, and I hate to repeat what I believe to be lies and exaggeration, but weather reports predict up to 3 inches of snow. Which really means anything from <1 inch to 2.99 inch. Or that flurrying shit they like to call snow but kind of isn't because it melts before it touches the ground. Anyhow, the streets be dangerous, so best to stay off em, mate! Especially with the hordes of Texans who can't drive worth a damn in rain, let alone ice/snow.

xx.