Filed under: 3rd street, celebrities, fashion, los angeles, mid-city west, my neighborhood, people, shopping, the grove
chatted with solange knowles while in line at the gap in the grove. she was with her son and they had just seen bee movie. she is very pretty in person and seemed sweet and unpretentious. her son was very well behaved. i opened up a spider-man toy that his mom had just bought him while she was paying and she made sure that he said please and thank you. she bought a cashmere cardigan and horizontal striped scarf. i had no idea who she was until a friend told me after she left. can’t believe she is only 21, she must have had her son fairly young, i would have guessed that she was at least 26.
Filed under: 3rd street, celebrities, los angeles, mid-city west, my neighborhood, people, shopping, television, the grove
almost forgot, saw rachel miner (the s&m bisexual assistant / new agent on californication) today while shopping at the grove. i usually don’t get that excited about celebrity sightings, but californication is one of two shows that i’m obsessed with (the other being weeds). she looked great, the same in person as on the show. was walking with a handsome, skinny guy with long curly hair in tight jeans. also, just happened to be watching a rerun of sex and the city, “twenty-something girls vs. thirty-something women”, and recognized her as “laurel” the girl saving herself for marriage who was obsessed with carrie. hopefully they continue her charachter in season 2, i liked her.
http://imdb.com/name/nm0001540/
Filed under: books, etiquette, friends, gifts, kindness, people, shopping, the grove, travel
today i came across two books while at the grove that i couldn’t pass up,
i have a bit of an obsession with etiquette books, some of the older, more archaic versions are great for a few laughs as well as a window into social codes and structures often extinct. Many others, though, can be relevant, insightful, and unpretensious reminders of how to be a modern lady or gentleman.
the art of civilized conversation, by margaret shepherd instantly drew me in with the author’s charming, easy voice. it seems to be a genuine, unstuffy, and instructive book on improving and perfecting conversation skills. will write more when finished.
here is an interesting article i found about conversation in history:
http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8345491
sunny and i have both been the victim of some pretty messed up deeds by villainous strangers lately, so when i saw the kindness of strangers - a collection of travel stories about kind deeds by total strangers, i thought that it would be the perfect book to help us both reframe our state of mind. it is edited by don george and has a foreward on the importance of kindness by the dalai lama.
Filed under: 3rd street, beverly center, books, budget luxury, food, friends, los angeles, mid-city west, my neighborhood, people, shopping, the grove
- slept in ’till 10,
- got a surprise im from sunny in togo and talked for about an hour,
- picked up fresh apples, bananas, squash, and mint at the farmer’s market and a baguette from monsieur marcel,
- found an ettiquette book i had to have at anthropologie and (i hope) the perfect gift for sunny at borders.
- watched people decorate the enourmous christmas tree at the grove,
- met sophia on robertson for some more shopping and coffee.
this is a picture i took last summer of the stand i buy my fruit and veggies from at the farmer’s market.
