tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71331110790033393252024-03-12T19:13:48.967-07:00ComiconsciousREADING / LOVING COMICSMaddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-21938655954263080622010-09-13T14:55:00.000-07:002010-09-13T15:10:55.278-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Logo-time at Elliott Bay Cafe was just interrupted by this, via text message. Enjoy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lara</span>: Gossip Girl premieres tonight! I had no idea -- I guess reading the newspaper pays off sometimes<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Me</span>: HA Chuck got shot right? Are the golden children (Serena & Nate) still together?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lara</span>: Idk I haven't seen the season finale!! Ahh! I hope the golden retrievers are still together<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Me</span>: Ok all I know is Chuck swiped Little J's V-card and Blair found out and Chuck got shotted. P.S. Ben has season 2, I am rejoicing.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lara</span>: Holy shit, I must watch the finale!!!!! Also, season 2 DVDs, big score!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Me</span>: Riiiight? The "oh my effing gawd" episode<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lara</span>: Ahaha so great. I am a fan of the Bart Bass death, too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Me</span>: Poor orphaned, fatally wounded Chuck.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lara</span>: I wonder if he bleeds human blood; I feel like he's not as weak as the rest of us. Maybe he bleeds liquid diamonds.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Me</span>: Good point. He knows something we don't. His maker probably gave him unobtainium blood or something.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lara</span>: Totally unobtainium. Agreed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Me</span>: I think I might blog this convo because I really enjoyed it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lara</span>: I think others need to read our genius and witty GG thoughts; blog away.<br /><br />the end.<br /><br />Also my review of I Am Love is forthcoming. I'm working on an appropriate animated gif to include, so, patience Young Frodo.<br /><br />-semMaddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-57051347201852556642010-06-21T22:39:00.000-07:002010-06-21T22:42:59.759-07:00<div>Ok you guys, I am officially dying to see this.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/TCBMs85y_DI/AAAAAAAAAU0/LqeBX9IU5-s/s1600/sundanceposter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/TCBMs85y_DI/AAAAAAAAAU0/LqeBX9IU5-s/s320/sundanceposter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485468681283763250" /></a>THE POSTER IS A THING OF BEAUTY.<div><br /></div><div>Wanna be my date?</div><div>-sem</div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-66472108676959736872010-06-19T14:13:00.000-07:002010-06-19T14:42:51.664-07:00I'm not really sure what to do with this...<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele performed at the Tony's this year, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">both of whom have spent the last year considerably OFF Broadway. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Now, I love Glee. And I love the Tony's. But I don't know what to make </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">of this. At about minute 4:15 it really starts to blow my mind. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hours and hours of study could go into deciphering the look Beyonce </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">gives Lea Michele. It's not exactly a "Bitch plz" but it's more than a </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">simple "Gurl, are u ferrreal??". </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Baaaa.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><object width="360" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AlPZjWLLcYQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AlPZjWLLcYQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="300"></embed></object></span>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-39708707615165554842010-05-20T12:45:00.000-07:002010-05-20T15:11:34.355-07:00Currently readingI just hit the point where you get really obsessed with what you're reading. That is, Haruki Murakami's <span style="font-style:italic;">Kafka on the Shore.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S_WRdbnRNLI/AAAAAAAAAUs/uyvwl2knXn4/s1600/murakami.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S_WRdbnRNLI/AAAAAAAAAUs/uyvwl2knXn4/s320/murakami.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473440856953402546" /></a><br /><div>This is how it usually happens with me & Murakami: I'm reading along and everything's fine. I'm enjoying myself quite a bit, jotting down quotes here and there. And then fish start falling from the sky or a boy falls in love with a ghost and I sort of smirk to myself as I read on and I know I'm hooked.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's another version of the cover I found. I'm not sure what language it is in, but it's pretty baddass. Having said this, all of his covers are pretty baddass. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S_WRc00A1jI/AAAAAAAAAUk/wyPwQ7ooUok/s1600/murakami2.png"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S_WRc00A1jI/AAAAAAAAAUk/wyPwQ7ooUok/s1600/murakami2.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S_WRc00A1jI/AAAAAAAAAUk/wyPwQ7ooUok/s320/murakami2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473440846537872946" /></a><br /></div><div>Having read two of his other books (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle & Sputnik Sweetheart), I feel like I can say this some sense of certainty. Part of what I love about Murakami and, I guess, what keeps me coming back for more, is his ability to first create and then fill the hollow space within his characters. Toru Okada sits on a street corner day after day ... and is approached by Nutmeg. After Sumire disappears, one night "K" receives a phone call. And Kafka listens to a song and falls in love with a ghost. It's so great.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the fish. Of course, the fish.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the cats.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the dreams.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I get out of bed, go over to the window, and look at the night sky. And think about time that can never be regained. I think of rivers, of tides. Forests and water gushing out. Rain and lightening. Rocks and shadows. All of these are in me."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I order you to get in bed and read this book, </div><div>Sem</div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-4438698803653505332010-04-18T10:12:00.000-07:002010-04-18T10:19:28.497-07:00FUCK YEAH.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rRjBQUCkGCI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rRjBQUCkGCI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:12px;">I wasn't actually there but DAMNIT I should've been.</span></span></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-85133156974377087202010-01-21T21:16:00.000-08:002010-01-21T22:09:13.256-08:00Siena Book Show!<div>So we had the Siena Book Arts show last Friday night! Perhaps you recall the very reason for this blog? That is, my learnings of book making in Siena, Italy this past summer? Well, I am proud to say that my first official arty show was a success! Here are some photos of the evening, courtesy of Sonya.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k6sGLJp4I/AAAAAAAAAUE/N-y2mJk_WWw/s1600-h/_MG_0397.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k6sGLJp4I/AAAAAAAAAUE/N-y2mJk_WWw/s320/_MG_0397.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429435355017881474" /></a>Naomi. Small Japanese lady in the background. Professor/book master. Stressed, but still talkative.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k6rrXoHuI/AAAAAAAAAT8/8KWtAUz9anQ/s1600-h/_MG_0443.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k6rrXoHuI/AAAAAAAAAT8/8KWtAUz9anQ/s320/_MG_0443.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429435347822452450" /></a>Bowie and Alexa poking around.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k6q1p0K0I/AAAAAAAAAT0/C0lLgZXDuY4/s1600-h/_MG_0431.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k6q1p0K0I/AAAAAAAAAT0/C0lLgZXDuY4/s320/_MG_0431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429435333403224898" /></a>Megan and her calloused fingers.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5YNxInLI/AAAAAAAAATs/k3Kfu-OUyVs/s1600-h/_MG_0368.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5YNxInLI/AAAAAAAAATs/k3Kfu-OUyVs/s320/_MG_0368.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429433913947233458" /></a>David and his accordion book.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5Xmm1cII/AAAAAAAAATk/ZOLtMH6W_OQ/s1600-h/_MG_0370.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5Xmm1cII/AAAAAAAAATk/ZOLtMH6W_OQ/s320/_MG_0370.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429433903435051138" /></a>Close up of one of my altered-books.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5XEhCB8I/AAAAAAAAATc/eMB1Xs4ayn8/s1600-h/_MG_0373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5XEhCB8I/AAAAAAAAATc/eMB1Xs4ayn8/s320/_MG_0373.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429433894283904962" /></a>My three submissions were all my own tributes to Haruki Murakami's <i>The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. </i>This one depicts a scene between May Kasahara and the Narrator by the well.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5W3OOxYI/AAAAAAAAATU/XuH74pP3ihM/s1600-h/_MG_0378.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5W3OOxYI/AAAAAAAAATU/XuH74pP3ihM/s320/_MG_0378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429433890715387266" /></a>Close up of my second book. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5WUfOq-I/AAAAAAAAATM/BeDUAX0fvE8/s1600-h/_MG_0415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k5WUfOq-I/AAAAAAAAATM/BeDUAX0fvE8/s320/_MG_0415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429433881391442914" /></a>This one interprets the quote "Kumiko and I felt something for each other from the very beginning" and is an altered book of hymns I found at Value Village.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3QFJxlXI/AAAAAAAAATE/5yLEylnbFHE/s1600-h/_MG_0364.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3QFJxlXI/AAAAAAAAATE/5yLEylnbFHE/s320/_MG_0364.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429431575172453746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3Pp7vYmI/AAAAAAAAAS8/5ZmTkaWQInI/s1600-h/_MG_0407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3Pp7vYmI/AAAAAAAAAS8/5ZmTkaWQInI/s320/_MG_0407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429431567865832034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3PHXrtCI/AAAAAAAAAS0/KT0-oWMqsKk/s1600-h/_MG_0360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3PHXrtCI/AAAAAAAAAS0/KT0-oWMqsKk/s320/_MG_0360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429431558587790370" /></a>My third book. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3O0llHrI/AAAAAAAAASs/uusgjkVWIM8/s1600-h/_MG_0459.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3O0llHrI/AAAAAAAAASs/uusgjkVWIM8/s320/_MG_0459.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429431553545805490" /></a>It's a 5ft. long accordion book and reflects May Kasahara's letter to the Narrator that begins, "(Hint) You can figure out where I am if you think about it really, really hard."</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3Od3fspI/AAAAAAAAASk/9jXPNX6TT5Q/s1600-h/_MG_0460.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/S1k3Od3fspI/AAAAAAAAASk/9jXPNX6TT5Q/s320/_MG_0460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429431547446932114" /></a>Also, a BIG shoutout to one Mr. Otto Semet for driving me up to Seattle at the crack of dawn to turn them in. (Whoops, m'bad). And my mom, because this was a great stress on the household. <div><div><br /></div><div>Come see the show if you haven't already!</div><div><br /></div><div>-sem</div></div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-59501774367829101122009-11-28T15:22:00.000-08:002009-11-28T16:18:00.704-08:00My soft spot for lesbian comics.<div> I stumbled upon this little gem on my most recent visit to Powell's. <i>DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary </i>by Erika Moen. As I discovered through reading, she's a working comic living in Portland and just, rad and funny as shit.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxG0zOZiVrI/AAAAAAAAASc/hm1pOmgSjsY/s1600/IMG_1348.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxG0zOZiVrI/AAAAAAAAASc/hm1pOmgSjsY/s320/IMG_1348.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409303419580208818" /></a>She has entire strips about being poor and making toast.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxG0yj9GJ2I/AAAAAAAAASU/Q4RYWYHKfOE/s1600/IMG_1351.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxG0yj9GJ2I/AAAAAAAAASU/Q4RYWYHKfOE/s320/IMG_1351.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409303408186632034" /></a>And then others devoted to living happily ever after with her boobs.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzOmCPguI/AAAAAAAAASM/1D7ycVgGFac/s1600/IMG_1352.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzOmCPguI/AAAAAAAAASM/1D7ycVgGFac/s320/IMG_1352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409301690758169314" /></a></div><div>She's pretty fabulous. Check out her website www.darcomic.com</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's another lesbian comic with whom I've been obsessed for the past two years:</div><div><br /></div><div>Alison Bechdel.</div><div><br /></div><div>I read her graphic novel <i>Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic</i> my freshman year and fell in love. Eventually made my backwards way to her full-time comic <i>Dykes to Watch Out For. </i><i> </i></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzNmEpupI/AAAAAAAAAR8/HHJV2jg3faU/s1600/essential-dykes-to-watch-out-for-cover.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzNmEpupI/AAAAAAAAAR8/HHJV2jg3faU/s320/essential-dykes-to-watch-out-for-cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409301673588406930" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzNHzfmsI/AAAAAAAAAR0/3h_2OAacY0E/s1600/dykes-sample-panel1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzNHzfmsI/AAAAAAAAAR0/3h_2OAacY0E/s320/dykes-sample-panel1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409301665463376578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzM8PRYDI/AAAAAAAAARs/QXptoNM9n5o/s1600/bechdel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SxGzM8PRYDI/AAAAAAAAARs/QXptoNM9n5o/s320/bechdel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409301662358659122" /></a>They're both snarky and tender and well, that's exactly what I'm looking for.</div><div><br /></div><div>-sem </div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-27608427332045851462009-11-06T21:36:00.000-08:002009-11-06T21:41:45.798-08:00Muto!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div>If you need a break from a mid-day funk, this little stop-motion video might help. Just in cases.</div><div><br /></div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=993998&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=993998&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/993998">MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/blu">blu</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:10px;">I found myself giggling out loud. Especially when it keeps sneezing and shattering its glass head. Whimsy!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:10px;">Ok goodnight.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:10px;">-Sem</span></span></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-9698600734062438352009-10-12T10:16:00.000-07:002009-10-12T10:20:05.221-07:00This is a stick-up, stick-upYou want a motion study, Professor Mouton? Well how's THIS progression:<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNkvdeofMI/AAAAAAAAARk/sz-F6adYha8/s1600-h/Beyonce%2520-%2520Diva%255B(000803)15-41-37%255D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391763945422355650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNkvdeofMI/AAAAAAAAARk/sz-F6adYha8/s320/Beyonce%2520-%2520Diva%255B(000803)15-41-37%255D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNku0APsMI/AAAAAAAAARc/C7fkxb_ZrTY/s1600-h/beyonce-diva.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391763934289047746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNku0APsMI/AAAAAAAAARc/C7fkxb_ZrTY/s320/beyonce-diva.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNkuR7wGSI/AAAAAAAAARU/6-w0E4yrd44/s1600-h/beyonce-diva-car-explodes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391763925143394594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNkuR7wGSI/AAAAAAAAARU/6-w0E4yrd44/s320/beyonce-diva-car-explodes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNkt5K0JpI/AAAAAAAAARM/4BntwFCjb_I/s1600-h/diva.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391763918495688338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/StNkt5K0JpI/AAAAAAAAARM/4BntwFCjb_I/s320/diva.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Inspired by this weekend.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-25221834929023735912009-10-02T11:53:00.000-07:002009-10-06T17:30:25.020-07:00Our Vices Were Magnificent<div>Hello ... all 4 or 5 of you.</div><div> </div><br /><div>Now that I am back at school, I fear that it is time I snap myself out of my summer travel nostalgia (although this week's Mad Men certainly did not help) and focus my attention on all things academic (shyeah, right). However, when my fun-times & my study-times collide, it truly is a cause for celebration...or better, blogging.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Being a gallery guide at the Frye Art Museum has its perks. One being the opportunity to experience the radiance of Chief Curator Robin Held. Think, Grecian goddess meets Trinity of the Matrix...of foxes. Second, being able to see the exhibitions and hear from curators <em>before you</em>. It makes me feel busy and important even though I haven't actually given a tour and am scared shitless of interacting with mean gradeschool children.<em> </em></div><br /><div><em></em> </div><br /><div>Which brings us to le point: <em>The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art.</em></div><br /><div><em></em> </div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7Weh1LqI/AAAAAAAAARE/7Q-f-fOqCOU/s1600-h/the+stranger.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607373905407650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7Weh1LqI/AAAAAAAAARE/7Q-f-fOqCOU/s320/the+stranger.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div>The Stranger put it on their cover (Greta Pratt's <i>Nine Lincolns, Hodgenville, Kentucky</i>), so, yeah, check it out. <div><br /><div>The exhibition, which opened last Friday night, borrows its name and foundation from the music and cultural critic Greil Marcus' 1997 book of the same title which looks at the influence of folk music on Bob Dylan and The Band's album, The Basement Tapes. So it's got that going for it.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Not to mention just...rad shit, like this:</div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7VmDX8mI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/zR0Zj5i-DSE/s1600-h/beltz.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607358745277026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7VmDX8mI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/zR0Zj5i-DSE/s320/beltz.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><em>Good Luck Assholes: Thomas Jefferson's Vision of Death</em> by Eric Beltz, 2007</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7VSk91yI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/C3a_gdJWV_w/s1600-h/charlie+white+1957.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607353517463330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7VSk91yI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/C3a_gdJWV_w/s320/charlie+white+1957.jpg" border="0" /></a> Charlie White's <em>1957, </em>2006.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7Ul8979I/AAAAAAAAAQs/795i1AKHxoQ/s1600-h/cynthia+norton+dancing+squared.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607341538537426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7Ul8979I/AAAAAAAAAQs/795i1AKHxoQ/s320/cynthia+norton+dancing+squared.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Cynthia Norton's <em>Dancing Squared</em>, 2004.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7Gs1nk2I/AAAAAAAAAQk/sr-hIy8vVhc/s1600-h/deborah+grant+where+good+darkies+go.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607102868591458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7Gs1nk2I/AAAAAAAAAQk/sr-hIy8vVhc/s320/deborah+grant+where+good+darkies+go.jpg" border="0" /></a> Deborah Grant's <em>Where Good Darkies Go</em>. This is one of my favorites. I like the confidence of silhouettes and the solidity of acrylic on the birch panels. It looks like a giant, snarky comic book.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7GM5zTdI/AAAAAAAAAQc/OOKfseB49-Y/s1600-h/kara+walker.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607094296202706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7GM5zTdI/AAAAAAAAAQc/OOKfseB49-Y/s320/kara+walker.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Then there's another shadow-puppet video by Kara Walker entitled <em>8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, a Moving Picture </em>(2005). If you'll harken back to her work in The Puppet Show, again, this isn't for the faint of heart. Which is nice:)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7FitG-UI/AAAAAAAAAQU/2nuLVfWunqo/s1600-h/jeremy+blake.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607082968676674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 179px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7FitG-UI/AAAAAAAAAQU/2nuLVfWunqo/s320/jeremy+blake.png" border="0" /></a><br />There is Jeremy Blake's digital video <em>Winchester</em> (2002). An intriguing representation of America-specific madness. Which is interesting given the artist's recent suicide and the rumors surrounding it (Scientology, guys).<br /><br /><br />When we were walking through the exhibition, I kept thinking about two books, specifically, but also the graphic novel genre in general. The pieces in this show are studies of American myth and the hasty sewing-together of our history. They reflect on the superhero-statuses of presidents, pilgrims, and cowboys. In essence, comic books. David Rathman's 2001 ink drawings in one of the small, back rooms show this well. Again, he uses silhouettes and text to create very specific scenes. In traditional painting, I was always told that text is a no-no, but this is intriguing and <i>fun</i>. Think, Art Spiegelman or Dan Clowes.</div><div><br /></div><div>One of the books that came to mind initially was Michael Chabon's <i>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay</i>. I just finished reading this about two weeks ago. It's all about the origin and development of the superhero during a very iconic period in American history...WWII.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7FM38rHI/AAAAAAAAAQM/71CWy1GsA6A/s1600-h/kavalier.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607077108558962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7FM38rHI/AAAAAAAAAQM/71CWy1GsA6A/s320/kavalier.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The other book was Neil Gaiman's <i>American Gods</i>. I read this my freshman year and Lauren just finished it, so I recently started thinking about it again. In a nutshell (I guess), it asks questions about the displacement of old-world gods in new-world America. And just, general badassery.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7EnpKN5I/AAAAAAAAAQE/Qv1UTGUxcWU/s1600-h/neil+gaiman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389607067114420114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Ssu7EnpKN5I/AAAAAAAAAQE/Qv1UTGUxcWU/s320/neil+gaiman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>See the show, read the books. You won't regret it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love, sem.<br /><div><br /></div>P.S. Can I just give a big thanks so everyone who helped out with Siena-funding. Very much appreciated. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-14041330544061385462009-08-22T19:56:00.000-07:002009-08-22T20:05:41.621-07:00ClassicoSo here's a little treat for all you Roman Holiday fans. I was wandering around the area by the Spanish Steps looking for that magical mid-priced in a designer neighborhood store Zara, when I stumbled upon...Via Margutta 51.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SpCwlo9znMI/AAAAAAAAAP8/idHKZQj85xs/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+746.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372988516151303362" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SpCwlo9znMI/AAAAAAAAAP8/idHKZQj85xs/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+746.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SpCwlOpqyAI/AAAAAAAAAP0/2hCgHcGVVeE/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+745.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372988509087516674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SpCwlOpqyAI/AAAAAAAAAP0/2hCgHcGVVeE/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+745.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Yes. Das est where Joe Bradley lived. </div><div> </div><div>Is...this the elevator?</div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-22749115344640864362009-08-18T20:24:00.000-07:002009-08-18T21:41:28.017-07:00Eternal CityHello again, now that I've officially resettled into the plush life I live here in America, here are some last pictures from Siena and a glimpse at Rome.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6TBF0dNI/AAAAAAAAAPk/l76N5CqFwes/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+641.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371521447698396370" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6TBF0dNI/AAAAAAAAAPk/l76N5CqFwes/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+641.JPG" /></a> Freshly liberated from the rigor of book making, we take to the Red Baron. Crack a bottle.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6SZFmHAI/AAAAAAAAAPc/r3e8Psy0Zeo/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+645.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371521436960037890" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6SZFmHAI/AAAAAAAAAPc/r3e8Psy0Zeo/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+645.JPG" /></a>And dance like sluts, if I may say so.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6Ry90I-I/AAAAAAAAAPU/351VsLvy4LY/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+651.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371521426726855650" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6Ry90I-I/AAAAAAAAAPU/351VsLvy4LY/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+651.JPG" /></a> Get that.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6RWT9HNI/AAAAAAAAAPM/tFeTRlKCIM4/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+656.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371521419035090130" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot6RWT9HNI/AAAAAAAAAPM/tFeTRlKCIM4/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+656.JPG" /></a> Nougat says arrivederci to the Campo by firing off a few bouncy balls.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5bhK4RUI/AAAAAAAAAPE/zlvl72IlOa0/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+657.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371520494236878146" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5bhK4RUI/AAAAAAAAAPE/zlvl72IlOa0/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+657.JPG" /></a> <div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5axUIyzI/AAAAAAAAAO8/VNUVL_bA7Qo/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+658.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371520481390807858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5axUIyzI/AAAAAAAAAO8/VNUVL_bA7Qo/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+658.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div> Welcome to Roma!</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5Zy9T_QI/AAAAAAAAAOs/M-ya6i8MhNA/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+662.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371520464652074242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5Zy9T_QI/AAAAAAAAAOs/M-ya6i8MhNA/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+662.JPG" /></a> </div><div> </div><div>Piazza della Repubblica.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5ZUGO0vI/AAAAAAAAAOk/7AtrgpU9tJ0/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+663.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371520456367985394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot5ZUGO0vI/AAAAAAAAAOk/7AtrgpU9tJ0/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+663.JPG" /></a><br />Colosseo.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3QtzoPmI/AAAAAAAAAOc/wFZ5xQnhHAg/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+665.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371518109627203170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3QtzoPmI/AAAAAAAAAOc/wFZ5xQnhHAg/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+665.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div> Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3PxQUrHI/AAAAAAAAAOU/fSZAP5tQDzI/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+667.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371518093372992626" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3PxQUrHI/AAAAAAAAAOU/fSZAP5tQDzI/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+667.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>St. Peter's Square.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3PaoqkXI/AAAAAAAAAOM/5FiQ5ckJjhA/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+668.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371518087301075314" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3PaoqkXI/AAAAAAAAAOM/5FiQ5ckJjhA/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+668.JPG" /></a> </div><div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3O3IbJqI/AAAAAAAAAOE/cAoCMqqLngQ/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+672.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371518077770606242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3O3IbJqI/AAAAAAAAAOE/cAoCMqqLngQ/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+672.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3OaAcrMI/AAAAAAAAAN8/MKmnQupJ3Qs/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+674.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371518069952523458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot3OaAcrMI/AAAAAAAAAN8/MKmnQupJ3Qs/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+674.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1uvuGi2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/bvcFC_XCXRM/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+678.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371516426513714018" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1uvuGi2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/bvcFC_XCXRM/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+678.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1uFe8adI/AAAAAAAAANs/TSMAIcxtr-0/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+681.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371516415175846354" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1uFe8adI/AAAAAAAAANs/TSMAIcxtr-0/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+681.JPG" /></a> Piazza del Popolo. </div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1tQL7_hI/AAAAAAAAANk/lBWLJ1PXtHo/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+684.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371516400869047826" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1tQL7_hI/AAAAAAAAANk/lBWLJ1PXtHo/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+684.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1tAIdWXI/AAAAAAAAANc/dOgV8FDCBCs/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+685.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371516396559489394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1tAIdWXI/AAAAAAAAANc/dOgV8FDCBCs/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+685.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1sXskNAI/AAAAAAAAANU/clNhZyQJbVY/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+690.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371516385705079810" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot1sXskNAI/AAAAAAAAANU/clNhZyQJbVY/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+690.JPG" /></a> Don't judge me. (Vittoria Vetra, anyone?)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0Sk-XJ2I/AAAAAAAAANM/xG8D-VtpsTU/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+696.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371514843081156450" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0Sk-XJ2I/AAAAAAAAANM/xG8D-VtpsTU/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+696.JPG" /></a> Piazza di Spagna.</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0RmGduZI/AAAAAAAAANE/2n5k2fT3TA0/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+703.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371514826203707794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0RmGduZI/AAAAAAAAANE/2n5k2fT3TA0/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+703.JPG" /></a> View from the top of the steps.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0QjoqMiI/AAAAAAAAAM0/LWGCLf5uWO4/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+710.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371514808361955874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0QjoqMiI/AAAAAAAAAM0/LWGCLf5uWO4/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+710.JPG" /></a> Fontana di Trevi.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0QLo9CXI/AAAAAAAAAMs/Bg9kBX2CZUY/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+713.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371514801920739698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sot0QLo9CXI/AAAAAAAAAMs/Bg9kBX2CZUY/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+713.JPG" /></a> </div><div></div><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Soty2Hx0J1I/AAAAAAAAAMk/ywFWPaZWmQY/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+722.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371513254695937874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Soty2Hx0J1I/AAAAAAAAAMk/ywFWPaZWmQY/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+722.JPG" /></a></div><div>Campo de Fiori. </div><div><br /><br /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371513244573623474" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Soty1iEd5LI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_dMjwnMhIrI/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+725.JPG" /> </div><div>St. Peter's Basilica. </div><div></div><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Soty1PrnX1I/AAAAAAAAAMU/spmvpoCsGj0/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+732.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371513239637548882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Soty1PrnX1I/AAAAAAAAAMU/spmvpoCsGj0/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+732.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /><div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxmDj20NI/AAAAAAAAAL8/ASxjgsdfMN0/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+747.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371511879174115538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxmDj20NI/AAAAAAAAAL8/ASxjgsdfMN0/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+747.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Pantheon. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxlkiDDmI/AAAAAAAAAL0/lwOyTeBa0z4/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+753.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371511870845029986" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxlkiDDmI/AAAAAAAAAL0/lwOyTeBa0z4/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+753.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxlHVoFnI/AAAAAAAAALs/cNTzpMULpOk/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+754.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371511863008302706" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxlHVoFnI/AAAAAAAAALs/cNTzpMULpOk/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+754.JPG" /></a> <em>Demon's Hole!</em><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxkkC1-VI/AAAAAAAAALk/bXUV9G35Jto/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+756.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371511853534280018" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxkkC1-VI/AAAAAAAAALk/bXUV9G35Jto/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+756.JPG" /></a><br />Raphael's tomb.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxkOCSp7I/AAAAAAAAALc/9MTZCcvvXf4/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+759.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371511847626385330" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SotxkOCSp7I/AAAAAAAAALc/9MTZCcvvXf4/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+759.JPG" /></a> The last gelato, signori. Champagne for lunch. </div><div></div><div></div><div>love, sem-in-nation. <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-14301100968082368122009-08-08T19:57:00.000-07:002009-08-08T21:12:54.312-07:00Where we lay our scene.Buongiorno tutti, or something. I'm home!<br /><br />Having spent a week back in Portland selling plaid uniforms to the Catholic youth, allow me to reflect upon all those loverly type faces of Verona & Santa Lucia.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5GFVS7iyI/AAAAAAAAALU/v6iyYaiVtD0/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+634.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367804863302044450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5GFVS7iyI/AAAAAAAAALU/v6iyYaiVtD0/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+634.JPG" /></a> Our studio in Siena.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5GEwaoamI/AAAAAAAAALM/AyidnCWvCgk/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+624.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367804853402233442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5GEwaoamI/AAAAAAAAALM/AyidnCWvCgk/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+624.JPG" /></a> Alessandro Vanella's studio in Santa Lucia.<br /></div><div><br /><div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ESQa8WPI/AAAAAAAAAK0/mSM8qErZy5c/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+571.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367802886308518130" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ESQa8WPI/AAAAAAAAAK0/mSM8qErZy5c/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+571.JPG" /></a> LETTERPRESS.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ESOQpC6I/AAAAAAAAAKs/1ufYZrEQSAI/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+574.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367802885728439202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ESOQpC6I/AAAAAAAAAKs/1ufYZrEQSAI/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+574.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ERvLALuI/AAAAAAAAAKk/iNMngaVDcOQ/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+575.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367802877383290594" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ERvLALuI/AAAAAAAAAKk/iNMngaVDcOQ/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+575.JPG" /></a><br />Type case.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ERW2edFI/AAAAAAAAAKc/ZZpB_0MX8vE/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+576.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367802870854743122" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5ERW2edFI/AAAAAAAAAKc/ZZpB_0MX8vE/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+576.JPG" /></a> Oh, the glorious organization.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5EQ9pgR2I/AAAAAAAAAKU/nMnfwqyrxd8/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+582.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367802864089450338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5EQ9pgR2I/AAAAAAAAAKU/nMnfwqyrxd8/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+582.JPG" /></a> Alessandro's press logo. (Sorry for the upside-down).<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CZhEBKnI/AAAAAAAAAKM/Zt6UnRDojcQ/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+586.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367800812011596402" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CZhEBKnI/AAAAAAAAAKM/Zt6UnRDojcQ/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+586.JPG" /></a> Books.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CZb9ngXI/AAAAAAAAAKE/LYLq3koVow4/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+588.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367800810642571634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CZb9ngXI/AAAAAAAAAKE/LYLq3koVow4/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+588.JPG" /></a> Type face designed by Alessandro.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CYyvJo3I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/ihXE3NARtLI/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+592.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367800799576040306" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CYyvJo3I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/ihXE3NARtLI/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+592.JPG" /></a> Proof copy.</div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CYeBxTEI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Awdyj7w_-Ac/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+593.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367800794016992322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CYeBxTEI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Awdyj7w_-Ac/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+593.JPG" /></a> Accordian book.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CXsm5AOI/AAAAAAAAAJs/zF0Qvx6UK04/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+596.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367800780750913762" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5CXsm5AOI/AAAAAAAAAJs/zF0Qvx6UK04/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+596.JPG" /></a> Persephone.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A3PcINuI/AAAAAAAAAJk/pVu1dfQt6fU/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+602.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367799123653703394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A3PcINuI/AAAAAAAAAJk/pVu1dfQt6fU/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+602.JPG" /></a> Un Coup de Des. A Roll of the Dice.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A22RykqI/AAAAAAAAAJc/pXPAo3h2-Is/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+605.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367799116899455650" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A22RykqI/AAAAAAAAAJc/pXPAo3h2-Is/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+605.JPG" /></a> Will and Testament by Anthony Burgess.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A2bwf9YI/AAAAAAAAAJU/nx7sOvGuL28/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+613.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367799109780501890" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A2bwf9YI/AAAAAAAAAJU/nx7sOvGuL28/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+613.JPG" /></a>Solar book.</div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A1-BRG0I/AAAAAAAAAJM/-3g_Eip5B00/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+617.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367799101797768002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A1-BRG0I/AAAAAAAAAJM/-3g_Eip5B00/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+617.JPG" /></a> James Joyce.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A1iDtkfI/AAAAAAAAAJE/2nfx6NcqrE4/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+618.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367799094291829234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn5A1iDtkfI/AAAAAAAAAJE/2nfx6NcqrE4/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+618.JPG" /></a> Portrait of James Joyce.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-OfYKEzI/AAAAAAAAAI8/3tXo5BTgURU/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+542.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367796224534123314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-OfYKEzI/AAAAAAAAAI8/3tXo5BTgURU/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+542.JPG" /></a> One of the oldest libraries in Verona.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-OMXcxXI/AAAAAAAAAI0/b4LN-DFZznM/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+538.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367796219430880626" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-OMXcxXI/AAAAAAAAAI0/b4LN-DFZznM/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+538.JPG" /></a> Really old books.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-Nj8roEI/AAAAAAAAAIs/qAchfbVTsmA/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+547.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367796208581189698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-Nj8roEI/AAAAAAAAAIs/qAchfbVTsmA/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+547.JPG" /></a> Ch ch check this out. First printed use of Italics. <em>Italics, guys.</em></div><div><em></em><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-NZKi2JI/AAAAAAAAAIk/IF2LSq1DSvg/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+548.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367796205686544530" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-NZKi2JI/AAAAAAAAAIk/IF2LSq1DSvg/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+548.JPG" /></a> Tiff is quel impressed.</div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-M_gmvoI/AAAAAAAAAIc/B2VsXHu40js/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+555.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367796198799752834" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn4-M_gmvoI/AAAAAAAAAIc/B2VsXHu40js/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+555.JPG" /></a> Bodoni.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49BYzueCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/tubznT8WjHo/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+556.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367794899920779298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49BYzueCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/tubznT8WjHo/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+556.JPG" /></a> Bring on the Futurism.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49BC_kLpI/AAAAAAAAAIM/OFOxyolmlqY/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+557.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367794894064856722" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49BC_kLpI/AAAAAAAAAIM/OFOxyolmlqY/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+557.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49AmIE79I/AAAAAAAAAIE/C3Z5led3wcM/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+564.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367794886315929554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49AmIE79I/AAAAAAAAAIE/C3Z5led3wcM/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+564.JPG" /></a> One sick read.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49ALKbgDI/AAAAAAAAAH8/sjWTCFHcAkk/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+567.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367794879078039602" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn49ALKbgDI/AAAAAAAAAH8/sjWTCFHcAkk/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+567.JPG" /></a> More James Joyce.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn48_yTDo9I/AAAAAAAAAH0/PuzD_tWWaw8/s1600-h/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+568.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367794872403338194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/Sn48_yTDo9I/AAAAAAAAAH0/PuzD_tWWaw8/s320/Maddie%27s+Sienna+Pics+568.JPG" /></a> </div><div></div><div>I hope you've enjoyed this beauty. I sure did. </div><div></div><div>Peace, sem. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-24868297821367607172009-07-29T05:24:00.000-07:002009-07-29T05:40:26.715-07:00Rome, by all means, Rome.My last post from Siena! I will be spending 2 more nights here before heading to Rome for 3 days. Then back to beautiful, glorious America. I can't post any pictures at the moment, which is a shame because we saw so many rad books in Verona I just want to geek out on them with you. Soon enough, my fair Billy Joel lovers.<br /><br />We had our final review yesterday and I can proudly say I have completed 10 books in total. Now must find a way to successfully re-pack everything. Tricky. Very tricky.<br /><br />So. Rome. Kelsey convinced me (some how) to read Angels & Demons, which, though irritating in its "factual" content disclaimers, has gotten me even more exited to visit ye eternal city. This in addition the many years of watching Gregory Peck mime getting his hand bitten off in the Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verita) for Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, I must say I am tickled with excitement. Let us hope I make it through without ancient satanic threats of blowing up the city with stolen antimatter! Save the Vatican, save the world! Bernini was an Illuminati! The Camerlengo is the Pope's son!<br /><br />Finally, can I just say, though I have thoroughly enjoyed myself on this trip, that I am sick of Tuscany and love love love America.<br /><br />You have my permission to withdraw, sem.Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-53322253721952342612009-07-21T03:29:00.000-07:002009-07-21T04:31:09.310-07:00Small adventures.<div style="text-align: center;">Oh, hello. With the insistence of my parents, in this post I have included more "detail about my time here in Siena". Evidently they were less than impressed with all the hard work I put in to taking sneaky photographs of elegant men, but Evs, I'm over it. So here you go.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWjkzNROyI/AAAAAAAAAHs/MaQXbarEUJQ/s1600-h/IMG_0996.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWjkzNROyI/AAAAAAAAAHs/MaQXbarEUJQ/s320/IMG_0996.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360870784070925090" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Went to the beach last weekend and the weekend before last. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; ">(If you happen to be in on this little inside joke...Floorboard Wykowski-Semet had a waterbirth and pregnancy is the longest thing ever). </span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;">Naomi, Tiff, & Cheryse at Castiglione de la Pescaia! Mediterranean Sea!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm gettin' tan.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWjkCY8BfI/AAAAAAAAAHk/OTb75nrGTCA/s1600-h/IMG_0982.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWjkCY8BfI/AAAAAAAAAHk/OTb75nrGTCA/s320/IMG_0982.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360870770966529522" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Gallery Continua in San Gimignano. Beautiful contemporary gallery.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tipsy? Maybe a little bit.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWjj20JmYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/66iYSRHPLpo/s1600-h/IMG_0939.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWjj20JmYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/66iYSRHPLpo/s320/IMG_0939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360870767859440002" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>More dreamlike at Gallery Continua.</span></div></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh8VNEYWI/AAAAAAAAAHU/taUltZ9r7y0/s1600-h/IMG_0925.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh8VNEYWI/AAAAAAAAAHU/taUltZ9r7y0/s320/IMG_0925.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360868989310624098" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Well at the center of San Gimignano. Are you there, Mr. Wind-Up Bird?<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh8M-BoZI/AAAAAAAAAHM/rOuXl7lAVp8/s1600-h/IMG_0910.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh8M-BoZI/AAAAAAAAAHM/rOuXl7lAVp8/s320/IMG_0910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360868987100045714" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>San Gimignano and its 11 medieval sky scrapers.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh7zwtkXI/AAAAAAAAAHE/FxztpInU2D4/s1600-h/IMG_0875.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh7zwtkXI/AAAAAAAAAHE/FxztpInU2D4/s320/IMG_0875.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360868980333318514" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"> The group traveled to Florence the weekend before last.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Kitten asleep on the Piazza del Michaelangelo in Florence.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh7ieK6uI/AAAAAAAAAG8/CJ9qIliJQYw/s1600-h/IMG_0855.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh7ieK6uI/AAAAAAAAAG8/CJ9qIliJQYw/s320/IMG_0855.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360868975692147426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Odd combination of Michaelangelo's <i>David</i> and Robert Mapplethorpe's form photographs. Separately, awesome. Together...ur doin it sort of wrong.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh7bn6UiI/AAAAAAAAAG0/pWeShaQ4uMM/s1600-h/IMG_0847.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWh7bn6UiI/AAAAAAAAAG0/pWeShaQ4uMM/s320/IMG_0847.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360868973853954594" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tiff, Cheryse, Kelsey, & Dana having lunch in Florence.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeKu7TqRI/AAAAAAAAAGs/6KAX-P_CWwY/s1600-h/banana+face.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeKu7TqRI/AAAAAAAAAGs/6KAX-P_CWwY/s320/banana+face.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360864838687107346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Me. Eating a banana outside the Uffizi. No stress when you're eating a banana. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can quote me on that one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeKaMB0AI/AAAAAAAAAGk/DpRM08UpQgM/s1600-h/IMG_0790.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeKaMB0AI/AAAAAAAAAGk/DpRM08UpQgM/s320/IMG_0790.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360864833120096258" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jodie. Roommate. Hawaiian.<div><div style="text-align: center;">At the Irish Pub with internet & cappuccinos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeKBgismI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ES93wiHTDAM/s1600-h/IMG_0781.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeKBgismI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ES93wiHTDAM/s320/IMG_0781.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360864826495251042" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bedroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeJmnE-lI/AAAAAAAAAGU/9a7-un3WSK0/s1600-h/IMG_0779.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeJmnE-lI/AAAAAAAAAGU/9a7-un3WSK0/s320/IMG_0779.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360864819274906194" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Uncomfortable sitting area.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeJSYpYkI/AAAAAAAAAGM/apIZygX2Wvg/s1600-h/IMG_0780.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWeJSYpYkI/AAAAAAAAAGM/apIZygX2Wvg/s320/IMG_0780.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360864813845668418" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kitchen. Eh, you love the talking stove!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Riight??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbkslKx1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/xHHDU46G0uM/s1600-h/IMG_0698.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbkslKx1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/xHHDU46G0uM/s320/IMG_0698.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360861986199095122" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> Megan & o</span>ur street in a downpour.</span></div></span><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbkdW_tRI/AAAAAAAAAF8/8KZahP1B-iY/s1600-h/IMG_0688.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbkdW_tRI/AAAAAAAAAF8/8KZahP1B-iY/s320/IMG_0688.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360861982113117458" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Palio procession!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbkEcZj9I/AAAAAAAAAF0/TjQ3scA6YBo/s1600-h/IMG_0656.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbkEcZj9I/AAAAAAAAAF0/TjQ3scA6YBo/s320/IMG_0656.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360861975424896978" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nicchio contrada (the epic Shell disctrict) pre-gaming festivities.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbjsmde1I/AAAAAAAAAFs/R1iNVzTlYXo/s1600-h/IMG_0624.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbjsmde1I/AAAAAAAAAFs/R1iNVzTlYXo/s320/IMG_0624.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360861969024645970" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>View from the tip top of the Duomo. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Moments before lightening.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbjZMU94I/AAAAAAAAAFk/y6a1WiJPaLQ/s1600-h/IMG_0605.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmWbjZMU94I/AAAAAAAAAFk/y6a1WiJPaLQ/s320/IMG_0605.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360861963814762370" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tiff, Naomi, and Veronica during the, ahem, lengthy walking tour of Siena.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess that's all for now. Heading to Verona for 3 days tomorrow, so more events to <i>detail.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love & gnocchi, sem.</div></div></div></div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-2191128351293124262009-07-17T04:25:00.000-07:002009-07-17T04:58:31.842-07:00Gentlemen of Siena<div style="text-align: center;">Hello again from Siena! As a self-proclaimed addict of The Sartorialist, I took it upon myself to observe the collective Sienese sense of fashion. Here is what I have discovered:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Italian Youth usually toe the line between Classy & Trashy.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(and by 'toe the line', I mean skip across it without bras </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and extremely tight pants).</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBkjHKT45I/AAAAAAAAAFc/MFH7lkOyE84/s1600-h/IMG_0808.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBkjHKT45I/AAAAAAAAAFc/MFH7lkOyE84/s320/IMG_0808.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359394110951383954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What is working (and I mean WORKIN' IT), in true Sartorialist tradition, are the older, European gentle in summertime suits and complementary colors. Observe with me, won't you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBkis_JroI/AAAAAAAAAFU/0BQIQ73fKNg/s1600-h/IMG_1012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBkis_JroI/AAAAAAAAAFU/0BQIQ73fKNg/s320/IMG_1012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359394103925255810" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Yellow pants! Also note the classic leather briefcase.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBkiPHg78I/AAAAAAAAAFM/jXqTPgiYTAY/s1600-h/IMG_0845.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBkiPHg78I/AAAAAAAAAFM/jXqTPgiYTAY/s320/IMG_0845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359394095907270594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjTXref_I/AAAAAAAAAFE/o7tJco6rNYs/s1600-h/IMG_0800.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjTXref_I/AAAAAAAAAFE/o7tJco6rNYs/s320/IMG_0800.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359392740995923954" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lime green pants!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjTMreX4I/AAAAAAAAAE8/bViQMz7utmk/s1600-h/IMG_0798.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjTMreX4I/AAAAAAAAAE8/bViQMz7utmk/s320/IMG_0798.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359392738043125634" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Classy couples.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjSlIaDnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/hFrIqpNXA68/s1600-h/IMG_0773.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjSlIaDnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/hFrIqpNXA68/s320/IMG_0773.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359392727427059314" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jeans with suspenders.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjSIQPhAI/AAAAAAAAAEs/SDWQoVRdUz8/s1600-h/IMG_0763.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjSIQPhAI/AAAAAAAAAEs/SDWQoVRdUz8/s320/IMG_0763.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359392719675294722" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This guy my favie. Look at how he's holding his arms!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjR8iiZSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/-v9hv10lArw/s1600-h/IMG_0762.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBjR8iiZSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/-v9hv10lArw/s320/IMG_0762.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359392716530804002" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhc4ixidI/AAAAAAAAAEc/8MVDOGKx4hg/s1600-h/IMG_0761.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhc4ixidI/AAAAAAAAAEc/8MVDOGKx4hg/s320/IMG_0761.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359390705413360082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhclTDJxI/AAAAAAAAAEU/L9nDzHm2UbU/s1600-h/IMG_0750.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhclTDJxI/AAAAAAAAAEU/L9nDzHm2UbU/s320/IMG_0750.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359390700247131922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhcFL4cgI/AAAAAAAAAEM/oJeJwNsfpn4/s1600-h/IMG_0749.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhcFL4cgI/AAAAAAAAAEM/oJeJwNsfpn4/s320/IMG_0749.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359390691627135490" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monochromatic cats.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhb9zlMAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/KBqvf_guu_4/s1600-h/IMG_0748.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhb9zlMAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/KBqvf_guu_4/s320/IMG_0748.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359390689646161922" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Red pants!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhbo36RKI/AAAAAAAAAD8/vJHCmq9DIKQ/s1600-h/IMG_0747.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SmBhbo36RKI/AAAAAAAAAD8/vJHCmq9DIKQ/s320/IMG_0747.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359390684027176098" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Baby pink & suspenders!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well done, men.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Arrivederci, maddie.</div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-47973175659059493032009-07-09T08:53:00.000-07:002009-07-09T09:31:29.552-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYa64GW_fI/AAAAAAAAAD0/hAXpdMlesaE/s1600-h/IMG_0720.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYa64GW_fI/AAAAAAAAAD0/hAXpdMlesaE/s320/IMG_0720.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356498405597576690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYZ6cncxvI/AAAAAAAAADs/b86b5GiSav4/s1600-h/IMG_0676.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYZ6cncxvI/AAAAAAAAADs/b86b5GiSav4/s320/IMG_0676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356497298708547314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYZNE0EsYI/AAAAAAAAADk/25DM-aVDv90/s1600-h/IMG_0630.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYZNE0EsYI/AAAAAAAAADk/25DM-aVDv90/s320/IMG_0630.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356496519224930690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYYhmBrwJI/AAAAAAAAADc/gQwl_de8SSA/s1600-h/IMG_0591.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYYhmBrwJI/AAAAAAAAADc/gQwl_de8SSA/s320/IMG_0591.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356495772226142354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYXMT9-TQI/AAAAAAAAADU/cNqh4S8WK3w/s1600-h/IMG_0480.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYXMT9-TQI/AAAAAAAAADU/cNqh4S8WK3w/s320/IMG_0480.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356494307089861890" /></a><br />Ciao Ciao!<div><br /></div><div>So I finally have internet AND a picture uploading thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>With nothing much more to say, except that my gelato count is infinite (v.v.g.), this has been my trip so far in pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next up: Sienese sartorial pleasures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYVZw1uvDI/AAAAAAAAAC0/BelvEnK1RXM/s1600-h/IMG_0454.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SlYVZw1uvDI/AAAAAAAAAC0/BelvEnK1RXM/s320/IMG_0454.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356492339154959410" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-64324064601125483012009-06-27T12:56:00.000-07:002009-06-27T13:13:13.111-07:00Weekend UpdateCheeses tasted 4 (v.g. but can do better), MJ memorials seen 1, Bars of chocolate acquired 5 (v.v.g.), hours spent awake "yesterday" 29, hours spent sleeping last night 16, embarassing incidents 0, but imminent.<br /><br />Hello again from Zurich. Day spent walking around downtown and must say, beautiful. Statues of beheaded governors with disdainful wives, tour boats named after saints, Michael Jackson memorial, Coco Mademoiselle perfume found in the ladies room at Patrick`s work, and treats.<br /><br />Now have Seattle companions Megan & Meghann to play with.<br /><br />Dinner on the hill with Albert, Hanni, Patrick, Ana, &<br />Meg(h)an(n)s.<br /><br />Lovely pictures to come.<br /><br />Thank you so much for catching up but I really must retire. (How hoity toity European am I! Ch ch check me out.)<br /><br />Srsly tho, PEACE & guten nogen (spell check dat shit).Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-2223296307222627512009-06-26T00:04:00.000-07:002009-06-26T00:17:26.960-07:00Michael Jackson died and I am in Switzerland......and I saw Tina Fey at JFK! <br /><br />Just kidding. Vibed so hard for the universe to send me a celebrity (would have taken R.Patz too) but with no such luck. I guess you just have to be drunk in New Orleans for that to happen (Kristen Schaal, spring break `09).<br /><br />Upon arrival, my jolly Swiss family greeted me saying, "Hello! Welcome! Michael Jackson died!" Tee hee I love them.<br /><br />Have been introduced to the swank-ified Zurich lifestyle and must say, quel impressed.<br /><br />Devoured <em>Bridget Jones` Diary </em>on the plane and now cannot help but write in snappy British sass. Har har! Embarassing incidents: 2-3 (v.g.)<br /><br />Well, am very busy and important (meaning I am a v. greasy international traveler) so I must sign off and take a shower.<br /><br />Ciao!Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133111079003339325.post-37847078919276041532009-06-23T20:04:00.000-07:002009-06-23T20:33:08.071-07:00The Traveler has come!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SkGZFXx0vaI/AAAAAAAAACg/fIqlwkiTURE/s1600-h/italy-siena.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BhxaAyoF1Go/SkGZFXx0vaI/AAAAAAAAACg/fIqlwkiTURE/s320/italy-siena.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350726149854248354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ciao!<br />Grazie mille!<br />Arrivederci!<br /><br />These are the only things I know how to say in Italian. But not for long, kittens. After spending a few days in the homeland of Switzerland, if all goes according to <span style="font-style: italic;">le plan</span>, I will be in the fair city of Siena, Italy from June 29th to July 30th. For this one month I will be running around town with a million little arty tools in my knapsack making books! <br />Yes, books!<br /><br />So stay tuned.<br /><br />"Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight<br />I'll meet you anytime you want<br />in our Italian restaurant."<br /><br />More gems from Billy Joel and Ghostbusters to come...Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237083808093940412noreply@blogger.com2