Sour Faces!

One of the cool things about making art is being an artist, hanging out with other artists, and collaborating to make "Art!" My neighbor Justin is a filmmaker, whose latest project I had the pleasure of being a part of. He's posted a rough cut here, enjoy!

Foresight: Thrift Store Find of the Week

I bought this set over the summer... Hand embroidered placemats and napkins for $1.50.

On quitting your day job...

This is my obligatory apologetic (and lame) excuse for not posting in three weeks (sorry, Mom). For more details, see this NYT article about freelancing, to which my only reply is "...and?" I don't mean to sound jaded, it's just that I woke up at 6am yesterday and trudged through the slush to do other people's laundry. Yup, I'm living my very own American dream. That being said, Jennifer, a volunteer mom backstage at the CSO (I finally understand why the industry calls them "child wranglers"), has reminded me how cool it really is. Today she explained how different and fascinating it is for her as a "fly on the wall" backstage, watching how everyone and everything works. Jennifer, the other parents, and their kids have a really lovely excitement and curiosity, which is refreshing when the rest of us are feeling like it's just another show. It's been a long time since someone asked me if I was "getting excited" about opening night...