reading, watching, listening

Reading: The Passage

Watching: Upstairs Downstairs

  

Listening: Lee Fields

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Watching: Birdsong, Masterpiece Theater

Listening: Fun, Some Nights

reading, watching, listening

Reading: The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

Watching: John Adams

Listening: Wilco

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Bossypants by Tina Fey

Watching: Mildred Pierce

Listening: Best Coast, The Only Place

reading, watching, listening

Reading: The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Watching: Boardwalk Empire, Season 1

Listening: Hall and Oates (who I'm seeing LIVE on Sunday!)

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Love and Shame and Love by Peter Orner

Watching: Shameless, Season 1

Listening: Dr. Dog, Shame Shame

The theme was coincidental, I swear!

reading, watching, listening

Reading: DV by Diana Vreeland

Watching: Downton Abbey

Listening: Loverboy, Brett Dennen

reading, watching, listening

Reading: A Visit from the Goon Squad

Watching: Bored to Death

Listening: Smile, The Beach Boys

argentina: day seven and eight

Photo from here.
After our early flight from Neuquén, we arrived back in Buenos Aires and headed straight to San Telmo, a historic neighborhood full of antique shops and trendy boutiques. From the little I saw of Buenos Aires, this was by far my favorite neighborhood. There were so many beautiful passages, indoor markets and colonial buildings to gawk at.

Photo from here.

After lunch, we headed to my other favorite place in Buenos Aires - the Recoleta Cemetery. Recoleta is where Argentina's richest and most established patrons are buried and it's truly a beautiful place (seriously, I probably took two hundred photos, alas).

Photo from here.

We also visited El Ateneo (above), a bookstore housed in a former theater - incredible. For dinner, we went a great parilla out in Belgrano, Buenos Aires' Chinatown, which was culturally fascinating - doesn't matter where you go in the world, Chinatown is Chinatown.

Photo from here.

We returned to San Telmo for our last day. I could have easily spent all day wandering around the antique stalls. I bought two small paintings that I'll photograph once I'm able to again. We had a great lunch at Aldo's (below), saw a bit of the Bolivian parade, walked around Palermo and then it was time to head to the airport.

Photo from here.

Argentina - I'll see you again!

morgan library

Originally I had planned to go to the Morgan Library to see this exhibit. After wandering around the rest of the exhibitions, I was set to leave when I saw a small sign leading to the original library and figured I might as well get my $15 worth and see everything. Man - what an incredible space! Complete with coffered ceilings, secret staircases and a Gutenberg Bible, Pierpont Morgan's monument to his rare book collection is a space worth visiting.

interweb randomness

A curtain made from pasta! So clever.

Caramel crumble apple pie - I have no words.

A beautifully illustrated book about farms - love it!

objects in my grandmothers house that are now in my house

Some of the treasures that I took home with me.

All photos by me.

objects in my grandmothers house

Some treasures I found while in my grandmother's house.

All photos by me.

nypl

I took advantage of the free wireless at the public library to get some work done. Isn't the ceiling incredible?

the stylist's guide to nyc

I can't wait for this book to come out.

Thanks Julia!

los angeles central library

Inspired by my trip to the NYC library, I visited the main branch of the Los Angeles library.

More photos here.