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so this is a double retroactive post about lyon, originally written on fire island, but finished and finally posted from my apartment in queens as my lazy cat hangs out in my bookshelf. here you go, katie and i go (went) to the musee des beaux arts [captions below]:
this painting by lyonaise painter claude bonnefond (b. 1796, d. 1860) sturck me immediately. look at the dying guy’s right hand.
this past weekend jess, katie, her friend matt and i went out to fire island for a bon-voyage weekend. we had the whole house to ourselves as the entire broadway cares staff was busy working ‘broadway bares’ (which was awesome btw). i had to be out there to sell tickets so i rented it out to my buds for super cheap. jess left before this night of awesomeness ensued so she doesn’t grace any of these photos.
we went over to cherry grove during the day. that’s the neighborhood next to the pines. it’s kind of crazier and ‘freakier.’ lovely. katie and i bought matching t-shirts. then we ran into some guys i knew from metropolitan (gay bar - williamsburg) and i invited them over for dinner at our fabulous ocean-front house. they came, brought booze and friends.
in this house we stayed in there was this ‘cupcake tree’ for displaying massive amounts of cupcakes for children to grab easily (and stylishly). we seized the opportunity and made some yellow cupcakes with fresh whipped cream and strawberry frosting. yum. here you go (captions below) :
katie pours oil in her fabulous shirt.
today katie and i went to the cherry blossom festival at the brooklyn botanic gardens. it was awesome. our friend kate blum got us in for free and i was able to test out my digicam’s macro lens, with some great results. check out the fot’s :
white peony at the “peony monument.” katie loved peonies. i had a small conversation with her about how peonies got covered with ants. then i overheard some other woman talking about the same thing. these peonies weren’t covered with ants.