Thursday, May 19, 2005

Brooklyn. Fort Greene to be exact.

Life is well here in "working a little, playing a lot on a semi-vacation" land. Yesterday Karrie & I worked at a small little local cafe (uh, I'll have to ask her the name) where she new the guys there & it was really nice. A beautiful day, and fun for Karrie & I to be working on our laptops in a cafe together!

Then lastnight her & Wayne took me out for an incredible dinner at this South African restaurant down the street. It was DELICIOUS! Sangria, incredible salads, entrees and we even shared this delicious desert that is a must have if you go. Some pudding thing, it's amazing. (I'll get names & such later).

This is me and my sweet friend, Karrie, at dinner. Isn't she the cutest!? She has the CUTEST little button nose and freckles. I love her!! I've soooo loved staying with them for a few days. Her honey, Wayne, is SUCH a doll!!! Oh my god, you could never believe how dang cute they are. It's really heartwarming to know my friend who I care so much about is so happy and with such a great guy. yay!

Oh! And recently I did a Custom Illustration project for her that I haven't shown you all yet. She's a photographer and she's starting a line of greeting cards with her photos, called After These Messages. So here's her new business card!

Karrie's so awesome because she's so creative. She's a knitter and a writer and, like me, loves talking about creating your life - and having new experiences to fuel your mind and feed your soul. This morning we were talking about wanting to have more community type salons of sorts in our homes. And I've been thinking about this a lot & even had a big discussion with Kat about it - how I really want to start having bigger get togethers with friends for dinner. And I'm long overdue for scheduling a craft night & a girls night out! June's going to be a busy month :)

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After dinner I took the subway into the city to meet Jem at the Bowery Ballroom for The Sights/Mando Diao show. We were both stoked to be at a new venue - neither of us had been before! She was stoked on seeing the Sights - but I had wanted to hit the Heartless Bastards show at the Mercury Lounge. And, unfortunately after lastnight I really wish I had gone to that show instead. The Sights were pretty good - but Mando Diao wasn't doing it for me. I liked them the first time I saw them at the Bottom of the Hill... but this time I think I realized they are one of those bands I only needed to see once.

I also have to admit I totally wore crappy shoes for the whole adventure. It didn't take me but about 8 minutes into the 10-15 minute walk to the subway station to realize I had a night of pain ahead of me. So much for fancy shoes! I'm SO wearing my comfy shoes the rest of the time here. :)

So anyway - the show was just OK for me... and I dunno.. I just wasn't as high on life as per the usual WilloSpazz. Blah. Go figure.

I feel like I'm in a little bit of a metamorphosis actually. A bit uncomfortable... probably because I'm so used to being in my sweet little home, having uber amounts of 'me-time' :) and being all independent and hermit-ish. And now I'm having to rely on other people for places to stay & how to get from A to B. But it's cool. I think it's good for me to be a little bit out of my comfort zone - and I know for a fact I'm learning a lot from all that my eyes are absorbing in this big locomotion city. I'm excited for the weekend to start and to eat up all the creative goodness in a few museums!!

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Today I'm in Tillie's coffee shop, on Vanderbilt & DeKalb. It's busy in here... but I'm drawing away. I brought my wacom with me, as I'm working feverishly on a illustration project for a couple who's... hmm... actually I can't tell you just yet. But I will in a few weeks when it's news for the masses. ;)

Tonite I'm headed over to Sarah's where I'll stay for the next few days & experience the Lower East Side like I have never before! woooohooooo!!!!!!

p.s. there's a few more photos here.. but I couldn't upload them all cuz the wireless connex in this cafe is slooow. OK BYE!