Coffee with my father. There are so many things about the war years that I never thought to ask him. After him, coffee with my father-in-law, to hear the war stories he never told his children but that he was apparently willing to tell me but I didn't think to pay as much attention as I should.
Jayne is a girl's name.
River ,'Trash'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2012 6:17:21 pm PST #3592 of 30001
brillig
-t - Dec 07, 2012 6:22:39 pm PST #3593 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, I didn't know there was Chihuly at the Bellagio! I'll have to see that. I really like his stuff.
DavidS - Dec 07, 2012 6:26:08 pm PST #3594 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ooh, I didn't know there was Chihuly at the Bellagio!
I'm pretty sure it's one of the biggest Chihuly pieces in the world.
zuisa - Dec 07, 2012 6:29:16 pm PST #3595 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
The Bellagio is stunning. I remember being particularly struck by those glass flowers on the ceiling.
-t - Dec 07, 2012 6:36:28 pm PST #3596 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Chihuly exhibit at, shoot, was it the de Young? Somewhere in SF. Wherever it was, just the sheer mass of glass on display was amazing. It looks like the Bellagio may deliver a similar effect.
DavidS - Dec 07, 2012 6:37:57 pm PST #3597 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quoting:
Dale Chihuly's ceiling sculpture at the Bellagio, "Fiori di Como," literally means "flowers of Como." Como is a lake in Italy, and the beautiful flowers there inspired Chihuly's piece.
At 70 feet by 30 feet by 12 feet, "Fiori di Como" is the largest glass sculpture ever made. Walking into the lobby of the Bellagio and seeing the Chihuly sculpture suspended from the ceiling is truly an awe-inspiring experience. Because "Fiori di Como" is so large, pictures don't really prepare you for its size or impact.
All together, there are 2,000 individual blown-glass flowers that make up the sculpture. The weight of "Fiori di Como" is also staggering. The glass flowers weigh 40,000 pounds, and the steel structure holding it all in place weighs another 10,000 pounds.
Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2012 6:43:28 pm PST #3598 of 30001
brillig
Of course, the casinos of Vegas are wretched excess, but sometimes it's such lovely wretched excess. It's like Renaissance patronage of the arts, rich entities showing off their wealth and occasionally doing it with class.
Cashmere - Dec 07, 2012 7:11:16 pm PST #3599 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
The Society Cafe in the Wynn/Encore has a KICK ASS Chocolate espresso martini, as I seem to recall. Worth a walk to get it.
Lee - Dec 07, 2012 7:38:57 pm PST #3600 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The Society Cafe in the Wynn/Encore has a KICK ASS Chocolate espresso martini,
That was made of nom.
And now I want to go back to Vegas
(go on, act surprised)
Atropa - Dec 07, 2012 7:47:35 pm PST #3601 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
A couple of my acquaintances from Seattle just got into town tonight, and are taking me out tomorrow night. Apparently there have been promises made to Pete that they won't get me in TOO much trouble.
Is it a character flaw to be amused when people call me a hypocrite? I can't judge. But there's two particular Tumblr types who are affronted by me, my being a "goth role model", my hypocrisy of making mildly snarky comments about people I've seen, and of my legions of fans who kiss my ass. Look, I've made people upset by existing and having opinions, yaaaaay!