Sunday, June 10, 2007

officially cool

i am now officially cool.

before i was mostly unofficially cool, but today that has all changed. you see, dear reader, one is not officially cool until one decides to dedicate their entire Sunday in the striving towards something most incredibly delectable and unique.

today happens to be that kind of Sunday, and so today i am officially cool.

it all started with an idea, as most unabashed bouts of coolness do, but then it evolved into the most beautiful of ideas...

how does one spend a Sunday afternoon in one’s house in italy? a house at the base of the Dolomiti no less...and on a Sunday that is laden with storm clouds and the strong wind that ravages the flowers on our front porch so...

i’ll tell you how. a person wakes up brilliantly with a flash of inspiration and says to one’s self (and anyone else who may happen to find themselves in the immediate vicinity):

“do you know what i’m going to do today? i’m going to figure out how to make pizza dough and i’m going to make the best pizza in the whole world!”

because if you think about it, what could possibly contribute more to your happiness than the best pizza in the whole world... let alone if you were responsible for it’s creation? AND if you got to partake in its extraordinary culinary delightment?

it is truly a recipe for happiness.

and so it was made. and it was cooked. and it was eaten with much grinning and overjoyment.

you too can be this cool.



Saturday, June 09, 2007

la concerta


tonight there was a concerta. it was a small one in a small town down the way to the west towards Belluno. it took place in a small art-cafe named ArtCafe le Maschere run by a wonderful woman named cinzia in a purple shirt.

the music was fantastic. i really wish you could have heard it. i love the singer and she was delving into all kinds of jazz renditions of the likes of Morecheeba and Lauryn Hill. there was a bassist and a trumpet and a drummer and a pianist. there was groove galore and not a foot in the house escaped tapping... not a head in the place escaped nodding to the flow... to the pulse of the soul. there was cake to be had and i was invited to display my work up on the walls in august.

not a bad Saturday in my long list of Saturdays.

Monday, June 04, 2007

a casa

why is it that nowhere feels so good in bare feet?

i am home