A Côte d'Élegance
May. 23rd, 2007 07:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amalthyaThere's a moment where you look around, and everything around you is just so beautiful that it nearly breaks your heart that you'd never be able to capture it on film.
Everything just syncs together in your mind -- a tune wafting through the air, and the brilliant blue sky emblazoned in the stillness of the water as the tide gently laps the sand.
The sand and sea were the same color, and one could barely distinguish one from the other. There was a thin band of yellow-blue that could barely separate them at the horizon, silhouette by the enormous yachts that sat serenely still on the surface.
And I was so happy.
Today was a wonderful day -- I finished writing the last of my postcards, and I'll go to the post office (which I discovered today) and mail them out tomorrow. I spent the morning with Lloyd Kaufman -- founder/owner of TROMA -- and responsible for such classics as The Toxic Avenger and their new film -- Poultrygeist. Funnily, my mother saw my photos on Flickr and reminded me that I'd played with their daughter at the Junior League as a child and that she was friends with Lloyd's wife Pat. So, that was fun, walking around and talking to him.
Eventually, he needed to go into somewhere that required a badge. Despite my ability to sneak past security early in the day, the Badge Fascists stopped me, so we exchanged mobile numbers.
I then walked over to the beach to have some lunch -- I found this place that was right on the beach and ate a delicious salad. They had chaise lounges also - same as Africa, charging me for the use of the mattress/towel (a nominal fee). And then I sat, writing postcards and sunning myself.
I've never considered myself much of a "beach person" -- I can't imagine that most people from the New England do -- but I'll say that being here definitely acclimates me to the possibility! I did get hideously sunburned without realizing it on my walk to the festival.
But I also met a nice girl from LA and we plan to go and ogle the stars tomorrow at the Ocean's 13 premiere.
It's always amusing how English speakers bind together in foreign lands.
More funny musings:
I'm getting continually excited to see![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
infd, Charles and Yenni in a couple days in Florence. I need to go find out about my train situation to Florence, but of course, tomorrow is Celebrities Day.
Everything just syncs together in your mind -- a tune wafting through the air, and the brilliant blue sky emblazoned in the stillness of the water as the tide gently laps the sand.
The sand and sea were the same color, and one could barely distinguish one from the other. There was a thin band of yellow-blue that could barely separate them at the horizon, silhouette by the enormous yachts that sat serenely still on the surface.
And I was so happy.
Today was a wonderful day -- I finished writing the last of my postcards, and I'll go to the post office (which I discovered today) and mail them out tomorrow. I spent the morning with Lloyd Kaufman -- founder/owner of TROMA -- and responsible for such classics as The Toxic Avenger and their new film -- Poultrygeist. Funnily, my mother saw my photos on Flickr and reminded me that I'd played with their daughter at the Junior League as a child and that she was friends with Lloyd's wife Pat. So, that was fun, walking around and talking to him.
Eventually, he needed to go into somewhere that required a badge. Despite my ability to sneak past security early in the day, the Badge Fascists stopped me, so we exchanged mobile numbers.
I then walked over to the beach to have some lunch -- I found this place that was right on the beach and ate a delicious salad. They had chaise lounges also - same as Africa, charging me for the use of the mattress/towel (a nominal fee). And then I sat, writing postcards and sunning myself.
I've never considered myself much of a "beach person" -- I can't imagine that most people from the New England do -- but I'll say that being here definitely acclimates me to the possibility! I did get hideously sunburned without realizing it on my walk to the festival.
But I also met a nice girl from LA and we plan to go and ogle the stars tomorrow at the Ocean's 13 premiere.
It's always amusing how English speakers bind together in foreign lands.
More funny musings:
- Dr. Scholl has lost his European medical license. In France, he's just Scholl.
- They have pharmacies everywhere that have Durex condom vending machines outside.
I'm getting continually excited to see
infd, Charles and Yenni in a couple days in Florence. I need to go find out about my train situation to Florence, but of course, tomorrow is Celebrities Day.
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Date: 2007-05-23 06:35 pm (UTC)-Zeiram
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Date: 2007-05-24 08:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 08:36 pm (UTC)Not just in France, but Poland too (and presumably rest of Europe). I actually bought a little point-massager thing 2 weeks ago which turned out to be for Reflexology (I thought it would just be good for my shoulders), and I thought it was Dr.Scholl's, cuz the logo and colors were the same. When I got home and opened it and realized the different name, I was all disappointed, like I got some cheap knock-off reflexology massager :P Then I saw a shitload of Scholl's stuff in different stores and realized they must be one and the same (though I'm still not 100% sure of this).
Boy is it hard to keep typing "Scholl" because I ALWAYS have to go back and delete the "School" I just typed out.
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Date: 2007-05-24 08:28 am (UTC)And they make those comfy shoes too!