The Winds of Change are 'a blowin' at Chez Vel-DuRay
Darlings, lots of interesting things to report!
1.) One thing that is too often overlooked in today's jet-set world is the travel bar. In fact, I'd wager that most children today wouldn't even know what a travel bar is. In spirit at least, it's a holdover from the days of the classic passenger trains, when one would ring the porter for a bucket of ice in one's room, and then fend for oneself (when one didn't feel like going to the club car). It's not often that you find one in fabulous condition, as this one is, so you can imagine my delight. It almost makes one want to learn how to play gin rummy.
2.) Art is a wonderful thing, but a body gets tired of the one-dimensional framed art. When that happens, you can always get wall art, like this fabulous piece I found right here in the neighborhood.
3.) Lastly, The Colonel and I have decided to leave the SUV age (which I was never that much into in the first place) and embrace the Hybrid age. Thus, we have invested in a 2007 Toyota Prius!
This car is, thus far, a dream: It's ultra-modern, yet strangely campy: You have a TV screen to help you back up, and the "Park" gear is a push-button! And it's whisper quiet, even when the gasoline engine is running! I expect I will be driving it a lot when I start working at The Major Concern.
So, you see - we are Modern in both the "Mid-Century" term of the word AND the "green" sense of the word. Aren't we fabulous? Aren't we?
1.) One thing that is too often overlooked in today's jet-set world is the travel bar. In fact, I'd wager that most children today wouldn't even know what a travel bar is. In spirit at least, it's a holdover from the days of the classic passenger trains, when one would ring the porter for a bucket of ice in one's room, and then fend for oneself (when one didn't feel like going to the club car). It's not often that you find one in fabulous condition, as this one is, so you can imagine my delight. It almost makes one want to learn how to play gin rummy.
2.) Art is a wonderful thing, but a body gets tired of the one-dimensional framed art. When that happens, you can always get wall art, like this fabulous piece I found right here in the neighborhood.
3.) Lastly, The Colonel and I have decided to leave the SUV age (which I was never that much into in the first place) and embrace the Hybrid age. Thus, we have invested in a 2007 Toyota Prius!
This car is, thus far, a dream: It's ultra-modern, yet strangely campy: You have a TV screen to help you back up, and the "Park" gear is a push-button! And it's whisper quiet, even when the gasoline engine is running! I expect I will be driving it a lot when I start working at The Major Concern.
So, you see - we are Modern in both the "Mid-Century" term of the word AND the "green" sense of the word. Aren't we fabulous? Aren't we?
posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay @ Saturday, May 05, 2007
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