foggy monday

So long September and hello full on Autumn. I have lost my hat, my sunnies and my mind at times. I will replace the lost items and look for my mind, it must be around here somewhere. This hat + sunny combo is pretty rad I think.

I have officially lost my favorite pair of Tom Ford sunglasses. I bought them at Spectacle in Toronto on my way out of town in June '08 - they went on many travels with me and treated me very well. Hopefully I will find a pair that I can look out through to all the new adventures that are to lay ahead of me in twenty-ten.

This living room is location neutral to me, it could be London, Paris, NYC or even in Scandiland...no matter - I would love to be sitting cuddled into the corner of the plush velvet sofa on a rainy night like this - yummmm

I thought they had their day in the sun, and it was time to move on. However, these photographs changed my mind. Great work

It is the 40th anniversary of Abbey Road and it is such a great album to listen to all the way through. That album was my childhood, my preadolescence, my adolescence, is my adulthood and hopefully will be my old age. Sun King just might be the most relaxing song on earth, especially when the sun is shining at 4pm on an autumn day here in Scandinavia.

It being thanksgiving weekend in Canada, I have been giving little thanks in my mind to various people the past few days. Thank you for making me laugh when I wanted to cry. Thank you for not letting me off the hook, when I wanted to take the easy way out and believing in me. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for all the apple pies. Thank you for the plane trips, for lying about it being your birthday to have more red wine. Thank you for coming by my house to 'smoke me out' as you called it. Thank you for making me music play lists. Thank you for calling me something sweet when you leave messages on my voice mail. Thank you for giving me nicknames. Thank you for Kenny&Dolly on vinyl. Thank you for teaching me how to drive. Thank you for my unruly hair. Thank you for Christmas gifts given in cars. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for meeting me on the spur of the moment. Thank you for introducing me to flavors I had not tried or thought I did not like. Thank you ...

This month is Grace Kelly month at the Film Institute here in Copenhagen - how lucky am I and how much does that make me smile.... Carey Grant and her on the big screen, yes. yes. and yes.

After the most surreal evening I have spent in a very long time, I have come away with a few feelings. One, is the importance of taking moments to pause and remember people that have touched me and made my life better. I took time today to go see a church I had been meaning to see for quite sometime, but put off for some reason or another. After trekking up to it, I was in awe - serious awe. It was a very frightening feeling, to be all alone standing in front of such an intimidating structure, on a dark cool autumn night. All the doors were closed and the church was obviously not open, but feeling a need to go further I found my way in and was rewarded for doing so. I had the honor of seeing inside such a beautiful building all alone, in complete silence, with only one candle leading me to explore the shadows. It gave me time to say goodbye to a dear friend and pause to think about my very small part in this very big world. I left the church with three candles burning and to the sounds...

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - true and well said Churchill. I am not a fanatic, as I change my mind, and being a woman tend do this very often....changing subjects is also a favorite pastime of mine, so...fanatic - nope. Intrigue, now that I can be very much filled with, often and hopefully for a very long time. I am intrigued with this new band... A Fine Frenzy . They are a little cutesy, baking in the sunlight kind of way, but the music + red haired beauty package, has me wide eyed. Red hair, I never thought I would go down that road....but maybe Scandiland is bringing out my inner ginger.

Stumbled across the creative peeps at Avroko doing a kick ass clothing line. A glamorously feminine style, that pays homage to 'always proper and buttoned-up ladies' - gorgeous! If I had to start my wardrobe all over again with just a few pieces...I could survive on these babies.

Watching this uber cute animated flick could make even the most gray Danish day sweet. Not only was the movie, short, sweet and technically amazing...the 3D glasses I got to sport while watching it were beyond cool. They looked like W Allen's famous black rimmed pair....I loved them! I have them at my desk now and will eagerly await an excuse to wear them again. The sun actually came out today...however I am not going to brave the cool waters edge for a run...indoor gym+sauna activity is more realistic I think. I heard the other day 'I am happy to be an adult' I agree, although I don't always feel that way (or really want to either). Sometimes nibling on cookies for dinner, ordering another glass of wine just because it is raining outside or sporting wellies is the smart move....and doing those things does not make me feel like an adult...quite the oppostie actually.

This fellow is the picture of Italian style. To me he looks like someone who could teach me how to make amazing pasta and match it with really great wine while he weaved long tales...