Social Butterfly

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The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of social events. It started when I attended this exhibit with my amazing friend, Kristen (more on her in a future post), and came out with a newfound appreciation for couture fashion and how it parallels architecture in many ways. If only they allowed cameras inside. This was followed by an evening with the fabulously fun Doods at the House of Blues, first swaying to the sultry sounds of Si*Se and then jumping up and down to the Venezuelan groove of Los Amigos Invisibles. Once our ears stopped ringing, Jimmy and I enjoyed a few candlelit evenings of culinary delights provided by the vastly talented and fabulous, Kevin and Scott, who I have to give kudos to for forgoing our usual Julia Childs inspired, wine-soaked evenings by respecting my current practicing of the blood type diet. Thanks guys! This was followed by Kevin's Oscar party (go Little Miss Sunshine for Best Original Screenplay-can I get a woot!). A few days later our friend Nick arrived on the scene via London and a night of old friends, tales, laughter and too many martini's ensued. Ouch. Saturday morning Kevin, Tracy and I held a garage sale to celebrate cleaning out our closets and later that evening Jimmy and I caught up with our dear friends, Patrick and Kelly**, and laughed away the evening over a Persian feast.

We really have some of the most incredible friends and I feel so blessed everyday. Although as much as I have been enjoying the company of some of them as of late, I am now feeling a strong pull for some silent moments tucked away at home with Jimmy. I feel quiet now and crave some selfish time to myself to rejuvenate, recover, revitalize, regroup, light some candles, burn some incense, sit quietly with my thoughts and continue moving forward. I have noticed a shift in my thoughts of late and am wanting to heed the call of my inner artist who is still begging to come out but needs my undivided and lucid attention right now to do so. Even social butterflies need to cocoon themselves in silken silence now and again.

**Patrick and Kelly have a fiercely cute five-year old son and an adorable blue-eyed almost two-year old daughter. At their home Saturday evening their son wanted to show me his new bearded dragon he had received from Santa last year. He led me to his room so I could view said dragon along with his, um, tarantula. As he was showing me the cricket cage from which both pets fine dine (um... ew) their little girl came bounding into his bedroom, promptly climbed up the step ladder that was in front of me, looked up at me with her big blue eyes and reached her arms up to the sky for me to lift her. I melted. As her little arms wrapped themselves around my neck and her warm body conformed to mine I had this feeling wash over me that I would be able to share moments like these with our own child soon. It left me with a warm feeling of hope and inspiration.

Comments

[Boho]

ohhh...you little social flower. your friends sound divine and how cool that they catered (literally) to your blood type diet. so far we have avoided going over to our friends houses so that our diets wouldn't annoy. perhaps they would be more open to it than i realize, or perhaps the four of us should get together instead! ; )

that tender moment with their little girl was yummy and as you described it the same feeling washed over me for YOU and what is to come...

i am with you in your silence, my friend. lighting candles, burning incense, listening to Enya, Loreena McKennitt and doing twirls up in my newly SAGE studio.

love and miss you.

[amanda]

all that filling up with friendship sounds so amazing. lucky girl you are. wishing you lots of creative quiet days now.
love,
amanda

[la vie en rose]

sounds like good times! i was cheering on little miss sunshine too...i only wish it had won the oscar for best picture too...aw well...