just a little random

I've told you before that Paola (who does not have a blog, but SHOULD) sends me photos nearly every day to further whet my appetite for Positano, land of my dreams, where I will travel in September (109 days!).
Often they are breathtaking shots of the panorama, sometimes they are pictures to illustrate something she tells me about (hundreds of stairs! in the rain!) and sometimes she is just sending me photos of her adorable little boy (and, it turns out, her FABULOUS HUSBAND will sometimes pose with him).
But yesterday, to help cheer me, she sent pictures of her kitchen, which is undergoing renovation.
I thought I'd show you what's going on...



Note that with my brilliant photoshop skills I have indicated areas to discuss. (I'm only working with a trackpad, so be kind about my labeling.)

A: I am delighted to see that Paola is fond of the slightly cluttered look that I appreciate as well. After all, one cannot live in an ancient city in Italy and be all streamlined and mid-century modern, can one? No. I'm telling you, NO. I'm not sure that is Paola in that striking photo. Also, she seems to like candles. NOTED.

B: Perhaps I will bring her a bulletin board or an accordion file.

C: See? On the other side of the world, in an ancient Italian city, life is not so different.

Photo number two:



A: Big stones from the demo of her kitchen.

B: Little stones from the demo of her kitchen.

C: In Positano rubber gloves grow on trees!

And where does that debris go after it basks on the terrace in the moonlight?



Down hundreds of steps!

There were other photos of her work in progress, and she ALWAYS has good stories to tell.
Why oh why can she not make a blog for us?
(All she'd really need to do is post her emails! It could be called Emails From Positano.)

Okay, next:



I anxiously await the publication of Maira Kalman's book based on her visual blog.
Plus, I could really go for a cheeseburger deluxe.

This is what my stats looked like the other day.



Isn't that something? So many people from so many distant places. And I can see where they live and what computer they use and how often they obsessively check on my posts. (ONE of you is not getting this. How much more do I need to spell out?)

I continue to be obsessed with Bensimons.



I would take each of these.



And these too.
Does anyone have any experience with them? Do they run large or small?
Irene, can you weigh in?


And speaking of footwear -



Did you know that this is the only acceptable type of sock right now?
I mean on youths.
I was looking at them the other day, thinking: peds on my boys? no effing way, and sure enough, Youngest came home and announced that he MUST have ankle socks ASAP as he is a sock outcast, the subject of quiet disapproval by his peers.
It's okay though, because I haven't bought socks for him since he was eight and they are getting kind of tight. And worn out.

STOP THE PRESSES!
(Do you think there is an internet era phrase that means the same thing? DON'T CLICK!)



Free People is having a special sale on their shorts!
Only $48 per pair!

Forget it.
I can't even HOPE to think of anything funnier than $48 shorts.