dumpling saturday

Today T and I had delicious dumplings in the cutest little restaurant in plainpalais: Le The.

Thankyou for the wonderful recommendation, R. Hopefully next time you can come too!

high violet

the new national album comes out this week. at the moment you can hear it streaming at npr; beautiful. of course youtube has a bunch of sneakpeeks:

the history of love

"Once we were sitting silently together. Suddenly one of us began to laugh. It was contagious. There was no reason for our laughter, but we began to giggle and the next thing we were rocking in our seats and howling, howling with laughter, tears streaming down our cheeks. A wet spot bloomed in my crotch and that made us laugh harder, I was banging the table and fighting for air, I thought: Maybe this is how I'll go, in a fit of laughter. What could be better? Laughing and crying, laughing and singing, laughing so hard as to forget I am alone, that it is the end of my life, that death is waiting outside the door for me."

... This is from a beautiful book I am reading right now, The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss. It is jammed full of beautiful words; and just perfect for a rainy saturday curled up with the little monkey.

she's a rainbow

Geneva has decided to give us one last burst of grey and dreary winter weather; there's nothing for it but to fight back with bright colours and warm, well-lit rooms.

What do YOU do when the weather is getting you down?

love love love

may day

Happy may first, everyone! i had a lovely day with S

... and then went to Palais Mascotte with A and E. Even though i didn't get to see the burlesque we had been hoping for, i love Mascotte; it reminds me of One Eyed Jack's ...

... or Odland.

I hope you had a beautiful day! What did you do?

things i have made