T-Shirt Hunting
Posted by fabricpile Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:11:00 GMT
Another great Goodwill find for Mark:
I’m not sure why this cracks me up so much. The mountains in the background, maybe?
Walking in Our Footsteps
Posted by fabricpile Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:07:00 GMT
The week Joe and I met at IU, everyone was buzzing about The Police’s Synchronicity album, which was released while we were there.
I was suddenly very aware of Sting and my interest in his music (yes, his music—but I did have his READ poster on my dorm room wall) has persisted. Even so, I didn’t buy any of his CD’s until after college. And I didn’t own Synchronicity until this past week. (24 years after its release?! Gaack!) Joe presented it to me from the used CD store that he and the kids have begun to troll on a regular basis.
Joe and I have recently been sharing some of the music we enjoyed as teen-agers with our own kids. Ask Henry what his favorite Rolling Stones song is and he will ask you to clarify, ” . . . early or late Stones?”
I paid more attention to music after the summer of 1983 thanks to other friends whose musical ears were a bit more sophisticated than mine had been. Even so, my best high school friend thinks it’s hysterical that we would make the kids listen to all this stuff. (This from a woman whose husband can’t help but sing Bruce Springsteen’s Glory Days to us whenever we get together.) It’s not like we’re forcing them to listen to Wang Chung or Johnny Hates Jazz. Thank goodness our tastes are a lot less dated.
Our iPods are all bursting at the seams , and it’s been fun to see what the kids like and dislike. Mark has found an affinity for Yes (it can happen to everyone eventually—heh). Kira surprised us (and herself, I think) by really getting into Rush.
And Henry reports that his favorite Rolling Stones song (early or late) is Beast of Burden.
It’s pretty cool that all those old rockers have a new generation of fans.
V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N (In the Summer Sun!)
Posted by fabricpile Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:21:00 GMT
Sorry for the blog-quietude! We were on a wonderful vacation to the Grand Canyon, Arizona desert and Las Vegas. It’s been a long time since we went on such an adventure and it was great.
The main reason for our trip was an invitation we received over a year ago. Joe’s childhood friend, JoeB, and his new bride planned a Native American ceremony at Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon. It is a beautiful place—like Eden in the desert.
And the wedding itself was the most beautiful ever. Officiated by Havasupai elder, Diana, and accompanied by Taos musician, Robert Mirabal, the waterfall provided an incredible backdrop.
The village of Supai was gorgeous, nestled into the red rocks of the Canyon.
Poor Joe spent a lot of his time skipping back and forth from us to San Diego where he has been doing some consulting work. We dumped him at the airport in Phoenix, spent a couple of days with our friends at The Pointe, South Mountain (where we took no pictures, sorry!) and then headed north to Las Vegas.
I can’t believe we drove right past Snoopy Rock as we drove through Wikieup. We’ll just have to go back someday!
We all got our geek fix by staying at the Hilton in Las Vegas—home of the Star Trek Experience.
And, no, we don’t gamble. Vegas is fun, but you wouldn’t know it by watching the glassy-eyed people in the casinos. They sure don’t seem like they’re having a good time! We love Penn Gillette’s observation that people who are bad at math fly into Vegas, leave their money and then fly home. Luckily for the Las Vegas economy, ” . . . bad math is a renewable resource.”
There is plenty of great people-watching, though. And great thrift shopping—who knew?!
We have more pictures here.
