if looks could kill - camera obscura

i never wrote about paris. and now it is too far gone to do properly. instead. just an insert from an email.

"hi grandma,

Paris was amazing.  I knew it was supposed to be beautiful but I was still
very surprised.  We had gorgeous (albiet freezing) weather and the sky
always looked liked watercolor to me. i really enjoyed the louve (although
i was lost the whole time, that place is like a maze!) and the notre dame.
We were lucky enough to be at the Notre Dame during a mass for All Saints
Day, which was lovely: so many candles and beautiful choral music.

Ferrara is starting to get decorated for christmas; window displays are
festive and christmas lights are hung across the major shopping streets.
today i went to the craft market and the town square smelt like roasted
chestnuts and sweets (they have a huge candy vender every sunday).  it all
felt so wintery and european! -- a perfect afternoon."

lovely lovely lovely.

suddenly time is getting short. i am alternately homesick and prematurely nostalgic
for Ferrara days.

brendan came for a week.  picked up him up in bologna on a cold wintery morning.  two
days in florence (the duomo. palazzo pitti. the david. palazzo vecchio. etc.)  thanksgiving
dinner in the apartment.  venice during the La Festa Della Salute.  candles and singing.
streets filled with candy and balloon venders.  fried dough and cotton candy.  a tour
of ferrara. visit to my favorite cathedral.  the sunday food market and un giro on the old
city walls.  the whole time was so surreal.  lost it a bit at the airport.  i know i will
see him in a month. but i hated standing there watching him go through the security line.
seeing someone you love go somewhere you can't follow is just the worst feeling.

better now.

finally working! project! urbanistica! allestimento! i. missed. work. 

more to come.

ps. discovery: http://www.last.fm/listen/
amazing!