TASTING LIFE TWICE

project 365+me=a little sigh of failure

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:59:41 -0500

It's true. Project 365 has fallen by the wayside. I just FORGET. And after 3-4 days of forgetting or taking pictures at the last moment in the day just to say I took something, well, I'll just stick to taking pictures as I think about it. But I have scored some interesting shots over the last couple of weeks, so here is my last almost-365 post.

Chihuly glass sculpture at Mohegan Sun. They finally cleaned it. When I saw it last it was covered in the most disgusting layer of yellow gray smoke crud. I used to work at a bottle supply company that Chihuly used to buy containers to mix his paints. He would always send a cab driver over to get the delivery which I thought was so strange.

Here are some pictures from the same trip...we went with friends and hit up Mystic, CT for lunch prior to going to Mohegan Sun. The bar was at this great cozy place called the Captain Daniel Packer Inn. Definitely hit that place up if you are going to Mystic. Great pub menu in particular.

Corks and bottles and this great art deco lamp that Joe has...

Out and about in Harvard Square. I would forget to take pictures until the end of the day when we were driving home and so I have tons of shots taken in the car. Sad. Two of the tunnel, one of the pretty tree with lights outside of Grendel's Den and one of the super cool Sheraton Commander sign.

Last week we went to the Blue Room for dinner and it was a beautiful snowy picture with the lights everywhere and even a full moon.

This was the scene from my window during the day...

One of Joe's older pieces that we have on the wall in the dining room...

Sculpture-- Joe Doucette

And finally, the loverkitty, Romeo, looking for a big belly rub...

Fat & Sassy Loverkitty

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snow and booze

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:51:48 -0500

Put the two together and you have the latest Project 365 photos from me.
The first photo is the reflection in my wine glass. My computer and the wall behind it which is covered with postcards.

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Yesterday I took a picture of our front walk. It's difficult to tell but there is 3-4 inches of ice there. Impossible to move without a pickaxe, sigh.

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VD and Project 365

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00:58 -0500

Joe took care of me this Valentine's day, with roses, a gorgeous handmade card, a big box of Burdick's chocolates and dinner--filet mignon with a port cherry sauce, cheesy potato napoleon and two kinds of potstickers; BACON/pea and pork! I made a port stout chocolate mousse for dessert. YUM!

There's a picture of the potstickers in my most recent Project365 batch:

From left to right:

The potstickers
VERY tasty chocolate cherry marshmallows that I got for Joe
Blue lights in our living room
The fence outside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Trees taken at twilight on our way home from Kittery, ME last weekend
The contents of my bag (for a Voxhunt I never managed) --you'll see my journal, a book by Umberto Eco, my wallet, smartphone, foldup brush, ipod, usb stick and other miscellaneous crap
A wall at work
Twilight over a snowy field in Concord, MA
Thom Yorke hanging out in my car

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amityville notebook

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:30:04 -0500

Last two Project 365 pictures..

Whenever I see the little windows like in the building below I think of the Amityville Horror, a story that has always fascinated me. I'm such a sucker for ghost stories. I watched the Ghost Hunters marathon on TV last night while Joe watched the Super Bowl...

024 Harvard building on JFK St.

The next is a very familiar object on my desk...

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I'm finding that it's hard to do Project 365. I'm not a photographer by nature but I"m very interested in photography and in finding interesting images and perspectives. In that way, it's really cool for me, and it also creates a cool photo journal of my year, so I'm glad to do it even when I find myself unsure what on earth I will take a picture of on a given day.

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they say it's your birthday!

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:01:21 -0500

Well they would have said that last Thursday when Joe turned older. I made a cake for him yesterday, and also snagged day 23 of Project 365:

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Creaming the butter and sugar for Joe's cake. The mixer is one of my prized possessions, a wedding gift courtesy of Joe's brother and his wife, who recently joined Vox and needs to get his neighborhood going. The cake turned out to be amazing despite the mishap where one of the three layers didn't want to come out of the pan so I switched from ganache to buttercream to help even out that layer. I told Joe that if I made him a cake, we would have to have people over to help celebrate. So I called a few of his friends and told them to get their rears over here.

Some pics...of friends Ryan and Carol, Martin with Joe, the pate, olives and chorizo, Jess in her amazing super cool furry hat, the cake, the very yummy rose champagne we drank and since I missed a picture of the cake with the candles, Ryan created a fun substitute with the rest of his cake. Joe's cousin Jeff also came but I don't have a great picture of him in the batch.

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project 365 thursday picture

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:13:27 -0500

On Friday night, I snapped a bit of trash left in the pouring sleet/rain outside Harvest in Harvard Square.

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project 365 roundup...again

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:48:19 -0500

Here's the next project 365 installment:

Downtown Boston

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The view as I drive into work every day...

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The little acupuncture statue with all the points in my acupuncturist's office:

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The emergency water wheel in the fire escape stairwell at work...

And another cool piece from Joe. Photo doesn't do it justice...

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viewing art inside at the bar

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:16:13 -0500

Here's the Project 365 round up for the week.

Day 13: This is the view from my cube. Sigh. Our office actually has windows all the way around every floor so it does have a lot of light. I just happened to end up on the wall with the main support section which means I get less window. I suppose that's okay. It means I have to get up and walk around to check out any turkeys that appear in the parking lot.

Room With A View

Day 14: One of Joe's latest creations. Apparently I cropped the green off the right edge, but well, when we get his online gallery together I'll fix that. This piece is 38 x 50, mixed media. He doesn't name them but at some point he'll probably need to number them...

JoePainting

Day 15: It was FUHREEZING on Friday. Here Romeo is very very happy that he wasn't outside in the 1 degree temperature when this picture was taken.

Kitty is Warm Inside

Day 16: And last night, taken at the bar of the Red House, which we go to here and there. I think our favorite bars in Harvard are probably the Red House, Rialto (but now it's undergoing renovations so who knows if we'll like it later) and our new favorite, the bar at Harvest. Occasionally we also hang out at Grendel's but it just depends on whether or not we're up for dealing with lots of rich snotty Harvard kids. Hehe at the other bars we're just dealing with other rich snotty Harvard people. ;) Anyway, I really like how this particular shot turned out. My camera batteries had given out earlier so I was relying on my camera phone which takes great day shots but the flash is the pits. I think that worked out better in this case...

RedHouse

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Paku making himself

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:00:43 -0500

right at home. He seems to think he gets to sleep in Joe's spot at night. Joe put him in his place and now Paku is guarding the wine rack...

Day 012 Project 365

Brazen Paku

Note that my pillow case is red...that's because my hair is red. Funny, huh? I don't want my pillow case to become pink!

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Paku! Paku!

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:30:46 -0500

A year ago yesterday I posted about Paku the panda. Well, my dear friend Greg went on a trek to find me one! Paku traveled all over the world to get to me starting in a little store in Harujuku. Greg snapped this picture of the beginning of his journey. Note the little panda getups the store girls have.

Paku begins his journey

Every once in a blue moon I would get a note from Paku. Like this one from July 24. Greg found this note scrawled on the back of a gum wrapper, with an attached photo of Paku.

"thingz getting out of hand, but i should make it through bangkok very soon. got myself hooked up in this den of iniquity 'somewhere' in the mekong triangle but i've almost managed to extricate myself from it. possibly if we're optimistic. more later, chin up."

Paku...in the dark...

Then in September, Greg snapped this picture "he wakes up with terrible cotton mouth....on a WEDNESDAY, no less!" Note the eye mask...poor Paku.

Paku, hungover!

But today, he showed up on my doorstep!! Paku arrived ready for winter, complete with little pink scarf and pink mittens on a string (with little gold paw prints on them, LOL!) Just in time for Project 365 Day 011 pics! Romeo in particular LUVS his new little friend. Greg, thanks for keeping him safe for the last year. :)

Who knows what new adventures Paku will have in Boston!

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