I’m back. I’m jetlagged still, sorta. Or maybe coming down with a cold? Whatever – falling asleep at 9 pm is not my norm.
So much swirling in my head so I’m not quite ready for any Spain posts. Still need to download photos to my computer. Still need to unpack my suitcase, bulging everywhere in the middle of the living room. Whoops.
I had a great time, as you probably might have guessed. Saw lots of important people in my life. Took some photos. Ate lots of good food. Watched an entire season of True Blood on my computer, mostly at night and wearing headphones while I was wide awake and everyone around me slept. Turns out True Blood is totally not the show to watch on planes or trains or in public places – mortifying, really, like watching super sexy scenes with your parents. Plus blood.
It also gave me nightmares about people coming up from behind me and grabbing my neck..and then pickpocketing me. Still worth it, though. Such a guilty pleasure, that show.
I also read Prayers for Rain, one of Dennis Lehane’s Kenzie and Gennaro detective novels. Have you read any of them? Gone Baby Gone is probably the most well-known thanks to the Affleck brothers. Really quick, well-written, funny but dark reads, if you’re looking for a little change of pace and a trip into Southie. And I had to love the two main villains’ names. So, so perfect.
(speaking of everyone’s favorite blue collar Boston neighborhood, did you see Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are going to make a Whitey Bulger movie? Ought to be an interesting trip down Boston lane, no?)
Now that I’m looking at this I’m realizing that my carry-on entertainment consisted almost entirely of blood and torture. Go figure.
A (much lighter!) fashion post coming this weekend. I’ve been sort of sartorially obsessed since my return.
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a 
