SF cable car, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. (More photos on Flickr.) Janelle’s flight back to Australia departed from San Francisco in the early morning hours of Wednesday, so I went down there with her for a few days beforehand. Aside from a single day in 2001, and an airport transfer or two since…
Month: February 2009
Coraline (2009)
Janelle and I saw Coraline on Friday, but my reaction was conflicted enough that I needed a couple of days to process my thoughts. One of my biggest cinematic pet peeves is that Tim Burton gets so much of the credit for Nightmare Before Christmas, which was written by other people and directed by Coraline…
thigh-high fishnet stockings and rubber chickens
thigh-high fishnet stockings and rubber chickens, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. The iPhone camera is kind of crappy, but it’s nice to always have it when I come across boxes of leather bullwhips and lace petticoats. In a fabric store.
January was a Month of Adjusting
The lovely Janelle has been visiting, so I’ve been neglecting the ol’ blog in favour of spending my free time doing things with her, like eating calf brains at Boneta (verdict: delicious) and watching Project Runway (verdict: hell of a lot better than I expected). But she’s in the spare room sewing and listening to…