obligatory wedding post

No, I did not wake up at 5 AM to watch the royal wedding.

But I have been scoping out pictures of the dresses (and the hats!) since 9:30 AM.

I was praying for long lace sleeves.  The Alexander McQueen (by Sarah Burton) dress exceeded my expectations.  (And the veil! Oh the veil!).

I also loved Pippa Middleton's dress (lucky sisters have amazing figures....)

Another random observation - the Spanish royal family is freaking gorgeous.

Princess Letizia (by marriage....)

Also the Beckhams.  Victoria Beckham's dress is really growing on me...

manon lescaut; puccini

This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.

We're playing it in symphony orchestra right now (concert next Friday!), and though we sound far from perfect, there's still something about it that makes my heart want to melt.

ok, i caved...

...and created an account on polyvore.com.

what a way to spend a rainy saturday afternoon...when psets and lab reports are calling...

back to neutrals by vivoperlei featuring glass shades

it didn't turn out as well as i wanted it to....but then again, i guess that's something that can come with practice :P

chihuly part 4

Mille Fiori - "It wasn't so much trying to replicate plants as it was a way to work with all the techniques we've learned over the past thirty-five, forty years."

That's right, I thought a lot of the pieces looked like pipe eels or something...whatever those worms are that live on the ocean floor, half-buried in sand, their tops waving around with the current.

And, this is when my camera ran out of battery.

Oh well, I guess that just means I'll have to go back again :)

chihuly part 3

From "The Northwest Room" - featuring Native American baskets.

The central piece was a giant hunk of wood with all sorts of glass vessels on top (they reminded me more of sea shells than actual baskets).  Unfortunately the picture didn't turn out amazingly...

On the side, shelves held actual Native American baskets right next to glass interpretations.

chihuly part 2

Ikebana Boat, 2011

(Ikebana = the Japanese art of flower arranging).

chihuly at the mfa

From the new exhibit at the MFA - Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass.

I've never seen an art exhibition such as this, and it was truly a surreal experience. I snapped away like never before (although I could never do it justice!)...until I exhausted my camera batteries.  And, intelligent me forgot to check to see if there were any spare batteries in my camera case before I left (there weren't).

Anyway, I don't have many pictures that I'm incredibly pleased with, but here are some...and I'll be posting more over the next few days.

Persian Wall, 2011