Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Luck be a lady

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

 

Funeral fans

 

 

 

 

Nightmares

 

My next box, which I am in the process of creating, is about my childhood bedroom. When I was sketching for this box I realized that my most prominent memory of my bedroom is being afraid to sleep and having nightmares. I am incorporating some of the things that I was most afraid of into my box, but I will write more about that in my “Box #4 Process” post. For now I just wanted to reflect on the fears of childhood. I wonder if other people had more peaceful slumber as kids or if others were also riddled by frightening images of sharks, Bloody Mary, and old lady ghosts. I will admit that I was thirteen years old before I started sleeping alone (my sister was probably ready to get me out of her bed) because I was so terrified. As I got older, it got easier not to think about anything scary and I wonder if that can be chalked up to maturing or maybe as we age we just don’t have as vivid of imaginations. Probably a little of both. Being afraid, and getting over it, was a major part of growing up for me and I think that’s true for a lot of people. I wouldn’t say that I am nostalgic for those times, but those memories certainly hold a lot of power. Honestly, even though I’m an adult now, these photos still really creep me out. Yikes!

Nightmares

 

My next box, which I am in the process of creating, is about my childhood bedroom. When I was sketching for this box I realized that my most prominent memory of my bedroom is being afraid to sleep and having nightmares. I am incorporating some of the things that I was most afraid of into my box, but I will write more about that in my “Box #4 Process” post. For now I just wanted to reflect on the fears of childhood. I wonder if other people had more peaceful slumber as kids or if others were also riddled by frightening images of sharks, Bloody Mary, and old lady ghosts. I will admit that I was thirteen years old before I started sleeping alone (my sister was probably ready to get me out of her bed) because I was so terrified. As I got older, it got easier not to think about anything scary and I wonder if that can be chalked up to maturing or maybe as we age we just don’t have as vivid of imaginations. Probably a little of both. Being afraid, and getting over it, was a major part of growing up for me and I think that’s true for a lot of people. I wouldn’t say that I am nostalgic for those times, but those memories certainly hold a lot of power. Honestly, even though I’m an adult now, these photos still really creep me out. Yikes!