Oct 26 2008

Some interesting finds on AK trip

Some interesting finds ..

A hair salon or styling on Park Avenue

A married man’s trail … White Pass & Yukon Route

Killer cab at a wine bar in Seattle airport .. This shop in Alaska claims that they have more gold than Michael Phelps ..

And here comes the eagle ..


Oct 9 2008

I found my pen


A few weeks ago, I lost my little Tiffany pen that they no longer sell. I bought this pen when I first came to New York in 1986.

I used to like reading an eclectic writer in Hong Kong, and Tiffany and Waldorf=Astoria, among a few things that appear often in her books. When I came to NY, of course I checked them out – Breakfast at Tiffany’s and dined at Waldorf’s Jap restaurant.. So I was sad about losing it. Even if Tiffany were making it now, it won’t be the same, because it’s made in West Germany, a country that no longer exists.

Yesterday, on a whim, I decided to wear Elsa Peretti’s pendant pen. At dinner, Shan sat next to me and asked whether that was the magnetic thing people wear to ease neck or shoulder pain. I’ve heard such a thing in the past. But I told her it isn’t, and, the reason for wearing it .. ..
Guess what?
She replied in her usual mild manner,
“Oh, I found it at the restaurant last time we went.. ”
Lord .. I was so happy and hugged her a hundred times!
Since she didn’t know whose, she gave it to Michael, and Mike gave it to Y .. Lady Y is in Beijing at the moment, and she apologized that she was too busy for the trip and forgot to send out an email asking around.
A fate? What’s mine will be mine?
I’m bewildered that every morning I wake up with my head on my shoulders. One of these days, I’m going to lose it. One of these days.