These are four things that make me happy today.
Three day weekend.
Not that I’m doing anything particularly exciting, but it’s always nice to look forward to an extra day off. I’m planning to try some new baking (if it cools off), go see a movie or two, and kick around downtown.
DnA tribute to Julius Shulman.
This was a couple of months ago, after the architectural photographer died at the age of 98, but I just listened to the podcast this morning. I’ve been thinking about inspiration and motivation for the past few days, and doing what you are passionate about. I find the story of a man who immersed himself in his art and craft until almost 100 years of age inspiring.
My parking garage.
The parking garage for our apartment building is also the parking for Grand Central Market. It’s a really good garage: it is regularly cleaned, constantly patrolled by security, and 11 floors high. The thing that makes me happy about it is the fruit paintings to indicate each floor. We usually park on peach (10) and the door to the apartment building is on banana (3). It makes me smile to twist my way down past pineapple, kiwi, apple, and coconut on my way to the street and on to work.
Röyksopp ‘Happy Up Here’
I danced around to this song as I got ready for work this morning, making the inevitable a little more fun.
