Family Compound

This is Annie Leonard, who lives in San Francisco (my dream) in a 1,200 sq foot bungalow that is also home to 10 of her friends. They lived together in a house in DC and then coupled up and procreated...and decided they needed more space. So they took over a city block. Six houses on a single block! They call it a kampung, which is a Bahasa Indonesia term for a compound where a bunch of families live. They've taken down the fences in order to have shared backyards and incredible gardens. She says it's like living in a Monet painting with all of her best friends. Let's neglect the fact that this sounds like Big Love, families living a bit too close for comfort. Mormons? Swingers? NO. Just a bunch of best friends living the life.

Bliss? I think so. Friends? Let's do it.

Credit: Lauren Greenfield/Institute, for The New York Times

I love this pic. It reminds me of a combination of South Pacific THE MUSICAL and a vintage poster I got in Hawaii which is below. Bali Ha'iiii

Larry David hanging out in Boston

Yummmyyy

Boston

Cheers to Boston! Boston in the fall - cool breeze, changing leaves, and men with red foam clown noses. What more could you ask for? The weekend entailed walking cobblestone paths and dancing the night away. Enjoying clam chowder and chili by the ocean, and then dancing 'til the sun came up (or almost). But the peak of my trip (besides hanging with my bFF) was when a homeless man pointed me out by singing "Does anybody have any chaaaangeee". However, just reading this does not do it justice, because it was sung with such beautiful tone and an understanding of pitch that even a choir member would have appreciated his talent. Not to mention that he had a red foam clown nose. Most entertaining homeless man I have ever encountered. I gave him $$, duh. Does anybody have any chaaaangeeee???