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Well, first you begin with a pound of St. Mere Isigny butter, straight from Normandie. It costs $4.50, but it is the only butter the French boyfriend will eat. You buy a fresh loaf of peasant bread from the bakery and then you've got to head straight home. Dig out the first-flush darjeeling you've been neglecting like all the rest of your life. Set the water to boil. You tear off a handful of bread, one for you and one to share. Impress him by spreading the butter on just like it's cream cheese. Add some peach preserves too, if that's what you like. Steep the tea, watch the leaves bleed. Drink and eat. All the sudden feel hopeful when the butter, sugar, and the theophylline start to wash over you.


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8/17/07 12:13 PM

I’m looking for ideas! I just moved from a shoebox to something a little roomier and I’m trying to get my old stuff to work.

First problem: http://www.mostlysunny.org/living-dining/seats.jpg
What color couch and what color rug would help to bring this yellow chair and red chair-and-a-half together? Are browns my only options? I like brown, but I’m afraid it’ll be boring. I have been thinking of this couch: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=931&f=11037&q=praddo&fromLocation=Search&DIMID=400001&SearchPage=1 but have no ideas for the rug. And what I really want is any shade of blue anywhere, somehow, but I am afraid of being color greedy. I’d also be willing to move one of those chairs into another room.

Second problem:
http://www.mostlysunny.org/living-dining/livingdining.jpg
How to lay out the two seating areas? As you can see… ugh. (I’m letting go of the little black ikea sofa & the ikea table there in the corner).

Thanks so much for your help!


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5/9/07 4:39 PM