Today ended up being so delightful, with several Something News. The first was listening to yet another CD of someone I'd not heard of, a South African singer/composer/musician named Hugh Masekela. Sadly, the music was too jazzy, too trumpet-y for my taste. I'd been hoping for something more native sounding, African folk music, tribal music, ritual music. So this one was worth a try but a bit of a bust.
However, later in the day, Sweeet Hubby and I drove to a small town north of us to go to a specific travel shop to look for a new suitcase for me. I'm always so happy when SH joins me on a jaunt out of the house, and for this one he seemed genuinely interested. It turned out that terrific travel shop had closed, but being in the main part of this cute town inspired us to look around, gazing into shop windows, noticing public and private art and a lot of bushes with fantastic, multi-colored leaves (kinds of coleuses perhaps?).
We even spent some time trying out sofas, since ours is old and doesn't give much support any more. I love our old sofa, which is denim blue and long enough to sleep on. It was the first piece of big furniture I bought new for myself, soon after I first moved to Seattle, so it holds a lot of memories for me. It's faded now, and stained, and the kitties did some shredding business on it. But still, I love it and will be ever so slightly sad to see it go. I'm looking forward to SH and I together finding a new one we both can love and invest with new memories.
As we left the sofa store, SH spotted a pub, sort of run-down and folksy looking, the kind of place tourists might pass by but locals love. Our waiter was just wonderful, the food and beer was good, and it was all in all a great and spontaneous find. We followed that with some chocolate and espresso gelato. What a nice evening at the end of a good day.
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