2013.05.03 19:00 - Spires, Pediments and Scrolls

The Guardian for this meeting was Lucinda Lavender. Attending were stevenaia, and Aphrodite. The comments are by Lucinda Lavender.

stevenaia Michinaga: waves
Lucinda Lavender: HIya Steve!
Lucinda Lavender: I arrived a few minutes late due to signing papers for an hour this eve!
stevenaia Michinaga: signing papers? are you famous?
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Lucinda Lavender: :)) no...just a refi:)
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: done that recently too
Lucinda Lavender: I am one of the Borrowers tho:)
Lucinda Lavender: those tiny people that live in the wall?
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles
Lucinda Lavender: we did the whole think over the computer
stevenaia Michinaga: the signing, it took me months of mailings to do mine and one real person with paper
stevenaia Michinaga: Lucinda poofs
stevenaia Michinaga: wb Luci
Lucinda Lavender: thanks! ran out of power I guess
Lucinda Lavender: so how does this friday find you?
stevenaia Michinaga: SL sucks my battery empty when I don;t plug in
stevenaia Michinaga: first day in newly settled office
Lucinda Lavender: ah! my battery is oldish and I have to leep it plugged most of the time
stevenaia Michinaga: was very nice
Lucinda Lavender: So glad to hear that it was nice...probably a relief.
Lucinda Lavender: the refi completion is a relief for me too:)
stevenaia Michinaga: the move wasn;t bad, only a block away, wheeled most of the things over
Lucinda Lavender: wow...perfect!
stevenaia Michinaga: time for a new begining
Lucinda Lavender: a preferred space?
Lucinda Lavender: how long were you there?
stevenaia Michinaga: well I had a very nice space but it bacame too much since I am now working alone with an intermittant intern
stevenaia Michinaga: 5 years
Lucinda Lavender: nodding...i so enjoyed your statements yesterday about the pencil...
Lucinda Lavender: the other day i gues
Lucinda Lavender: anyway, now I appreciate sharp pencils differently
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Lucinda Lavender: do you like the view?
Lucinda Lavender: from the window i mean
stevenaia Michinaga: moving across the paper with a point is a nice example of focus
stevenaia Michinaga: ph the view is lovely, there is this amazing building across the street, I get to see the top of it
Lucinda Lavender: curious what is amazing about it...?
stevenaia Michinaga: I;m slowly trying to talk the owner into renovating it, it has 65 empty floors
stevenaia Michinaga: 5
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s been empty for decades
stevenaia Michinaga: it is very narrow and each floor is different
stevenaia Michinaga: topped with spires
stevenaia Michinaga: and pediments
stevenaia Michinaga: and scrolls
Lucinda Lavender: ah...kind of interesting then...very cool! would love to see a picture
stevenaia Michinaga: been looking forward to taking pictures
stevenaia Michinaga: I will send them
Lucinda Lavender: very appreciated
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s almost like a cartoon, like a doodle
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Lucinda Lavender: imaginative...and inspiring it sounds like. Luci thinks of hogwarts
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: the building I am in is also magical in ways
Lucinda Lavender: :)))
Lucinda Lavender: ? in what sort of way I wonder...
stevenaia Michinaga: long and narrow with very nice stone exteror
stevenaia Michinaga: and an amzing lobby
Lucinda Lavender: many older building were placed that way wern't they?
stevenaia Michinaga: I get to walk up 5 stories of marble steps, bearly make it
Lucinda Lavender: good for the heart I guess
Lucinda Lavender: narrow and deep on the lot?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Lucinda Lavender: How old?
stevenaia Michinaga: 100 yrs more or less
Lucinda Lavender: wow!
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Lucinda Lavender: I think I will have to go soon...
Lucinda Lavender: we are planning to have dinner out to celebrate
stevenaia Michinaga: ok
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks for your company
Lucinda Lavender: thanks for yours as well!
Lucinda Lavender: have a good restful weekend:)
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks , you too, enjoy dinner
Lucinda Lavender: thanks:)
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi Aph
stevenaia Michinaga: Luci just left for dinner
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi
Aphrodite Macbain: oops
Aphrodite Macbain: bad timing
Aphrodite Macbain: was just going to drop in to say ho
Aphrodite Macbain: and hi
Aphrodite Macbain: hi
Aphrodite Macbain: ho
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hi
Aphrodite Macbain: I finished all the chocolates
Aphrodite Macbain: they were very good chocolates
stevenaia Michinaga: they neverseem to last,
stevenaia Michinaga: made locally
Aphrodite Macbain: :-) not when they're that good
Aphrodite Macbain: what's up for u tomorrow?
stevenaia Michinaga: thank for your help
stevenaia Michinaga: I ahve work to do, was moving my office all week
Aphrodite Macbain: yw. I would have given it without chocolates
stevenaia Michinaga: I know
Aphrodite Macbain: :-) are you all moved in?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: do you like the space?
stevenaia Michinaga: lovely view
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: what's the view?
stevenaia Michinaga: simple 5th floor on the main street
stevenaia Michinaga: buildngs across the street are remarkabe
Aphrodite Macbain: oh?
stevenaia Michinaga: will post pics soon
Aphrodite Macbain: great. new or old buildings?
stevenaia Michinaga: very old 100 yrs or so
Aphrodite Macbain: nice. lots of old brick
stevenaia Michinaga: http://easton.patch.com/listings/new-york-tailors
stevenaia Michinaga: that;s the buiding I look at from above
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Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: do you get your suits made there?
Aphrodite Macbain: or your dresses?
stevenaia Michinaga: no, he's a funny guy though
stevenaia Michinaga: http://easton.patch.com/listings/koe...#photo-1796736
stevenaia Michinaga: here;s the building I'm in
Aphrodite Macbain: the tailor?
stevenaia Michinaga: ne's not a tailor, just sell's clothes
stevenaia Michinaga: it was heis father;s shop
stevenaia Michinaga: *his
Aphrodite Macbain: about 1911?
Aphrodite Macbain: lots for rent :-(
stevenaia Michinaga: no, not bad
stevenaia Michinaga: few rooms left
Aphrodite Macbain: ah
Aphrodite Macbain: good
stevenaia Michinaga: old photos
Aphrodite Macbain: was it renovated?
stevenaia Michinaga: http://easton.patch.com/articles/nat...-has-new-owner
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: no, has much original in it
Aphrodite Macbain: you have articles for everything!
stevenaia Michinaga: domed lobby
Aphrodite Macbain: nice!
stevenaia Michinaga: marble steps
Aphrodite Macbain: is this costing you more?
stevenaia Michinaga: no
stevenaia Michinaga: cheaper and smaller, but it;s jsut me
stevenaia Michinaga: so plenty of space
Aphrodite Macbain: just u?
Aphrodite Macbain: I thought u were part of a group of architects
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, associate working for a non-profit full tiem
stevenaia Michinaga: she was an interior designer
Aphrodite Macbain: ah
Aphrodite Macbain: right I remember
Aphrodite Macbain: congratulations
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks
Aphrodite Macbain: I'll let u go - it's late for you
Aphrodite Macbain: see you on sunday
stevenaia Michinaga: night
Aphrodite Macbain: nite
stevenaia Michinaga: :)