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[chelseagirl]

So I . . .

dressed in mid-century vintage go to on the Nostalgia Subway Ride with some of my steampunk buddies this morning. (And realized I need a lot more 20s in my wardrobe as well.) early-mid 20th century subway cars -- and ads -- live music, and lots of people dressed in outfits ranging from the 20s through Mad Men. Most of mine was random 50s-MadMen60s that my mom and aunt have given me, plus a vintage-style skirt from one of my beloved out-of-business indie designers/shopkeepers. And I really enjoyed the red lipstick and liquid eyeliner - I don't do that often enough.

Got a new couch and a new bookcase, which make the place seem a lot more finished. We bought the last one about 7 years ago at a thrift store, so it wasn't new then, and compared to the new one, I now realize that the old one feels a lot like sitting on a park bench. (We're putting it out later to be picked up by the building Monday morning.) And it's nice to have the last of the books off the floor -- we finally got sick enough of boxes that we piled them up against the wall, but it was still piles . . .

Decorated for Christmas. Earlier than I usually do it, but since we'll be away and since M is a little blue, we went ahead and put up lights on the terrace, and got our tree out. I'm daring to put up ornaments this year -- non-breakable ones and on the top 2/3rd only -- because we've kept acquiring cats, it's been year after year of lights-and-star only.

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[ancarett]

That sounds like it was fun outing! We're still holding off on the holiday decorations because Eldest wants to be a part and she won't be home until the 19th. . . .

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

It was! My friends were going to do another round trip, but I had grading and decorating and my husband (who's not into that sort of thing) was making a nice roast dinner for mid-afternoon.

[silme.livejournal.com]

The nostalgia ride sounds like a lot of fun.

New furniture always feels good. It makes me feel like an adult. (Isn't that weird to feel that way in my fifties? :)

[ibshafer.livejournal.com]

Nah, I say that all the time.

"I feel like such a grownup, for doing (whatever it was)."

Then again, I always say the same thing as you.

"At my age?"

;)

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

We say that about this apartment All the Time.

Then again, sharing the studio was a lot like living in an especially nice dorm room together for a decade. (Only in New York, as they say.) So now we are real grownups with our "real" apartment.

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

That's what we say all the time about this apartment. I know you live in a house and all, but for us, having shared a studio for a decade, this apartment is still unimaginably luxurious -- and we keep saying "now we're finally adults!"

[ibshafer.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see pix!

And that nostalgia ride sounds like so much fun. Would love to do that and to go to that beautiful old station that was just reopened. (To view - it's not operational, I don't think.) Wish I had better memory so I could give you the name...

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Pix of? I'm not really going to photograph the apartment, though I do have the couch and bookcase pinned to my Pinterest. If you mean from the nostalgia ride, I'm expecting some tagged pictures up on FB.

I think that's the old City Hall station. They can't reopen it because trains are much longer now and for whatever reason, this one can't be enlarged, but periodically they open it up for tours.