July 02, 2004
Santa Fe Sadness
Really, it's just one of those things.
You go on a final vacation (Kathy's 6 months pregnant, so no travel, even car travel, planned from here on out). You get to Santa Fe, you meet up with Max's Grandpa Bob and Gramma Peggy, and you have a great time.
And then Max goes and spoils it all.
Dad & Peggy had to leave Saturday afternoon. On Sunday morning, Max leaves our hotel room and skips down two doors to knock and get Gramma & Gramps to join us for breakfast.
But, they had already left town... He sort of gave me a bewildered, slightly confused expression before I was able to remind him that they had already gone home. It was a little tough to explain.
Of course, his sadness lasted all of 5 seconds. Our fond remembrances will last a lifetime.
Yerp. Flea Market. We go to the SouthWest's Art Capitol of the world, and we end up at the Paris Flea Market.
This "flea" market was in a gallery-style shop, and the prices had lots of zeros, so we figured it was okay to enter.
Among great things to do in Santa Fe, there is always shopping for the home. One year we came home with a Kitchenaid-red hanging pot rack for the kitchen. This year, it was mood lighting and Euroflair.
The Paris Flea Market had a special Friday evening sale. They even had an accordionist outside (and a guy pouring wine inside) setting the mood. As we strolled towards the Plaza in the evening, we couldn't help but stop by. And buy.
Hand blown Venetian Glass Chandelier. Yep, that's what we bought. Only ours is a soft peach color instead, and looking at their website, we bought it at a great sale price, apparently.
In case the above webpage ever goes offline (and for those too lazy to click a link), here are a couple of the images...
It's decently sized, at about 2 feet high and around a foot in diameter.
Hopefully it will deliver light and that decorative punch to our digs.
We plan for it to be the centerpiece of our new Parisian Living Room, which isn't done yet so I can't show you pictures.
But there was more to Santa Fe than just these material things! Read my next report to find out what...
Posted by BilFish at July 2, 2004 07:26 AM