monica has a great duplex. it's crammed bottom to top with neat door handles, intriguing antique items and absolutely cool furniture. she has replaced just about anything replaceable in her place. all the light fixtures and knobs and sink protrusions and colors and well. everything. right now it's a bit of a mess because there are lots of boxes lying around. waiting to be organized and filled. monica is a box person. and she's kind of OCD. so i was careful not to put my grimey hands on anything. she has a big cabinet full of oatmeal orange soap. and she has a retro refrigerator from the sixties. and a matching oven. why is everything old cool again? i'll leave that topic alone for now.



anyhow. monica is a free lance interior designer and i'd been wanting to see her duplex in pasadena for the longest time. i finally saw it. and explored it. and i was stunned. i felt like ariel. "gadgets and gizmos a plenty...." stop me when your ears hurt. everything cool you've seen in furniture stores, she has. but more likely she has a better, more original version of the cheap mass produced knock-off. everyone should really see her place. it's quite amazing. she said i could stay in her closet if i come up to visit more. her tiny closet reminds me of the secret bathroom in ally mcbeal. it's very cozy.



i also went furniture browsing with monica. you can imagine how much more exciting furniture browsing is with someone who knows what they're looking at. everyone should have an interior design friend. monica offered to let me be her handy man if she goes on jobs in the future. so if this flute thing doesn't go. i can become a furniture helper. fun hunh? i'm moving up in the world. watch out.