I'm still chewing like a rabbit, only using the teeth in the front of your mouth to chew really restricts what you can eat. I'm a little sick of it. I wish I could say it is a diet and I'm losing weight, I don't think so though as most of my food consists of flan and pudding and yogurt and fruit smoothies.
Last night was my first time out of the house, we went to Tulum with some friends for dinner and I had some enchiladas. Even something soft it takes forever to nibble it down to swallowing size.
Today, I went to see Dr Ruben again. He says there is still some inflammation and so no temporary teeth yet. He's leaving for Alaska on Monday, he's a diver and he's going to go up and actually dive in that frigid water. Yikes! He's got friends up there who are getting him all the special gear, dry suits and all, but still. It will be beautiful and he's also going up by Nome or somewhere way up there. So, I need to see Dra Alicia next week to see if the inflammation is gone or not. Afterwards, we had a couple hours to kill before we were meeting friends and I was kind of depressed by my rabbit-ness so ... we went shopping!! Retail therapy! My favorite cure all.
I've been bemoaning the fact that we will have this huge house and absolutely zero furniture. Add the fact that there are all these new, cool furniture stores popping up in Playa that are full of Euro imports and Italian designed stuff. Well, I spent a little money.
We really loved this chair/couch/chaise thing. It's hard to explain but it is on a stainless base and there are 2 separate chairs that swivel in complete circles, that have futon type tops that unfold into a chaise or fold up into a chair or fold flat to a daybed. All of this with the 2 facing in any direction, including that opposite facing thing of the lover's chairs in most of the plazas of Mexico. They had it in red, which I loved, but it was sold and in a black and white nubby material which will hide dog hair well so that's what we got.
Then we spotted this leather couch and chaise, pretty large with wide cushions and really soft leather. We laid around on that for awhile, discovered they had it in a deep brown and bought it.
I lust for ottomans and huge flat things to put my feet or my laptop or my plate on and they just happened to have this black woven strap leather daybed. It's very linear, stainless legs, quite flat and severe and has one roll pillow in cow hide that can be removed or not. I decided it was a perfect table/ottoman and we bought that too.
All of this stuff is from Italy, fairly modern and severe and Euro. I think it will be a good contrast to the old house, I'm not positive where it will all go yet but I have no doubt there will be a place for it. Right now, we are thinking that all of it could be in the living room. I really, really liked these square, boxy leather chairs in red or black that they had and I think they would be perfect in there as well. I didn't get them though. I did stop. The really good news is that they will store it for us for up to 4 months. The other good news is that I couldn't have bought just the couch in LA for what I paid for all of it. Plus, I feel a whole lot better, we may not have a bed or a table but we have couches and a place to put our feet up!
Last night was my first time out of the house, we went to Tulum with some friends for dinner and I had some enchiladas. Even something soft it takes forever to nibble it down to swallowing size.
Today, I went to see Dr Ruben again. He says there is still some inflammation and so no temporary teeth yet. He's leaving for Alaska on Monday, he's a diver and he's going to go up and actually dive in that frigid water. Yikes! He's got friends up there who are getting him all the special gear, dry suits and all, but still. It will be beautiful and he's also going up by Nome or somewhere way up there. So, I need to see Dra Alicia next week to see if the inflammation is gone or not. Afterwards, we had a couple hours to kill before we were meeting friends and I was kind of depressed by my rabbit-ness so ... we went shopping!! Retail therapy! My favorite cure all.
I've been bemoaning the fact that we will have this huge house and absolutely zero furniture. Add the fact that there are all these new, cool furniture stores popping up in Playa that are full of Euro imports and Italian designed stuff. Well, I spent a little money.
We really loved this chair/couch/chaise thing. It's hard to explain but it is on a stainless base and there are 2 separate chairs that swivel in complete circles, that have futon type tops that unfold into a chaise or fold up into a chair or fold flat to a daybed. All of this with the 2 facing in any direction, including that opposite facing thing of the lover's chairs in most of the plazas of Mexico. They had it in red, which I loved, but it was sold and in a black and white nubby material which will hide dog hair well so that's what we got.
Then we spotted this leather couch and chaise, pretty large with wide cushions and really soft leather. We laid around on that for awhile, discovered they had it in a deep brown and bought it.
I lust for ottomans and huge flat things to put my feet or my laptop or my plate on and they just happened to have this black woven strap leather daybed. It's very linear, stainless legs, quite flat and severe and has one roll pillow in cow hide that can be removed or not. I decided it was a perfect table/ottoman and we bought that too.
All of this stuff is from Italy, fairly modern and severe and Euro. I think it will be a good contrast to the old house, I'm not positive where it will all go yet but I have no doubt there will be a place for it. Right now, we are thinking that all of it could be in the living room. I really, really liked these square, boxy leather chairs in red or black that they had and I think they would be perfect in there as well. I didn't get them though. I did stop. The really good news is that they will store it for us for up to 4 months. The other good news is that I couldn't have bought just the couch in LA for what I paid for all of it. Plus, I feel a whole lot better, we may not have a bed or a table but we have couches and a place to put our feet up!
posted by Jonna at 2:25 AM
6 Comments:
SHOPPING! The cure to ANYTHING.
Congrats on the new furniture... it all sounds fabulous and chic... can't wait to see the pics.
Hope you're feeling a little better. I KNOW how it is to eat only puree and soup for days in a row... it gets to a point where you really don't care about the pain anymore as long as you can eat something SOLID....
Take care and recover soon.
Fned.
I am loving your real life adventures, and will keep tunin' in. And can relate to the dentist thing as I continue to get all the mouth work that I couldn't afford in the Norte here in Mexico.
i NEED pics.... pics.... pics...
isnt it weird that rabbits can eat raw carrots with just their front teeth? it's really hard for a person to do that....
We don't have anywhere here with Italian made furniture that I knkow of - sounds great! Enjoy
I think good modern furniture looks fabulous in these colonial houses. If I was starting all over again (and had a bigger budget) that is what I would get. Plus, the stuff you are buying sounds comfortable, which is rare here. The concept of a comfortable and attractive chair doesn't seem to exist.
Looking forward to seeing all the great stuff in your new house!
regards,
Theresa
Sometimes I'm not thrilled that shopping works so well on me :) It really was not only fun at the time but I'm not as anxious about the whole house thing today, it must work.
Obviously unplanned though, I not only didn't have my camera, I didn't even have my cell phone cuz I forgot to charge it. I've got their card here somewhere and the saleswoman said she would email me pictures.
Glad you are enjoying it Deb, I dearly love reading your Zocalo blog, talk about bringing out the shopper!
I think I should do a blog sometime on the huge differences within this rich and enormous country. Over here on the hip coast and - my guess - also over in Huatulco, Acapulco and other resorts fairly close to DF, the availability of European design and imports is staggering. The architecture rivals the newest stuff I'm seeing from Europe and Dubai as well.
If there is ever such a thing, the 'average' upscale, affluent, 30's to 40's young professional in Mexico is a huge consumer of high tech design. There are some incredible designers working here as well, that Italian or Euro label does increase the desirability though. From my limited reading of the design mags, many young designers from DF head to Europe to 'finish' their repertoire and get a name.
Oh, and the home design and architectural magazines published here are incredible! We even have one just for the Merida area that is slick and awesome. Ambientes
Anyway, as Playa grows it is garnering the cool stores that have always been in and around Cancun but that were hidden sometimes in the tourist kitsch. There are a half dozen out on the northern highway now that I want to explore, and none of them have rustico or painted furniture or that heavy varnished and carved stuff. I do like the traditional too and mostly, I love them in juxtaposition - kind of like Mexico itself!
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