laconic gems

not too wordy today. coming down from a lovely roller coaster ride of a weekend. lots of chairs, today.

vintage chair danish modern? - $15 (watertown)
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fuo/1266984406.html

Mid-Century Modern buffet/hutch - $325 (Salem, MA)
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/fuo/1261172055.html

Vintage Original Saarinen womb chair with Knoll label - $1300 (wellesley)
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fuo/1266035529.html

Modern Biomorphic pair of table/chairs - $400 (Hull)
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fuo/1264905400.html

Scandinavian/Modern Side Chairs - $500 (Merrimac, MA)
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/fuo/1267816540.html

4 blue/grey retro chairs - excellent condition - $30 (Davis Sq., Somerville)
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fuo/1267364524.html

2 matching Teak Scandinavian / Danish Modern Dressers - $175 (Norton)
http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/fuo/1259531125.html

AWESOME 1960's Brande Mobelfabrik Danish Modern Mobile Traveling Bar - $595 (Newport)
http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/fud/1265774312.html

RETRO SWIVEL CHAIR - $20 (NEEDHAM)
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fuo/1265387856.html

modern acacia wood side table by Umbra - $75 (inman harvard cambridge)
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fuo/1264844880.html

Mid Century Modern Bench or Table - $65 (Cambridge)
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fud/1260898699.html

3 neat mid century rolling carts / side tables - $125
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/fuo/1267638816.html

a friend from genova came to visit me this weekend. below are two videos he swears are mainstays of italian culture, without knowledge of which i will never be fully accepted when i move.





sixties kitsch, crazy outfits, thinly veiled sexual innuendo*, and dancin': what else does one need in life?

*the cobra is not a serpent... all i am going to say is that in my experience, for reasons of culture, this is much more true in europe than in the states.