Life Goes On

In spite of the political drama that I keep writing about, we have had some fun this month! Mr. D and I went to the Ikea sale two weeks ago. Remember those bookcases that we had been meaning to buy? Well, they marked them down $30 each for a 3 day sale. Plus, that weekend, they offered a free breakfast! So, we headed over to Ikea for breakfast and bookcases.

Of course, there is no point in putting up the Billy bookcases (we settled on the black-brown) before you paint. So, it was off to Hirshfield's for our favorite Benjamin Moore Paint. We are doing "Panera" colors downstairs and did the bookcase wall green. Watch for the gold and rust wall to appear soon.

Mr. D is the best painter in the world. Here he is doing the taping.Next came the green paint.

Then, the bookcase assembly.

Finally, the finished product, but not properly categorized yet and not all books in place, but you get the idea.

Moving on. Hollywood hit Bloomington this week. Well, actually starting in early September. The Coen brothers (who attended my alma matter St. Louis Park High whilst I was there in the early 70's, but I never knew them) were filming their latest movie and showed up at Normandale College--just 6 blocks north of us. When I went to pick up Tim on Monday, I pulled up to the Student Center and there was the craft services truck with a California address. I couldn't figure out why a catering truck came all the way from California. Then, the next day, Mr. D noticed signs that said "To Set" and "To Base Camp" along with some Universal Studios trucks parked along France Avenue. We soon figured it out. Here is the "Base Camp". Okay, so I wasn't that close, but those are the studio trailers.

Here are the trucks parked alongside France Avenue for the entire week. We also discovered the neighborhood in East Bloomington where they filmed. Perhaps I will take some more photos, after all, it's not every day Hollywood shows up in Bloomington.