My Celebrity Lunch Date

When I'm feeling dumpy or uninspired I often try to change my mood by having a very nice date with myself. Usually I have some nice leisurely lunch and write or sketch and read some magazines. I often dine alone anyway, but a purposeful solo date lunch is different. It probably feels like a lovely peaceful escape simply because instead of feeling crappy that I spend so much time alone, I am celebrating my time alone.

One of the last times I took my time doing this at a deli in Brookline I flipped the page in my magazine and read a quote from myself in Budget Travel. Go me! Well, today I was at the same deli, feeling relaxed and happy. I poured myself some more tea, drowned a bite of knish in some brown mustard and turned the page in Ornament magazine. I'd bought it on my way into the deli as there was both an artist I find compelling profiled as well as an article about Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, a place where I felt happier than I can express. There on the page suddenly was a picture of myself listening intently during a lecture at Haystack.



After I gave the waitress my autograph, I went home and showed the magazine to glenn to make sure someone who was not me would see me in the same magazine. (He did.)

A date with myself. Indeed.