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July 15, 2005
Light 
It's been an interesting day so far. We're at the beginning of a warm streak again, so this morning was sunny and warm. I got going early enough to make breakfast and walk in, but my stomach revolted about part way in, so I ended up on the bus.
So I was actually in early again. Soon after my officemate came back from getting coffee, she mentioned seeing another of our coworkers, who pointedly refused to speak to her. So I go down to get coffee, and guess who I run into? I'm expecting I'll also get the cold shoulder, but no. We must have had a 10 minute conversation, very friendly, very nice.
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I was pretty damn excited about going to Queen Bee yesterday, and the visit lived up to my expectations. Their world headquarters/hive is in industrial SE Portland. I love older industrial areas—for whatever reason, they fascinate me. The camera was running low on batteries, and wasn't very happy about taking pictures, though that didn't stop me. I stopped into their offices, checked out their sale and one-of-a-kinds, and came away with a lotteria belt in avocado (I couldn't believe it—it fit me—beautifully!) and a pink Little Bird Wonder Wallet. I also ordered a Flit handbag.
I just felt jazzed walking out of there. They are doing such cool things there. And in such a cool building!
I just looked at my pictures, and it seems I didn't capture the part that was the most compelling to me. Offices that are on the exterior hall of the building, like Queen Bee, have plaster walls to about hip-high; above that is glass. So the sunlight that comes in through the office windows, the exteriormost part of HQ, pour through the glass wall into their interior hallway, and then into their construction area, and then through glass walls into the hallway that I entered from. I don't know why I'm finding this such an incredibly cool thing right now, but I loved that. So much glass. So much light.
There's a building for sale or lease in NW Portland that I'm totally enamoured of. It has three walls of almost full scale windows, and one side with windows along the roof line. In my mind's eye, I can see a restaurant, with the kitchen area behind glass walls on the mostly solid wall, and the dining room in the windowed area. That way, the light from the kitchen is the light from the dining room and vice versa. There are also huge garage doors—can you see the potential?
I keep trying to figure out how I could make something like that so. Oh my gosh, how cool would that be? I want to live in that sort of space!
Posted at July 15, 2005
Comments
I would love to live in that sort of space too, but only if it had enough sun to have a garden on the balcony. :)
When are we going to have coffee and discuss cohousing? Just let me know, I'm pretty open - except for next week when we'll be in Bend with family.
That day at work sounds pretty stressful, although I'm not sure what you do so it's hard to put it in context. But not knowing whether you're going to be working later is definitely anxiety-inducing.
Posted by: Cheesepuppet at July 16, 2005 10:12 AM
I feel for you. Good luck with the job situation. Public service can be so tenuous some times.
Posted by: Misty at July 17, 2005 5:57 AM