My best Greta Garbo...

Isn't it something? Here I am romancing myself. I have a nice bottle of wine and plan to be watching movies with Greta Garbo tonight. I am loving her lavish style and the way she articulates her moods and word so very concisely. Greta, Greta. Such a complex artist.

"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me. "
-Greta Garbo

I love Greta I have become fascinated with her when I rented the movie the Grand Hotel last night. Now every night is movie night. I scoured IMDB.com to find some more of her precious films. Greta Garbo (1905-1990) is as famous for her reclusiveness as for starring in such enduring classics as Flesh and the Devil, Anna Karina, Queen Christina, and Ninotchka.

I have a friend let's call her the Illustrious Miss "M" and she reminds me of a Great Garbo in her youth, from her pencil-thin shaped eyebrows to her greatly timed one liners. She always impeccably dressed with an old world and sometimes gothic style. This woman is completely entertaining. She indulges in Vodka. Cosmopolitan's are her drink and I think she has a transient power where you never really know where she will land. I have seen her curse and bring tears to grown men, then sweep back her hair and say something stunning. She is much like a force of nature that you love to watch in awe but always fear being too close to the eye of the hurricane knowing she could bring you down.

"Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them. "
-Greata Garbo

As I was driving home I noticed that the fountain running in front of one of the Hotels. Why would Hilton want to spend their precious money on keeping a fountain running in the middle of a storm in Saratoga Springs, Ny? I just don't get it. I love decadence but even decadence has it's place.

Also I just bought myself a starter violin. I am quiet excited about making awful noises that even the cat and dog will never appreciate. I am overjoyed that I am able to eek out the money to be able to purchase a cheap violin, for that I am thankful person. Now the next night I romance myself I will not be alone I will have my violin for that added panache.