Wonderful Tonight.

I swear I didn't disappear. I was just in haze of dirty laundry and a lack of endorphins- my new shiny washer and dryer has solved all of my problems! Well, the immediate problems at least...

Just finished the first of the 10+ biographies I bought at the Borders liquidation sale. I started with Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd- who I've been jealous of/fascinated by since I was 5 years old and heard Layla (written for Pattie by Eric Clapton) for the first time. To add insult to injury, my favorite Beatle has always been Georgie and Something is likely my favorite Beatles song (also written for Pattie). Who knew Pattie's little sister Jenny was married (twice) to Mick Fleetwood?!

The book was everything I wanted it to be- a first hand account of London (and sometimes LA) in the 60's and 70's. Most people who know me can agree that much of me wishes I had been around back then- my favorite movie is Almost Famous after all (big shocker!). Luckily, I have my mom's stories to live vicariously through and I don't want to go on and on, but the world will never be the same and it will never be anything like it was back then. The book totally inspired me to be more creative after hearing about all of the crazy eccentric and extremely talented people in her life.

Pattie started as a model and throughout her famous troubled marriages, became an amateur and then professional photographer. In the last decade, a few different galleries in California and England have exhibited her photos. My new ultimate grown up purchase goal is to be able to afford one of these two prints of Eric and his guitar:




Additionally, on a smaller scale, if anyone EVER sees the book Birds of Britain about all of the classic 60's mod models (with Pattie) on the cover, call me immediately. As stated before, I love coffee table books and this is going to be my holy grail of coffee table books:




Next up- Clapton the Autobiography :)