DOUG'S DIARY: November 2013

Saturday, November 16, 2013

TO SIR WITH LOVE

THOSE SCHOOLGIRL DAYS OF TELLING TALES AND BITING NAILS ARE GONE BUT IN MY MIND, I KNOW THEY WILL STILL LIVE ON AND ON BUT HOW DO YOU THANK SOMEONE WHO HAS TAKEN YOU FROM CRAYONS TO PERFUME IT ISN'T EASY BUT I'LL TRY IF YOU WANTED THE SKY I WOULD WRITE ACROSS THE SKY IN LETTERS THAT WOULD SOAR A THOUSAND FEET HIGH TO SIR WITH LOVE THE TIME HAS COME FOR CLOSING BOOKS AND LONG LAST LOOKS MUST END AND AS I LEAVE, I KNOW THAT I AM LEAVING MY BEST FRIEND A FRIEND WHO TAUGHT ME RIGHT FROM WRONG AND WEAK FROM STRONG THAT'S A LOT TO LEARN WHAT, WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU IN RETURN IF YOU WANTED THE MOON I WOULD TRY TO MAKE A START BUT I WOULD RATHER YOU LET ME GIVE MY HEART TO SIR WITH LOVE

CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION

LOOK OVER YONDER WHAT DO YOU SEE? THE SUN IS A-RISIN' MOST DEFINITELY A NEW DAY IS COMIN', WHOO-HOO PEOPLE ARE CHANGIN' AIN'T IT BEAUTIFUL, WHOO-HOO CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION BETTER GET READY GONNA SEE THE LIGHT LOVE, LOVE IS THE ANSWER, WHOO-HOO AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT SO DON'T YOU GIVE UP NOW, WHOO-HOO IT'S SO EASY TO FIND JUST LOOK TO YOUR SOUL (LOOK TO YOUR SOUL) AND OPEN YOUR MIND CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION MM-HMM IT'S A NEW VIBRATION CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUSASION MAYBE TOMORROW WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN ON EVERY GREEN FIELD, WHOO-HOO AND EVERY TOWN ALL OF HIS CHILDREN IN EVERY NATION THERE'LL BE PEACE AND GOOD BROTHERHOOD CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUSION YEAH CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION, AHA CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION, AHA CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION, AHA (OH) CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION, AHA...

DOWNTOWN

WHEN YOU'RE ALONE AND LIFE IS MAKING YOU LONELY YOU CAN ALWAYS GO DOWNTOWN WHEN YOU'VE GOT WORRIES ALL THE NOISE AND THE HURRY SEEMS TO HELP I KNOW DOWNTOWN. JUST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF THE TRAFFIC IN THE CITY LINGER ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE THE NEON SIGNS ARE PRETTY HOW CAN YOU LOSE? THE LIGHTS ARE MUCH BRIGHTER THERE YOU CAN FORGET ALL YOUR TROUBLES, FORGET ALL YOUR CARES SO GO DOWNTOWN THINGS WILL BE GREAT WHEN YOU'RE DOWNTOWN NO FINER PLACE FOR SURE DOWNTOWN EVERYTHING'S WAITING FOR YOU. DON'T HANG AROUND AND LET YOUR PROBLEMS SURROUND YOU THERE ARE MOVIE SHOWS DOWNTOWN. MAYBE YOU KNOW SOME LITTLE PLACES TO GO TO WHERE THEY NEVER CLOSE DOWNTOWN JUST LISTEN TO THE RHYTHM OF A GENTLE BOSSA NOVA YOU'LL BE DANCING WITH 'EM TOO BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER HAPPY AGAIN. THE LIGHTS ARE MUCH BRIGHTER THERE YOU CAN FORGET ALL YOUR TROUBLES, FORGET ALL YOUR CARES SO GO-DOWNTOWN WHERE ALL THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT DOWNTOWN WAITING FOR YOU TONIGHT DOWNTOWN YOU'RE GONNA BE ALRIGHT NOW DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN AND YOU MAY FIND SOMEBODY KIND TO HELP AND UNDERSTAND YOU SOMEONE WHO IS JUST LIKE YOU AND NEEDS A GENTLE HAND TO GUIDE THEM ALONG. MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU THERE WE CAN FORGET ALL OUR TROUBLES, FORGET ALL OUR CARES SO GO DOWNTOWN THINGS WILL BE GREAT WHEN YOU'RE DOWNTOWN DON'T WAIT A MINUTE MORE DOWNTOWN EVERYTHING IS WAITING FOR YOU DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN...

Thursday, November 14, 2013

MONKEY

BOTH BOYS HAD EASTER EGG HUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOLS. FOR JOHN DAVID'S CLASS EGG HUNT, A FEW OTHER MOMS AND I HIDE CLOSE TO 300 EGGS FOR HIS CLASS. I THINK THEY FOUND ALL BUT LESS THAN 10. I SURE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHERE I HID THE EGGS. HOLT ALSO GOT TO FIND EGGS WITH THE FIRST GRADERS. YES, IT IS TRUE...IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE NEWS, THE SANDNESSES ARE ON THE MOVE AGAIN. WE ARE HEADING BACK TO MINNESOTA. IN FACT, WE ARE MOVING IN 14 DAYS! CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL HERE IN LAGUNA HILLS THROUGH JUNE 19TH AND WE ARE FLYING TO MINNESOTA ON THE 21ST. SINCE THE KIDS ARE GETTING OUT SO LATE FROM SCHOOL, WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR TIME AT THE CABIN THIS SUMMER. I THINK WE ALL MISS THE CABIN AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR TIME THERE...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF SADNESS IN LEAVING CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE MADE MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS HERE AND IT WILL BE TOUGH TO LEAVE ANOTHER HOME. WE ARE HOPING THAT MANY WILL MAKE THE TREK UP NORTH TO COME AND VISIT US. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW... SPENT 5 DAYS IN MELBOURNE LAST WEEK-QUALITY TIME WITH MY BEST FRIENDS BASED ON THE EAST COAST. LOUISE AND PRUE KEPT ME BUSY WITH MANY OUTINGS INCLUDING A COMEDY NIGHT, A FOOTBALL GAME AT THE MCG, THE TIM BURTON EXHIBITION AS WELL AS LOTS OF GREAT FOOD AND DRINKS. I DECIDED TO TAKE THE TWINS TO MONKEY JOE'S TO LET THEM BURN OFF SOME ENERGY. THIS IS A PLACE THAT IS NOTHING BUT INFLATABLE JUMPY THINGS. THE TWINS ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. THEY BOUNCED THEIR LITTLE HEARTS OUT. LATER IN THE MONTH, WE DID A WEEKEND GET AWAY TO WACO BUT HAD TO MAKE A TRIP BACK INTO THE METROPLEX TO ATTEND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF A COUPLE OF MY COUSINS: GUESS WHO'S BACK, BACK AGAIN? IT'S THE CZ NOTES, AND WE'RE READY TO DROP SOME RESPECT IN THIS BITCH, THE KIND OF RESPECT THAT CAN COME FROM ONLY ONE PLACE, THE CZ NOTES. WE HAD ORIGINALLY STARTED THIS BACK AT THE END OF MAY, BUT WORK, LIFE, AND A QUICKLY DEVELOPING COKE HABIT HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WAY, SO NOW THAT I'VE KICKED THE HABIT AND FOUND SOME TIME, IT'S TIME FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL (TWO) THIRDSIES/ANNUAL MONSTER ARTICLE.

THIS AIN'T NO DISCO

THIS AINT NO MISTAKE! THIS AINT NOT TYPO! THIS AINT NO PARTY, NOR IS IT A DISCO! THIS IS THE COOP, ALL COOP, AND NOTHING BUT THE COOP WHO IS MAKING A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!! FIRST OFF, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SEND THEIR WELL-WISHES AND WARM INTENTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER IN MY LIFE REGARDING BEING A BLOGGING FAN. OR A FAN BLOGGER. HOWEVER YOU'D WANT TO CALL IT. EVERYONE CAME OUT TO WISH ME GOOD LUCK, IN ANY ENDEAVOR. OF COURSE, I DIDN'T STAY IDLE FOR TOO LONG. AFTER ALL, I RETIRED "THE BLOG" MY SUMMER FAMILY, AND NOT FROM BLOGGING. JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. IN A YEAR'S TIME, I AM WRITING NOW FOR THREE METS WEBSITES: METSMERIZED ONLINE, DAILY STACHE AND KINER'S KORNER. KINER'S KORNER ALSO LAUNCHED THE KULT OF METS PERSONALITIES PODCAST THAT HAS A NICE FOLLOWING WITH SOME REALLY GREAT GUESTS IN OUR PANEL, INCLUDING FORMER METS EXECUTIVES, PLAYERS AND COACHES, EVEN BEAT WRITERS AND OTHER BLOGGERS. THERE ARE ALSON RUMORS OF AN ALL-WOMEN'S BASEBALL SITE WHERE I WILL NOT ONLY BE A CONTRIBUTOR, BUT BE A VOICE OF THEIR PODCAST AS WELL. THAT WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN. IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT ELSE? ON, YEAH...I TOOK SOME TIME OFF FROM HAVING MY OWN SITE TO FOCUS ON WHAT I WANTED TO DO NEXT. IS STARTED THIS SITE BACK IN 2007 AS A WAY TOKEEP IN TOUCH WITH FELLOW FANS, MEET NEW PEOPLE AND WRITE ABOUT MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE NEW YORK METS. THEN I STARTED TO GET INVOLVED WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE BLOGGING WORLD AND IT GOT TO BE TOO MUCH. I LOST MY FOCUS. I STOPPED HAVING FUN WITH IT. I WASN'T MYSELF. SO I HAVE A SOFT-LAUNCH OF MY NEW SITE...(DRUM ROLL, PLEASE....) WHILE BOSTON IS ABOUT TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FENWAY PARK, ANOTHER MAJOR BOSTON LANDMARK TURNS 100 THIS MONTH. ON MARCH 23, 1912 WHAT WE NOW CALL THE RED LINE OPENED BETWEEN HARVARD SQUARE AND PARK STREET. IT COST $11,750,000 TO BUILD WHICH WOULD BE $276, 386, 639.68 TODAY.

PUMPKIN BREAD

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THING TO MAKE IN THE FALL IS MY GRANDMOTHER'S PUMPKIN BREAD. TO ME, IT IS ALL THINGS FALL! :) MY MOM USED TO MAKE IT FOR ME ALL THE TIME (AND STILL DOES WHEN I VISIT TEXAS). I MADE IT FOR MY COWORKERS, AND IT WAS A HIT. I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THE RECIPE WITH YOU! PUMPKIN BREAD 2/3 CUP SHORTENING 2&2/3 CUP SUGAR 4 EGGS 1 CAN OF PUMPKIN (THE 12 OZ CAN) 2/3 CUP WATER 3 1/3 CUP FLOUR 2 TEASPOONS BAKING SODA 1 &1/2 TEASPOONS SALT 1/2 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER 1 TEASPOON CINNAMON 1 TEASPOON CLOVES 2/3 CUP CHOPPED NUTS (OPTIONAL) HEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES. GREASE 3 LOAF PANS ( I USE THE CHEAP ALUMINUM ONES.) IN LARGE BOWL, COMBINE SHORTENING AND SUGAR UNTIL FLUFFY. STIR IN EGGS, PUMPKIN, AND WATER. IN A SEPARATE BOWL, MIX FLOUR, SODA, SALT, BAKING POWDER, CINNAMON, AND CLOVES. BLEND IN THE DRY INGREDIENTS. STIR IN NUTS (OPTIONAL). POUR INTO PANS. BAKE ABOUT 70 MINUTES OR UNTIL WOODEN TOOTHPICK INSERTED IN CENTER COMES OUT CLEAN. ENJOY!

HENRY ROLLINS

HENRY ROLLINS AIN'T NO GEORGE CARLIN OR LENNY BRUCE. HE TAKES AIM AT SITTING DUCKS LIKE PEOPLE WHO SHOP AT WALMART AND HE ISN'T PARTICULARLY FUNNY AND HIS INSIGHTS ARE HARDLY REVELATIONS. BUT FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE REALLY DIG HIM. I DON'T GET IT. I PERSONALLY DON'T TURN TO ROCK SINGERS FOR THEIR ANALYTICAL THINKING OR WISDOM. NOT EVEN THE SMART ONES LIKE JOHN LENNON OR FRANK ZAPPA. THEY MAY BE REMARKABLE MUSICIANS BUT THEIR SATIRICAL WRITINGS TEND TO BE OBVIOUS AND SOPHOMORIC. LISTENING TODAY TO MY OLD MOTHERS OF INVENTION ALBUMS, THE STUFF THAT SEEMED SO OUTRAGEOUS AND COOL TO ME WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER SEEMS TRITE TO ME NOW. ZAPA'S TARGETS WERE SITTING DUCKS, TOO, BUT AT LEAST THE DUCKS WERE RELATIVELY FRESH. ON THE OTHER HAND, HENRY ROLLINS' RANTS SEEM TIRED AND CLICHE-RIDDEN. IT'S EASY TO MAKE FUN OF THE DEFENSELESS SLOBS WHO WORK AT WALMART OR HIPSTER DOUCHE-BAGGERY, THE MILITARY AND FRAT BOYS. WE DID THAT SHIT BACK IN THE SIXTIES. SO WHEN I HEAR ROLLINS GOING ON ABOUT THE CULTURE OF GREED AND THE IDIOCY THAT SURROUNDS US IT ALL SOUNDS TIRED AND WORN OUT. WE KNOW THIS STUFF ALREADY. IT AIN'T FUNNY. IN FACT, AT TIMES, I THINK IT'S CRUEL AND HIPPER-THAN-THOU CLASSISM. ROLLINS MAY CONSIDER HIMSELF SOME KIND OF EDGY PHILOSOPHER BUT I FIND HIM TO BE A DIM-WITTED MEATHEAD WITH A SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN AVERAGE VOCABULARY AND A BUNCH OF HALF-BAKED IDEAS WHO TAKES ON SUBJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BEATEN TO A PULP BY SUPERIOR HUMORISTS LIKE THE GENUINELY FUNNY BILL HICKS

SANDY

5 THINGS THAT SCARE ME ABOUT NYC 1. HOMELESS/CRAZY PEOPLE. I'M SORRY I'M SORRY GOSH, I KNOW THEY'RE IN NEED OF HELP BUT DEY SCARE ME SOMETIMES OK?! I'M A HELPLESS DEFENSELESS 22 YEAR OLD GIRL AND MY PEPPER SPRAY CONNECT HASN'T COME THROUGH YET AND MY MOM DIDN'T SIGN ME UP FOR TIGER SCHULMANNS WHEN I WAS A TOT. I ALWAYS GOTTA KEEP MY WINDOWS UP AND DOORS LOCKED WHEN I'M DRIVING TIN THE CITY BECAUSE HOMELESS PEOPLE LOVE COMING TU TO MY CAR AT RED LIGHTS AND DANCING AND TALKING (TRUE STORY)2. SUBWAY. I HOPE THERE ARE CASE STUDIES ABOUT SUBWAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST CHANGE IN THOSE UNDERGROUND CARS. AS SOON AS YOU STEP IN THOSE DOORS I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS GOING TO YISYOUGETSLAPPEDIFYOULOOKINGHOE SLAP ME IF I LOOK AT THEM. IT IS AN UNSAID RULE TO PUT YOUR BEST EMOTIONLESS FACE ON AND LOOK LIKE YOU ARE UNAWARE THAT THERE IS A FULL BLOWN MARIACHI BAND PLAYING IN THE CAR. 3. CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL SOLICITOR. I MEAN THEY DON'T REALLY SCARE ME THEY JUST ANNOY THE SHIT OUT OF ME. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME UP TO YOU ALL UNSUSPECTING AND ISH. THEY'LL BE LIKE "HEY, CAN I USE YOUR LIGHTER?" AND THEN BE LIKE "HEY, CAN YOU SAVE SOME CHILDREN?" AW HELLS NO. RUN!! WELCOME SCALLYWAGS AND SCOUNDRELS...THIS PORTAL IS A MANIFESTATION OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH OUR MINDS AT THE SPEED OF WI-FI...WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE ARE THINGS WE THINK ARE COOL OR DOPE OR WHATEVER OTHER ADJECTIVES WE MAY USE TO DECCRIBE THE THING WE LIKE....ERGO... THIS MORNING I WALK OVER TO NEGROS HOUSE TO WAKE HIM UP SO WE CAN GO TO TRAINING WITH RED CROSS, AND HIS PARROT BITE ME, CLAMP DOWN HARD AND DRAW BLOOD, THEN WE WAIT FOR ONE HOUR ON A BUS THAT NEVER COME, AFTER THAT WE HAVE ENGLISH LESSON AND A SONG COME ON THE RADIO BY PUDDLE OF MUD, PANA ASKS, "QUE SIGNIFICA, SHE FUCKING HATES ME" AND I JUST TELL HIM WELL THAT MEAN SHE DON'T LIKE YOU VERY MUCH.

KISS

THE OVAL SPIRALS-ONE OF THEM A BUILDING, TWO OF THEM LANDSCAPED MOUNDS-TOGETHER FORM THE LATEST "MAGGIE'S CENTRE", ONE OF A BURGEONING CHAIN OF SUPPORT CENTRES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER. THE IDEA FOR THESE FRIENDLY, USEFUL, NON-CLINICAL PLACES CAME FROM THE EPONYMOUS MAGGIE KESWICK, JENCKS' WIFE, AS SHE HERSELF WAS FIGHTING CANCER IN THE 1990S. TEN YEARS AFTER SHE DIED, MAGGIE'S CENTRES ARE A PROVEN SUCCESS. EACH IS DIFFERENT AND SOME ARE EXTRAORDINARY. CHARLES JENCKS IS A VERY REARE BEAST INDEED, A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PRIVATE LOSS HAS TURNED HIM INTO A PRODUCER OF FINE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. A US-BASED AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL WHOSE TASTE FOR COSMOLOGICAL MUSING IS UNDERPINNED BY A WRY SELF-DEPRECTAION, HE HOB-NOBS WITH THE ARCHITECTS HE COMMISSIONS. ZAHA HADID IS DONG THE NEXT ONE, INFIFE, SHE, PLUS FRANK GEHRY, DANIEL LIBESKIND, ZAHA HADID AND RICHARD ROGERS ARE THE BIG NAMES JENCKS HAS SIGNED UP THROUGH THE MAGGIE'S ORGANISATION, WHICH IS NOW EXPANDING OUT OF SCOTLAND INTO LONDON, OXFORD, CHELTENHAM AND CAMBRIDGE. THE COMPLETION OF GEHRY'S CENTRE IN DUNDEE IN 2003-HIS FIRST BRITISH BUILDING-SUDDENLY PUT THE MAGGIE'S CONCEPT ON THE INTERNATIONAL MAPL HADID'S WILL BE HER FIRST BRITISH BUILDING. BUT THE GLOBAL NAMES ARE NOT THE WHOLE STORY. THE FIRST MAGGIE'S IN 1996 WAS A STABLE BUILDING CONVERTED BY EDINBURGH ARCHITECT RICHARD MURPHY. THIS LATEST ONE IN THE HIGHLANDS IS BY GLASGOW ARCHITECTS PAGE AND PARK, THEIR SECOND. YOU CAN JUST SEE THEM SWEATING BLOOD TO CUT IT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ELITE. YOU DON'T OFTEN GET THE CHANCE TO DESIGN AN UPWARDLY-SPIRALLING BUILDING, A MINI-GUGGENHEIM. DAVID PAGE IS HAPPY TO ADMIT THAT JENCKS ALLOWED HIM INTO A WORLD OF LARGER POSSIBILITIES THAN USUAL. MOREOVER, THE TWO COLLABORATED. JENCKS, WHO HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION AS A LAND ARTIST, DID THE LANDSCAPE HERE. THOSE FAMILIAR WITH HIS FAMOUS "GARDEN OF COSMIC SPECULATION", DESIGNED WITH MAGGIE AT PORTRACK HOUSE IN SCOTLAND, WILL RECOGNISE THE HAD AT WORK HERE: SYMBOLIC MOUNDS AND PATTERNS CUT INTO THE GRASS. IN THIS CASE THE METAPHOR BEING EMPLOYED IS OF THE DIVISION OF CELLS AND THE WAY THAT CELLS EXCHANGE INFORMATION WITH EACH OTHER. JENCKS ALSO HAD AN INFLUENCE ON THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, WORKING WITH PAGE TO DEVELOP A PLACE WHERE ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME OVERALL COMPOSITION. THE LENTICULAR SHAPE OF THE BUILDING, ITS STEPPED GREEN-COPPER FLANKS,RELATE DIRECTLY TO JENCKS' HILLOCKS WITH THEIR PATHS LAZILY LOOPING UP TO CONTEMPLATIVE SEATS ON TOP. IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF GEHRY'S EFFORT AT DUNDEE. THAT ONE WAS ALL ABOUT MAXIMISING THE TREMENDOUS VIEW OUT OVER THE FIRTH OF TAY. THIS ONE IS SO HEMMED IN BY ROADS THAT THERE ARE NO VIEWS AT ALL TO SPEAK OF. SO THE PLACE BECOMES INTERNALISED, WITH IS ENCLOSED GARDENS AND SERIES OF INTRIGUING INTERNAL SPACES. SO THE JENCKSIAN HILLS ARE A BIT OF A PERVERSITY IN THAT THEY LIFT YOU OUT OF THIS ZONE OF TRANQUILITY INTO FULL VIEW OF THE CHAOTIC SURROUNDINGS. THIS MEANS THEY ARE MORE TO LOOK AT THAN CLIMB UP, A GLORIFIED SCREENING DEVICE. NOR IS THIS THE BUILDING'S ONLY CONTRADICTION. AN UPWARDLY-SPIRALLING SHAPE, WITH THE WALLS SLOPING OUTWARDS LIKE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S FAMOUS GUGGENHEIM IN MANHATTAN, MEANS THAT UPSTAIRS IS LOGICALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN DOWNSTAIRS. ONCE YOU HAVE TAKEN IN THE VARIOUS INTERCONNECTING MEETING ANSITTING AREAS DOWNSTAIRS, PLUS THE BIG KITCHEN THAT IS AT THE CENTRE OF ALL MAGGIE'S CENTRES, YOU WANT TO CLIMB THE STAIRCASE WITH ITS FINE STAINLESS-STEEL BALUSTRADE, YOOUR GAZE LED BY THE TIMBER-LINED WALLS CURVING UP AND AWAY.