Contrary to Architectural Digest and spamagazine.com, pleasure isn't solely found in big spaces and places with gobs of cash; it doesn’t take a 5500 sq ft house or a vista overlooking Tuscany (although that is nice), or a $6500/night suite to be satisfied. Try out the following scenarios:
20 sq ft - In a Meadow at OCF near Eugene, OR. Two boys, grade schoolers, eating ice-cones on a warm summer day, looking content, cooled, and happy to be refreshed, read books, listen to live music, and watch jugglers all around the 20 sq ft of the blanket. Mid-day satisfaction.
24 sq ft - At the Main Stage at OCF, listening to the performers play for the performers - a private-ish showing - laying back, looking at the stars, a fine man’s arms wrapped around saying ‘you’re beautiful’, and an intelligent friend serving whiskey in the jar-oh!
36 sq ft - An outdoor table at Hideaway Bakery in Eugene playing cards with a fantastic woman, eating a breakfast bagel and the best hazelnut pinwheel this side of Hannover, drinking a great cup of black coffee, and enjoying the space and time left before flying away again.
21 sq ft - On the patio of a flat in Calgary, Canada, non-stop begonias overlooking a private chef-cooked meal, an appetizer with cheese and secret ingredients, a few beverages with a super friend like Joey D.
36 sq ft - An outdoor table at the living room, freshly squeezed citrus and oysters before sitting in the 2nd row, stage left (6 sq ft) watching Kenny Chesney - hot company up close and kind of personal.
18 sq ft - The cool grass on a hot day after walking through a couple of festival streets - Laying close to a fine friend, listening to a cricket game, a girl trying her hoolah-hoop, and watching a couple playing frisbee.
2 sq ft - A soft, warming kiss in an alley way under overcast skies and feeling a cool breeze. Beautiful lips. Skin. Eyes.
These small, beautiful spaces and places can happen anywhere. But really, it entails seeking and connecting with stellar people in Anywhere, USA. Anywhere, Canada. Anywhere. Wherever you make it; wherever you allow good people and things to happen.
Oh yes, then there is the 6 - 12 sq ft of some body - fine real estate indeed:
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