{"id":3733,"date":"2010-05-26T02:50:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T08:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2010-05-26T02:53:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T08:53:26","slug":"in-which-your-narrators-want-o-meter-goes-berserk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/shopping\/in-which-your-narrators-want-o-meter-goes-berserk\/","title":{"rendered":"In which your narrator’s want-o-meter goes berserk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lights\"<\/a>   \"doors\"<\/a>   \"bricks\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"fishes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is how a girl knows she has gone over the deep end into the homeownership bit of adulthood: She gets absolutely beside herself about all the weird and cool and old stuff at Memphis Waterworks<\/a> and Memphis Market Central<\/a>. I’m talking ancient doors, crumbly bricks from historic Memphis buildings, enormous church windows, soothing fountains, coppery hardware, the whole bit. <\/p>\n

I harbor no illusions that I will ever be able to afford anything from either store, but it’s fun to imagine Candace Olson taking pity on me and buying a truckload of house makeover accent pieces to incorporate into the design she’s going to implement pro bono because I’m such a swell gal. <\/p>\n

In all seriousness, though, I broke my damned bird bath Sunday afternoon while trying to unclog the (new) pump. That bastard is an algae-making machine, I tell you. So now I’m short a water feature. THE HORROR. So maybe if I save up enough dough, I can actually go back to Waterworks with the intention of bringing something home with me. Or I can stow away and stay the night and just pretend like I live there among all that cool shit, whichevs.<\/p>\n

\"knob<\/a>   \"O<\/a><\/p>\n

\"memphis<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, kudos to the nautically themed booth operator’s designer for the hilarity, intended or not. (Although honestly, how could it not be?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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