Sunday, November 11, 2012

The Lost Smiles Series

Very recently, in a moment of total boredom, whilst I was awaiting the carry-out of my restaurant order, I chanced upon The Lost Smile Series....let me explain!

The Lost part of the above term refers to photographs, notes and books that I (ummm) forgot about. The Smile part refers to the emotion they evoked because I loved them so. In fact, I loved them so much I'd forgotten to catalog their  existence in my memory.Yikes! You see what I mean? Things that I lost that made me smile. And when you have tons of those, it becomes a Series. And NO this has nothing to do with my age (in case you had that fleeting thought, cheeky monkey, you).

Rewinding back to the idle state of affairs in the car outside the restaurant -  I had clicked on the 'View Gallery' option of my mobile and chanced upon a treasure trove of pictures. Silly ones with the girls, me in awe of Dorie Greenspan, Toby and his Papa (AF), food, more food, jeweled headbands and unflattering pictures of people sleeping (this one I particularly laughed at). I couldn't stop smiling as I recalled the wheres-and-whats of that precise moment when the picture was taken.

Here's a few I'd love to share with you.

# 1 A mid-afternoon treat that Cookie and I had dabbled in.





It makes me smile because, one, the tuna tartlettes were delicious and ,two, because Cookie paid me a visit that Christmas. Incidentally, she also ruined one of my favorite movies 'Polar Express' for me..but I'll save that one for later




# 2 : Gigi girl almost, always books early morning flights when she returns from her visit with us. Grudgingly, we drop her to the airport. Half-asleep ofcourse.

# 3: I don't even have to tell you why this one makes me smile. Twenty-something year-olds with the hearts of wee children. Big smile moment! 




Who would have thought that I'd be having "a moment" and smiling ear to ear whilst running an errand.

Life happens when you're waiting for take-out.

P.S. Go on then. Where will you find your lost smiles?