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Making vintage-inspired clothing and trying to read as many eighteenth century novels as I can before I die.

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The PENULTIMATE collection of photos from our January 28th trip to The Huntington in Pasadena. We've got a few photos from the conservatory, but most are from European Art Museum at The Huntington. We also visited the American Art Museum over there, and I wish I had taken some photos there as well. But we've got some nice things here, too. We've got me with Reynold's iconic painting of Samuel Johnson (tucked away in a little alcove, for crying out loud), Roubiliac's bust of Handel, and Gene with Nolleken's bust one of Gene's favorite 18th century authors, Laurence Sterne. Gene was very nervous about being so close to the art. It wasn't like Sterne smelled or was being very skeevy with him or anything like that.

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On January 28th, Gene and I visited The Huntington in Pasadena.

Once the home of real estate magnate and owner of the Pacific Electric Railway, Henry E. Huntington (nephew of Collis Huntington, one great railroad robber barons of the 19th century), it is now a vast complex that houses several art museums, a library of rare books and manuscripts, and many marvelous botanical gardens. This is the first time Gene and I had a chance to visit The Huntington since we were dating in the early 2010s.

This first collection (more to follow) is largely from Gene's phone, and is from the Huntington's new Chinese Garden, the largest Chinese style garden outside of China. I'm a lifelong Sinophile and Gene is of the same mind, and we both found it breathtakingly beautiful.

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Thanksgiving, 2025. My mother enjoying a very, very, very, very, very, very salty licorice (it’s actually Dutch, not Swedish! D’oh!). My mother is (in)famous in my family for not enjoying sweets and deserts unless they are of a very particular kind. Hence my husband @gebertram teasing her in the second vid.

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We have our own @itscakejumper plushy!

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Gene and I meeting Juno Birch at the Ace Hotel's United Artist Theater. This was just last week.

This is the second time we've met Juno. We saw her during the Attack of the Stunning Tour last year.

I'm showing her that we've still got the laminates from that tour as well as the present one.

We also joke about how we don't have to social distance any longer.

She was so much fun. An all-around talent and a very warm person.

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A chill summer’s night. The cat, Gene, and Gabby

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Friends since kindergarten, first time being at Disneyland together since Jr high school! #disneyland

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Happy New Year's from Gene an myself!

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"Handsome-but-cruel Cat-Man and the Elegant Spaniel," Paint.NET drawing, 2017. A double-portrait of my husband Gene Bertram and myself as a ginger cat.

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