With the exception of arriving on time, I have been doing as I’m told as of late. During the design class at Pottery Barn, I asked loads of questions. After the class, Opreggano gave me some design advice.
Thus, today after work I decided to come home and do as I was told. As Pottery Barn consultants advised, I made a large piece of furniture – the Packard Bell vintage radio – courtesy of Bruiser, my focal point. Per Opreggano’s advice, I placed it in the corner of my dining area.
This left me with a predicament: what should I do with my vintage CD player?
Opreggano finds humor in the fact that I still have a CD player and do not have an iPod or MP3 player. Doesn’t surprise me, she reads electronic books. The other day, while she and I were dining at a local deli, the mailman walked by. “I love his radio,” I told her. “You two are soul mates,” she replied and continued, “He can’t have an iPod or an MP3 player, he has to have an actual battery operated radio.” “Strapped to his messenger bag with rubber bands. Even better,” I replied. “Failed love connection. He’s married,” she told me. “How did you notice the wedding band? I couldn’t see passed the rubber banded radio,” I said while thinking about an old radio my parents may still have.
Anyway, I sent Opreggano a picture of the radio in the corner of the dining room with a short message, “Took your advice. Yep, that’s Loretta Lynn spinning on the vintage CD player.”
She was quite pleased (although she has been razzing me about Loretta Lynn for two days). As was I, as I dusted my shutters and noticed the neighbor trying to ride a unicycle. Like me, he was doing what he was told – playing with something vintage, donning a helmet and staying close to home. So meat and potatoes of us.
I truly love vintage electronics. Go ahead and keep your new-fangled stereo equipment, I’m going to do as I’m told by PBS and hold on to my ‘antiques.’ Yes, surprisingly, every now and again I do as I’m told.
