“In my early 20s a rather delightfully delusional Manhattan Realtor/actress took me apartment hunting on the Upper West Side. I dreamed of finding a place on the parlor floor of a charming brownstone with big windows and high ceilings, but she dragged me through seven dismal habitations before I ditched her. Of all the apartments, she’d saved the best for last – an airless room no more than 250 square feet that boasted a kitchen in a closet that could be hidden by closing louvered bifold doors circa 1970 and a small inoperable window facing an air shaft. Perhaps I was the delusional one to believe my $700 (1989 dollars) a month would garner my dream place….” READ MORE

Article written by Denise Stoughton, published on www.bainbridgereview.com

OTHER ARTICLES BY DENISE:

Fab Five!

Air Time: Talking Tillandsia with Sam Rader of Valley Nursery

Suggested Reading List for April Poetry Month

Neither Snow nor Rain nor Heat nor Gloom of Night (…but mostly snow)

History, Community and Art Converge at Pleasant Beach Village

Finding Bainbridge

New Sculptures in Familiar Places: Public Art Installations on Bainbridge Island

Green Light Garage: The Motherboard

Denise’s Favorite Virtual Gallery Tour: The National Cowboy Western & Heritage Museum

ABOUT DENISE STOUGHTON Inspired by globe-trotting, art, fashion,
technology and nature, Denise has spent a lifetime in the creative realm
first as a home products industry design executive in New York City and
more recently as an interior designer on Bainbridge Island. Her line of wall
planter décor called Modern Airhead is made locally and sold at the
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) gift shop. Writing has been a life-
long passion and she’s authored blogs, articles and essays for mo-
minski.com as well as for bainbridgecurrents.com. Denise serves on the
Public Art Committee and is a board member of Arts & Humanities
Bainbridge. Her chihuahuas Tula and Milo are constant companions and
often accompany Denise around town riding shotgun in her VW Beetle.
Visit denisebidesign.com to learn more about her work.