Off and on for the last couple of month's I have written quite a bit about my new place -- The Apartment I called it. Most of the words I have written recently had to with the view. Now that summer is in full swing the the sun has reversed course heading back south towards the Golden Gate and the fogs of San Francisco are around most days. So my view gets lots of natural variation. Today I wish to muse about what I call this place in Berkeley. I really thought The Apartment worked just fine with no references to the Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine academy award winning film of the same name.
But last week, someone who really knows The Apartment referred to it as The View and that got me thinking. The Eyrie came immediately to mind but that was just way too precious, it led to Roost and Perch, Promotory and Massif which allowed Amy to wonder if caves ever came with views. I growled at that suggestion, briefly considered Grizzly Peak and put the whole idea aside until last night when I wrote this line in a story -- "he lived life with a glimpse and a glance."
Seems as if there must be some ocularly infused eponym that is just right, not too hot, not too cold. So I am open to suggestions, a prize for a winning linguistic turn.
Until then, I am signing off from The Apartment - the one with The View and this my 100th blog post of 2010.
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3 comments:
How about Bayo Vista (Borrowed from San Leandro)
my vote's for 'panoramicile' defined (obviously) as a domicile with a panoramic view
Hmmmm.... I like the two suggestions. Of course being a bit dyslexic I may read the later as "paranomicille." I'm pretty sure if it were me I could end up using the apartment # - descriptive but lacking.
matty
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