I am not a “mail” person unless you add an E in front but today was a good mail day as I received my passport completed with my US visa to study one term in UCLA and then the signed contract for my collaboration with the great Matthias and Dieter at Knallgrau – a collaboration that should pay the tuition fees for my second year over time.

So I celebrated tonight with a mini bottle of Champagne. I like to have Veuve Cliquot usually but this time, Moët & Chandon will “suffice” – this is her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed champagne after all.