Word: joni
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dinner's not done yet," smiles Joni, as the sweet-and-sour aromas of cooking drift through the open door, "but come back to the kitchen anyway. It's the best room in the house." Walking past packing boxes, a Tahitian rhythm drum and half a dozen guitars splayed next to a piano, Joni pirouettes proudly. "Isn't this a great old place? It was built in 1929. Look, it even has a hidden bathroom" (behind a wooden panel in the corridor wall...
Seated in a wooden breakfast alcove, Joni, her roommate John Guerin and I eat three meticulously cooked courses while the spiced apple dumplings cool on the sideboard. "You should try this," she says of a bottle of red wine. "We always drink Château Margaux. It costs $12 but it tastes like a $60 bottle...
...John, no!" Joni yells from across the room. "We're taking the train. Let's just go and wander around. It's more romantic that...
With Coors in hand, Guerin returns to Monday night football while Joni reinspects her kitchen for traces of dust. "Maybe I'm growing old but I enjoy taking care of this place," she says. "Hey, do you want to see my studio? It even has a skylight...
...curving flight of stairs, there is a room sparsely furnished with several stools, an easel and a large table covered with charcoal sketches and grease pens. There is no mirror because Joni will not have one in a room in which she writes and paints-too distracting...