03 September 2009

the Seattle Adventures of Frank, Kristy and Knitten

This is a very long post...enjoy

Friday:
Arrived in Seattle at around 1030 am.
Rode the new light rail into the city (we were not impressed...it took forever). Caught bus up to Capitol Hill to meet Jess before she left for work.
Sandwiches at Baguette Box.
Took nap while Frank worked.
Walked down to market, walked on pier.
Met up with Steven...saw the new baby.
Walked back up the hill...got a green tea muffin.
Ate dinner at the Satellite and then went to the Comet, Vermillion and back to the Satellite.
(Frank got the hiccups)

(Knitten got the Manny's Pale Ale...in a Roger's glass)

(Lucy the dog...)


Saturday:
Slept in. Walked to the Market. Had lunch at Michou.
Caught bus to Daniel Smith...red paint and print sleeves.
Met Jess downtown...finished knitting Jon's hat.
Gray/the Saint/Hot Mama's pizza
(enjoying Jarritos @ the Saint with Jess)



Sunday:
Uwajamaya with Jess. found matcha powder, boba pearls, red bean mochi, and bean paste cookie things.
Gray/Vermillion/Bimbo's
Ran into Jan & Anna outside the Comet...
Havana
Frank filmed Jan singing in the laundry room...witnessed the Mighty Boosh
stayed out until 430.
(champagne @ Vermillion)


(waiting for burritos)


Monday:
walked downtown to have coffee and meet frank's friend Danielle at Cafe Ladro.
walked to belltown to meet the boys from fargo.
walked around until sushi place opened...sooo good!
walked back up to the hill
caught cab back to belltown for the show
nightcap/late dinner at Charlie's.
(climbing the tree in Belltown...)

(waiting for Brandon to be distracted from his sushi...)


Tuesday:
Sat at Bauhaus Coffee for most of the morning...started drizzling and cooled off a bit.
Walked around for a while.
Met Jon at Dick's Drive-in parking lot and chatted for a while.
Dinner with Jess.
Met Bryce at the Redwood for drinks and sweet potato fries.
Met Carlos at Vermillion...veggie hot dog w/cream cheese, sour kraut & onions.
Comet...closed the bar.
(Jon in his new hat that I made)

(sweet potato fries & manny's pale ale)

(with Bryce outside the Redwood)

(french press coffee w/ Saffron sugar cubes...fancy!)

(art talk w/ Carlos)

(Jess, who we love very much)


Wednesday:
Up at 7...walked downtown for coffee & saw Danielle again.
Post office to mail paint & things home.
Caught light rail to airport.
Came home.


while we were there, my old boss from Daniel Smith was in the cities for the weekend...and the day after we left my friend Shannon was in transit/moving back there, so we missed seeing them both by just a few hours.
all in all, it was a fun relaxing vacation...i miss it already.



24 August 2009

some funny knitting things

two at a time hats...


monster foot cozies


Curses! foiled by malabrigo and and it's pretty handpaintedness...

17 August 2009

approaching things...

Last week was pretty exhausting. I love my family and we had lots of fun but I'm glad it's over. We ended up spending both days at MOA, visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale College, had dinner with Frank's parents, had a birthday cake and pizza for Libby, and went swimming. When we were swimming, Jim wouldn't let go of the railing, but after a while, he let me hold him up while he kicked. He was so excited, he shouted, "Mom!! Take pictures!!"...too cute.

-I finished the short row capelet that I've been working on.
Note to self: when they say dye lots in Malabrigo may vary, they aren't kidding...a big chunk of the capelet is noticeably more green. oh well...i can always say i meant to do it.
-I am attempting my first socks...using Berroco Peruvia Quick and size 8 dpns, just to get the hang of it. They don't look too bad so far...more like slippers. And of course I can't do anything that isn't challenging, so i'm making them with stripes.

-Booked our flight to Seattle for the weekend after my birthday !!!
-Emailed a bunch of stuff, posted call to artists for the handmade show I'm organizing. already got a couple people who want to do it...WOOT!

-trying not to get angry at work because it takes up time that we can be doing other stuff...

10 August 2009

Family is in town today!!
I'm taking most of today and all of tomorrow off to hang out with them.

Today, we will be going to the Mall of America (as soon as they wake up and finish swimming). And I'm not ashamed to say that, yes, i like going to this particular mall.
-it's nearby.
-my sister is going to get back-to-school clothes shopping done while she's on vacation...she's good like that :).
-there are things for the two little kids to do.
-lots of "useful" stuff for my mom to buy.
-i need makeup and stuff...i'm also desperate for new pants, but finding good ones that actually fit and don't cost a lot are the bane of my existence.

If we get done before frank finishes work, I might take them to our apartment, and show them my spinning wheel. my mom would love to see how it works, and my sister might think it's "neat"...not sure how enchanted the kids will be.


have a nice day!

03 August 2009

a very busy month ahead...

note to self: do not watch La Vie en Rose or The Namesake while Frank is out of town. They are just too sad to watch alone.

Goals for now through the weekend:
-laundry (because i have nothing to wear)
-dishes (because i have nothing to eat with)
(mostly done)
-work on organizing the handmade show in October
-wind all of my yarn (at least the good stuff) into cakes. this will do a few things: namely take up less space so as to give the illusion that i don't have as much as i do, and i won't have to do it again when i want to use it. I've already got six done, but i stopped to knit because the yarn was so pretty and i really wanted to use my new Addi Turbos. (halfway done)
-charge the camera battery (done)
-get gas for car (done)
-pick up my darling sweetheart from the airport
-keep the apartment clean until my family gets here on Sunday.
-figure out why my blog all of the sudden keeps switching to this font...?

20 July 2009

hey, how's it going? what's new?

Frank is in Reno doing work stuff for the until tuesday :(
I have to get the prints done and mailed by friday. This morning I made a sort of table top for clamping the screens. One of the screens didn't turn out too well (got a little burned) so I may have to do another one. Also, I haven't screen printed in ages...hope I'm not too out of shape.

a few of the 10,000 best things ever

1- new espresso machine...iced soy lattes every morning

2- those really good whole wheat bagels
3- getting back on the good side of student lending
4- delicious dinners

5- sassy magazines

6- projection television
7- screen printing

8- new yarn shelf

12 July 2009

new etsy items preview...and some new hair

coming soon! all of these are waiting to be blocked, so they look a little off.

seismic kitteh:

february seismic:

garden tam(hand spun bought on etsy):

dorthea tam (and frank waves to the camera):

academy kitteh:

charcoal cable: