tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131912542024-03-23T13:58:47.070-04:00with a light heart that clicksCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-48870172642445295542011-01-11T07:16:00.001-05:002011-01-11T07:17:40.786-05:00Happy New Year! Gott Ny År!Do you love Moleskines as much as I do? I use the unlined notebooks for my daily journals, and I get the minis for to do lists. I also have the <a href="http://www.moleskine.com/catalogue/city_notebook/europe/city_notebook_stockholm.php">Stockholm guide</a>, which has awesome maps with clear things so I can write directions over the map without actually writing on the map. So cool, I use it almost every time I go somewhere new in Stockholm on my own. Subway map, pages to keep notes on directions or things I learn when I'm out and about. Awesome!<br />
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Check out this cute video, which stars 2011 Moleksine daytimers:<br />
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On New Year's Eve we went to a nice dinner party and at 11:45 we bundled up and ran out to a bridge with a bottle of champagne and glasses. Loads of other people were doing the same, and we all stood on the bridge looking at fireworks going off in all directions all over the city. It was snowing and so magical!<br />
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This isn't shot from the bridge we were on, but it shows that there were fireworks all over the city and when you're above street level you can see so much:<br />
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The julmust and pepparkarkar are all gone and I finally joined a gym for my time in Stockholm! Bring it on!Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-4185524485827851662011-01-10T08:59:00.001-05:002011-01-11T07:35:09.161-05:00Julmarknad, snökaos, Jul i SverigeI love Christmassy things! We went to a few Christmas markets here in Stockholm, called Julmarknad. So snowy and festive! There was a record-breaking amount of snow in most of Europe, you probably heard about all the cancelled flights in Paris and England. We had trouble getting a train out of Stockholm before Christmas, but eventually after a few delays and detours we got to the smaller town we were aiming for. The Swedish papers were calling it "snökaos" ... which you can probably guess is 'snow chaos' ... so cute!<br />
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Today is the 14th day of visit! I vowed to take it real easy for the first two weeks because I was pretty burned out, and it worked! I'm just about 100% relaxed now!Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-54889116310501883272010-11-04T21:27:00.003-04:002010-11-05T13:35:44.933-04:00crafty video gameCheck out this very cute Wii game, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn">Kirby's Epic Yarn</a>. Kirby is a cute little pink creature in a series of games, and at the beginning of this game, an evil tomato uses a sock to turn him into a yarn ball, and then the rest of the world turns into craft supplies too. Kirby swings on buttons to jump across obstacles, pulls zippers to expose new areas and collects beads for points. The layout looks like a quilted, embroidered scrapbook. So crafty! I rented it and suspect if I buy it I won't get much done at home, it's addictive!<br />
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OK GO is such a fun band, maybe you watched their other videos, esp <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI&feature=channel">Here It Goes Again</a>, a million times on YouTube like I have.<br />
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Sometimes dogs being made to do tricks for a long time seems cruel but these pooches look joyful....am-I-right? They're all rescued dogs! And the band has <a href="http://www.okgo.net/dogs/">a webpage supporting animal rescue</a>.<br />
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One of the fun things I do for practicing Swedish is to count dogs when we're out walking, and try to describe them with the Swedish words I know ... so many dogs out there! <br />
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<i>en hund, hunden är söt<br />
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tre hundar, hunden är liten</i><br />
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I still can't pronounce "<i>sju</i>" which means seven...just three letters but so tough to pronounce, you have to make a sound kind of like clearing your throat!Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-51318791502707260712010-09-25T13:53:00.002-04:002010-09-25T14:03:23.518-04:00knitting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm8dkkvydklSVuO2FHKWkgZ3HcrtGSCwjKjj0lQ0EV_iy4VvyuWHpzLArYu2c0UVMU-X2rRoZrfiGgN6_qDt0BafuBpDcntXl1nMQsvi2_2j6duEbYoKdVjeMt2bBMdILHb0/s1600/indexed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm8dkkvydklSVuO2FHKWkgZ3HcrtGSCwjKjj0lQ0EV_iy4VvyuWHpzLArYu2c0UVMU-X2rRoZrfiGgN6_qDt0BafuBpDcntXl1nMQsvi2_2j6duEbYoKdVjeMt2bBMdILHb0/s320/indexed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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hee hee, this cracks me up! It's from <a href="http://thisisindexed.com/2010/08/a-stitch-in-time/">Indexed</a>. So true in the summer. I'm happy that it's almost normal weather for sweaters now and time to get back to knitting!<br />
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I love this knitting video, a sweater all in one day with apple and coffee and people coming and going.<br />
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Swedish phrase of the day: <em><span style="color: #3333ff;"><strong>kungligt bröllop</strong></span></em> it means "<em>royal wedding</em>."<br />
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Arlanda is the "Official Love Airport" this year, ha ha. I got smooched when I was there last month, so I guess it's true!<br />
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A lot of the stores were brimming with Royal Wedding souvenirs .... china, tea towels, chocolates ...<br />
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Victoria and Daniel paper dolls:<br />
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lots of postcards ... I liked this cute one:<br />
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<div align="left">temporary tattoos of the newest royal couple:</div><br />
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<div align="left">and coasters of the royal family:</div><div align="left"><br />
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<div align="left">glass knick knacks, there is a lot of Swedish glasswork:</div><br />
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Victoria wasn't always the Crown Princess. She's the eldest child of King Gustaf and Queen Silvia, but when she was born, the law stated that the first born <em>son</em> would be heir to the throne. That law was changed in 1979. Too bad for Prince Carl Philip! Strikes me as odd because the Swedes seem to have a "gender doesn't matter" approach to everything, but I guess that wasn't so before 1979. She has studied in different countries, supports Swedish public radio and struggles with an eating disorder. I'm just learning about things Swedish, and I don't live over there, so I'm not bored of or annoyed with the royal family yet!</div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-80995332702997627012010-05-26T22:30:00.003-04:002010-07-16T10:38:43.568-04:00Don't Panic!Yesterday was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day">Towel Day</a>, and <a href="http://iheartsensibleshoes.blogspot.com/">Krissy</a>'s birthday!<br /><br /><br />Last summer the Young Swede and I went on a road trip. I was reading Hitchhiker's Guide so it was in the car and when we stopped in Ottawa to have lunch with <a href="http://poeticknits.blogspot.com/">Sienna</a>, we passed <a href="http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com/">Zaphod</a>'s, the nightclub at the end of the Universe!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr444rXPFw7DLVNt9J2tSX7Nhd7LUurDf0EahCx6huffLuDGZnB2bBp8mAdz11UeYcqEHxMtfUobN2kPVKhTolTMNE5wXV7kzcBJm9SOGh76eE1kdi77vRjxzTVoUWftU4k8/s1600/zaphod.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475590192883220482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr444rXPFw7DLVNt9J2tSX7Nhd7LUurDf0EahCx6huffLuDGZnB2bBp8mAdz11UeYcqEHxMtfUobN2kPVKhTolTMNE5wXV7kzcBJm9SOGh76eE1kdi77vRjxzTVoUWftU4k8/s320/zaphod.jpg" border="0" /></a>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-71783436226723054512010-04-01T11:21:00.004-04:002010-04-05T18:33:33.658-04:00Glad Påsk!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />Happy Easter! Glad Påsk!<br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggILamVcwccBfnDMRHrwA2_0uFi2tn89ZnXyUXosK2LeilV9bdkPvndsLJLpllbOQeRA0kq4Vd4mxVnPdKe4tImhdx9wwgtbxIy7SrGUJdWd8FwWltY1GtxcYil-tuREIm8oI/s1600/IMG_7491.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggILamVcwccBfnDMRHrwA2_0uFi2tn89ZnXyUXosK2LeilV9bdkPvndsLJLpllbOQeRA0kq4Vd4mxVnPdKe4tImhdx9wwgtbxIy7SrGUJdWd8FwWltY1GtxcYil-tuREIm8oI/s320/IMG_7491.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-P7zHoZiPWT_wjT2ayKGPgs1yGDssL6KgaxtqkqqHUoRJ0Slf5vjEm9MSJzQhuitq6RMWPnGbJWY1ZIQcmGLnP2qNT3aAGnY0ffAlY2xDZ9Dl4xDbftwU3elE9aCnxu0Dls/s1600/IMG_7581.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-P7zHoZiPWT_wjT2ayKGPgs1yGDssL6KgaxtqkqqHUoRJ0Slf5vjEm9MSJzQhuitq6RMWPnGbJWY1ZIQcmGLnP2qNT3aAGnY0ffAlY2xDZ9Dl4xDbftwU3elE9aCnxu0Dls/s320/IMG_7581.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggILamVcwccBfnDMRHrwA2_0uFi2tn89ZnXyUXosK2LeilV9bdkPvndsLJLpllbOQeRA0kq4Vd4mxVnPdKe4tImhdx9wwgtbxIy7SrGUJdWd8FwWltY1GtxcYil-tuREIm8oI/s1600/IMG_7491.JPG"></a><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mzu1_sJ7J6ihBZwqOZC01PgIKaxmBXAyjhwJrguDOzZwK9rLiOB7Rlkj1gLIjmI2ZaVAQ0lrQOZMiQaf5GqYGVuU8F-wxE85xBr5NJ3YfgiUuPyZHsRQ9IQoTkytL0N3VRo/s1600/IMG_7349.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mzu1_sJ7J6ihBZwqOZC01PgIKaxmBXAyjhwJrguDOzZwK9rLiOB7Rlkj1gLIjmI2ZaVAQ0lrQOZMiQaf5GqYGVuU8F-wxE85xBr5NJ3YfgiUuPyZHsRQ9IQoTkytL0N3VRo/s320/IMG_7349.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbgYLOdFbKvnI7OlXNgkfQaVyjMbX7IH6g7i_tpmVM83irLAhiXO7wuOQQOlqVXsqAJCILZwf8I0gtpm5cjitj4qy0qXn7AP95ftXbmddS8o2dDRxJl3I9xf48WGLuQPvaGg/s1600/IMG_7695-1.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbgYLOdFbKvnI7OlXNgkfQaVyjMbX7IH6g7i_tpmVM83irLAhiXO7wuOQQOlqVXsqAJCILZwf8I0gtpm5cjitj4qy0qXn7AP95ftXbmddS8o2dDRxJl3I9xf48WGLuQPvaGg/s320/IMG_7695-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-83878743673015709772010-03-15T11:16:00.012-04:002010-03-15T12:46:48.962-04:00double medalist in the Knitting OlympicsHiya! I got two projects done during the Knitting Olympics. I knit a cabled neckwarmer, in red for Team Canada. It's a bit too big so I'll probably re-knit it. I must have cast on too many stitches, which would make sense because I cast on in a rowdy bar with lots of knitters while watching the fantastic opening ceremonies! The cables are pretty cool and I love the true red colour. Then I found a fantastic wooden button shaped like a heart:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_065DYkffpvFLzcJ3eWfPe9GYbxyQpLhp4z3XBwxMtPDJ3w4bv7v2EaqWNWjeCAhqRSzrIiK04dCSNah7EzXH3X8cT6BidKq0KmNqImavnwcp3fT3M6Alhfqh2ArjXvPvlec/s1600-h/IMG_9586-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448888945389335522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_065DYkffpvFLzcJ3eWfPe9GYbxyQpLhp4z3XBwxMtPDJ3w4bv7v2EaqWNWjeCAhqRSzrIiK04dCSNah7EzXH3X8cT6BidKq0KmNqImavnwcp3fT3M6Alhfqh2ArjXvPvlec/s320/IMG_9586-3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I sort of have dual loyalties with Canada and Sweden, so I also crocheted OS-mössa, the hat worn by the Swedish Olympians. The Swedes say "OS" for <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-STYLE: italic">olympiska spel</span>, which means Olympic games, and <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">mössa</span> </span>means hat. <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-STYLE: italic">Virka</span> is crochet. This is the first time I saw the hats, I snapped a picture of the tv showing the Swedish Olympians in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremonies. The mittens are really great too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf8IvBX3QUVQZgP7HTf8Y0QVCYmdOt2vCYV3P6JsDxKJCvNs0IQqRgsVqtKOYyLcN7d-BthjkfknP4qkFKZ848F0R8eydJtM_ohfA585i1p7WjDKOKzogTBYdN068SKsVGpc/s1600-h/IMG_9519-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448888839535451746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 187px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf8IvBX3QUVQZgP7HTf8Y0QVCYmdOt2vCYV3P6JsDxKJCvNs0IQqRgsVqtKOYyLcN7d-BthjkfknP4qkFKZ848F0R8eydJtM_ohfA585i1p7WjDKOKzogTBYdN068SKsVGpc/s320/IMG_9519-3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />There were kits for sale in Sweden with the yarn and pattern to make these hats and there was a mad dash for them and they sold out fast. Here in Canada I bought the yarn randomly, used a pattern from a <a href="http://craftypeach.blogspot.com/2010/02/pattern-swedish-olympic-hat.html">blog</a>, and whipped it up in a couple nights, which was fantastic because it was the first real project I successfully crocheted! Crochet is so much faster than knitting!<br /><br />Here I am wearing the hat and holding up a head of broccoli, because I thought the green flowers the medallists got looked a bit like broccoli, <a href="http://martini-mandy.blogspot.com/2010/02/olympic-bouquets-of-green-flowers.html">but they weren't</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTZCXDhRBqFloUazCfQqfYC_LmuEAt5EfmKg0566ZqkosdhB_ZKpbP6peJXxJVk6sTZvel3yRoKdv4G-TxnWvqRfhCgIwNbpBKEH6E2dA0830_WMODLCBJ7I2GfQRRYKFuGM/s1600-h/IMG_9586-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448888671109849570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTZCXDhRBqFloUazCfQqfYC_LmuEAt5EfmKg0566ZqkosdhB_ZKpbP6peJXxJVk6sTZvel3yRoKdv4G-TxnWvqRfhCgIwNbpBKEH6E2dA0830_WMODLCBJ7I2GfQRRYKFuGM/s320/IMG_9586-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I really loved the Olympics this time 'round. I always like them, but I got extra excited this time. The snowboarding! The freestyle skiing! THE HOCKEY! Both the Canadian women and men got gold again.<br /><br />I got really into the curling, too. The Swedish women beat team Canada for the gold medal game. The Swedes had pink brooms! And they were in a rock video awhile ago. The band, Hammerfall, was in Toronto last week but I didn't go, but check out the video with the awesome curling team, it's pretty funny!<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dL9mlqbG5CU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dL9mlqbG5CU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-41264867563942467442010-02-12T10:01:00.004-05:002010-02-12T10:44:04.979-05:00Knitting OlympicsThe Knitting Olympics are coming!<br /><br />Tonight I'm going to a pub to watch the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics with a gaggle of knitters and we're going to cast on our Knitting Olympics projects. The idea is we have to finish our projects before the end of the Vancouver Games, in 17 days. There are <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2010/02/10/the_2010_knitting_olympics.html">rules</a> of course.<br /><br />I'm going to make the <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTtudora.html">Tudora </a> neckwarmer, in red for Team Canada. And a pair of mittens or wristwarmers after that.<br /><br />Whoops my picture is all green, I'll have to snap a picture of my yarn in natural light!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywCbnx7a6TsmMvMhSUUGaTrWLh_5TGQBMX7dMkGHINW5gaCXiHYtd1BThEuIhsa-_DeqBvu508B0rCsC0kIyooezV5Jku-X4fxu_-PYIadypuxuJoIs5OFNxlqMQ7zlqtcSM/s1600-h/IMG_9508.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywCbnx7a6TsmMvMhSUUGaTrWLh_5TGQBMX7dMkGHINW5gaCXiHYtd1BThEuIhsa-_DeqBvu508B0rCsC0kIyooezV5Jku-X4fxu_-PYIadypuxuJoIs5OFNxlqMQ7zlqtcSM/s320/IMG_9508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437374387935126274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a class="weblink" href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTtudora.html" target="browserView"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Let the games begin!</span><br /></div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-35831290309525893722010-01-11T18:22:00.001-05:002010-01-11T18:27:38.566-05:00I miss Christmas holiday, le sniffOy! New Year's Resolutions haven't really worked yet, so can I pretend tomorrow is the first day? I meant to start eating clean again after the Swede left, but he left lots of candy behind.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkagris">Polkagris</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzlbbqu-Y1bMSzzES1rfuMd7mInQTtT4IJSahiZ9w4TEpmiVrgr9mw0G4MOmn62979ZMFxDSFHj09M8nsg79lqfpSBBT8ih3uUH5y7e1MR0r4LsNJvsw025ytqZwliO9ZhSc/s1600-h/Picture+001-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzlbbqu-Y1bMSzzES1rfuMd7mInQTtT4IJSahiZ9w4TEpmiVrgr9mw0G4MOmn62979ZMFxDSFHj09M8nsg79lqfpSBBT8ih3uUH5y7e1MR0r4LsNJvsw025ytqZwliO9ZhSc/s320/Picture+001-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425193617979988258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK_0T6sc8oF8pSj7wWjzzdR3NsQXo4QzlOPwppI4hpp7x5hX-Gj0ui4xsKBKw6nNHK-3i6YOSueyV2YZEelKVjNOvSpsQmpDx5ivHmZkwxDygTKHRbb7waQXytrZY7ZB2VOg/s1600-h/Picture+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK_0T6sc8oF8pSj7wWjzzdR3NsQXo4QzlOPwppI4hpp7x5hX-Gj0ui4xsKBKw6nNHK-3i6YOSueyV2YZEelKVjNOvSpsQmpDx5ivHmZkwxDygTKHRbb7waQXytrZY7ZB2VOg/s320/Picture+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425193680712331298" border="0" /></a>And <a href="http://www.leafsweden.se/index.php?action=item-view&item-action=view&item-hash=3f8d3a6d9bd59c7b49bde974143ce8d0">Snöre</a>! I like kola and jordbgubb flavours:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ-7DmrtrAelVzXTJ_HYLsM89_eNVWVNUvaTQAoUxLE7KgWVQEdZExrzUddKpIypKp96jqwj-0zPyltBmNboghuj4YARsEk4VtF2kumK38ZbrxnYppbKA4OoAKq_haXETKr8/s1600-h/idag+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ-7DmrtrAelVzXTJ_HYLsM89_eNVWVNUvaTQAoUxLE7KgWVQEdZExrzUddKpIypKp96jqwj-0zPyltBmNboghuj4YARsEk4VtF2kumK38ZbrxnYppbKA4OoAKq_haXETKr8/s320/idag+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425623377014762274" border="0" /></a><br />Winter wonderland in western Quebec:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP61PTm9KRi4FznhAOumNK1DqlvOK9ka2h8n4XCoUePQA4ylCZTD3oKrx_nrLAGOUvowh4QCDLN4F07uGJfyZhpHieIx5FYygclNF7Z-rochNabH4_cD0r_YgzctTmCxbI5D0/s1600-h/IMG_1699.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP61PTm9KRi4FznhAOumNK1DqlvOK9ka2h8n4XCoUePQA4ylCZTD3oKrx_nrLAGOUvowh4QCDLN4F07uGJfyZhpHieIx5FYygclNF7Z-rochNabH4_cD0r_YgzctTmCxbI5D0/s320/IMG_1699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425180106141601554" border="0" /></a>Vegan gingerbread:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jPvaEfbv1DqL3Xv4IKba_619KUMDbmjFSG4MQ0RXI7siewhe3pbRBHKX4gpSDarFqaAaHl7BM7ks0c4_GuQk73BsDA3aiCnulabSuZxgh85x6x17EVGN74rLPs6qlnpOYpQ/s1600-h/IMG_8958.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jPvaEfbv1DqL3Xv4IKba_619KUMDbmjFSG4MQ0RXI7siewhe3pbRBHKX4gpSDarFqaAaHl7BM7ks0c4_GuQk73BsDA3aiCnulabSuZxgh85x6x17EVGN74rLPs6qlnpOYpQ/s320/IMG_8958.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425188057562371570" border="0" /></a>The Team Canada mittens are quite the hit! I got a pair too, I love them!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdE3PX2mt1guU8CUiCnD0ChOpc7QoQETbl9UhxklLWz6Z5kzg0e73OPBD4E5CEHDsuG9IICGgFJyPlJTcyRVhNawX1VN0SUCWKlm1wcM12gJMANAk7sPwGIaDpH7mNVOjFvOs/s1600-h/IMG_8964-2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdE3PX2mt1guU8CUiCnD0ChOpc7QoQETbl9UhxklLWz6Z5kzg0e73OPBD4E5CEHDsuG9IICGgFJyPlJTcyRVhNawX1VN0SUCWKlm1wcM12gJMANAk7sPwGIaDpH7mNVOjFvOs/s320/IMG_8964-2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425188703891394562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSn7rn1J2S2p3o9h4F91EhTVyI7PMYvIpoQuIY-jxbUlnhPaPAC9XndyAnRzQ6OIAgo3ECPRWgC6x8BkRO4eFyMgr5rFwo_cvAzlDoYTs30QJak1GBpx116NuHv_ugcOtKF1U/s1600-h/IMG_9002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSn7rn1J2S2p3o9h4F91EhTVyI7PMYvIpoQuIY-jxbUlnhPaPAC9XndyAnRzQ6OIAgo3ECPRWgC6x8BkRO4eFyMgr5rFwo_cvAzlDoYTs30QJak1GBpx116NuHv_ugcOtKF1U/s320/IMG_9002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425188817155406546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJPa_pF3GqPbGNyuxabdERYtgW1tsLb1owfwzuWBEA1vGs5LprBrJGc-maTimiUN-6MBdsvKVCmWu6o06TBMIFDVIpUmyPJyVuEqsuAxGkJH1tAFpmlWfxP8C8nXd9zjS6Kk/s1600-h/IMG_8956.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJPa_pF3GqPbGNyuxabdERYtgW1tsLb1owfwzuWBEA1vGs5LprBrJGc-maTimiUN-6MBdsvKVCmWu6o06TBMIFDVIpUmyPJyVuEqsuAxGkJH1tAFpmlWfxP8C8nXd9zjS6Kk/s320/IMG_8956.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425187961488910258" border="0" /></a>Wheeee! My Mom *loves* her skidoos! And I always forget how fun it is til I get on board:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjW78ZBWmVZpa2TMgnIMxCq0AvYtemFECFyNEwpIE2MghejpU5PC3zUKqPss5KgNkmt6HK54j6gUkbaOo84jNvVNPUu0EUNRqXTx1YSf3euaIMwZZvdADe5SeiRosk3A4NRPI/s1600-h/IMG_1850.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjW78ZBWmVZpa2TMgnIMxCq0AvYtemFECFyNEwpIE2MghejpU5PC3zUKqPss5KgNkmt6HK54j6gUkbaOo84jNvVNPUu0EUNRqXTx1YSf3euaIMwZZvdADe5SeiRosk3A4NRPI/s320/IMG_1850.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425180708496127234" border="0" /></a>Cookie and Cupcake, the country cats who aren't allowed in the house:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Wmhui0oHEqAVZJxYc9HM3athNgmT26cZ9e9sR2G35U9yGiQjAfRt_OaolYg3erSVOMt4u0gZzjnQrDrJfBeQOr8HOrID47J9p97Q5JMyUov6wROYSBvXMn5iWTlP8LbuOb4/s1600-h/IMG_1810-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Wmhui0oHEqAVZJxYc9HM3athNgmT26cZ9e9sR2G35U9yGiQjAfRt_OaolYg3erSVOMt4u0gZzjnQrDrJfBeQOr8HOrID47J9p97Q5JMyUov6wROYSBvXMn5iWTlP8LbuOb4/s320/IMG_1810-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425180377204531010" border="0" /></a><br />Two people who are trying to remember how to skate! Ha, I haven't skated in *years* but it was so much fun and I didn't break any bones!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9-qU6N_5IZYnrXah6KMyK0lNwJrm8L4VGI4OM_F9PQZaGtS6V2CafJegl-ZFX3QZAsz527MxXrxlmqOgWPYs8saZTMoVGG3c1lxD5QhM_nezNykxTi_XAmPN-WGlLeJwCE4/s1600-h/IMG_1710.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9-qU6N_5IZYnrXah6KMyK0lNwJrm8L4VGI4OM_F9PQZaGtS6V2CafJegl-ZFX3QZAsz527MxXrxlmqOgWPYs8saZTMoVGG3c1lxD5QhM_nezNykxTi_XAmPN-WGlLeJwCE4/s320/IMG_1710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425180314859675362" border="0" /></a>Oh Mom .... I hope the thieves in town can't read English, or know what rubber boots are:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM2k6sy7dWg7iU0nlCPomW4HD7aCeDPOWilbI9aBXRv_L18A6dAd8IRtyyneH5qYyTuuUNwE7jK80pr4iMjunIey07Bt6mSe-hGK9S8rn8rr-hzyCcePZR2Z-FuBwtLTB7dQ/s1600-h/IMG_1661.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM2k6sy7dWg7iU0nlCPomW4HD7aCeDPOWilbI9aBXRv_L18A6dAd8IRtyyneH5qYyTuuUNwE7jK80pr4iMjunIey07Bt6mSe-hGK9S8rn8rr-hzyCcePZR2Z-FuBwtLTB7dQ/s320/IMG_1661.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425179984607851010" border="0" /></a><br />Spock is my co-pilot!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQ3m31gvphdRVGEI_iihLUof68hsFha3zMe0Vi7mJ49bPZ6zGFd-h9IjDc7uYnJ2Z6NTz50nwmcGRUaTD9qkcrr5l8ovQGNpDwuSTyOZEH3OuMWiE_7GHV-6I8nUvgWnX3I8/s1600-h/IMG_1657.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQ3m31gvphdRVGEI_iihLUof68hsFha3zMe0Vi7mJ49bPZ6zGFd-h9IjDc7uYnJ2Z6NTz50nwmcGRUaTD9qkcrr5l8ovQGNpDwuSTyOZEH3OuMWiE_7GHV-6I8nUvgWnX3I8/s320/IMG_1657.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425179823145268498" border="0" /></a><br />Crafts I made at the Swedish Christmas Fair:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hAVyjyp_GZP84YT71go5PqStE4VkiFE12ci6VgNqUbTrCmqBHP22tbchqHxqqwZ6GOxTPlLbOW4Kz97w-4RjwJiKhcRyE03Xg3p78pDRHcATYrtOA6cYjtZ7UIA4R3vQkU8/s1600-h/IMG_8888.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hAVyjyp_GZP84YT71go5PqStE4VkiFE12ci6VgNqUbTrCmqBHP22tbchqHxqqwZ6GOxTPlLbOW4Kz97w-4RjwJiKhcRyE03Xg3p78pDRHcATYrtOA6cYjtZ7UIA4R3vQkU8/s320/IMG_8888.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425177774856568994" border="0" /></a>Screenprinting-on-paper workshop I went to with <a href="http://iheartsensibleshoes.blogspot.com/">Krissy</a>, I made the Christmas ball with the heart:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-vQHJRmSQPjpxfEyhQBAVCYJi9uHRhjfH3LdExGhESWVm6G0BgayTY02SquTKGNbbOtUxafjwOe_I4AIpv3yYrX4D_gKK4Xd3QBRNG7bwhx2r0hCMk_1siEiyKm1YEVwAbg/s1600-h/IMG_8868.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-vQHJRmSQPjpxfEyhQBAVCYJi9uHRhjfH3LdExGhESWVm6G0BgayTY02SquTKGNbbOtUxafjwOe_I4AIpv3yYrX4D_gKK4Xd3QBRNG7bwhx2r0hCMk_1siEiyKm1YEVwAbg/s320/IMG_8868.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425177436140006306" border="0" /></a>Christmas at the bowling alley:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDpOLGq0XxtXeQ8s0wJNQ7sBhi2esbB0_1bWETFA_lqEXurqJC9F_tZUlazEP53jLz7uqmL71D_LuZ1jraVze9ZFO1KM-sJZE-T-aDeVT4B3OnXnDEZgUxGbiYO3t3X7ZOjw/s1600-h/IMG_8889.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDpOLGq0XxtXeQ8s0wJNQ7sBhi2esbB0_1bWETFA_lqEXurqJC9F_tZUlazEP53jLz7uqmL71D_LuZ1jraVze9ZFO1KM-sJZE-T-aDeVT4B3OnXnDEZgUxGbiYO3t3X7ZOjw/s320/IMG_8889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425187250800021778" border="0" /></a>I made other crafts too, and did a bit of decorating at my place even though we were leaving for Christmas. Better go floss my teeth after all that candy!Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-39719066502145687382009-11-21T18:52:00.005-05:002009-11-21T20:08:11.870-05:00nerdy Swedish crafts in San FranciscoWhile I was in San Francisco there was an <a href="http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/09/open_source_embroidery_in_san.html">Etsy labs event</a> at the <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/">Museum of Craft and Folk Art</a>, connected to the <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/exhibitions/index.htm">Open Source Embroidery</a> exhibit. I put it on my list of things I really wanted to do in our short time there, and yay, we made it happen! I spend a lot of time at etsy.com, so I knew I'd like something organized by Etsy people.<br /><br />We got to the entrance and behind the desk there was this knitted poster:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSLY0jq2SAdGhrYwls5hnHSoGmQGZuaxt69sTfF4Oagv7EWL-pp0UXrbJclxt0UfROz0L_fQ5Ayr45W5VQGd8wR-cQepO1JJmUDRn97PpaIaSdjxc2M9XKiK-0OmTSzFt2zU/s1600/img_0930-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSLY0jq2SAdGhrYwls5hnHSoGmQGZuaxt69sTfF4Oagv7EWL-pp0UXrbJclxt0UfROz0L_fQ5Ayr45W5VQGd8wR-cQepO1JJmUDRn97PpaIaSdjxc2M9XKiK-0OmTSzFt2zU/s320/img_0930-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405956948122640834" border="0" /></a><br />We were looking at it with squinty eyes and the woman working there said "you won't be able to read it, it's in Swedish." ha ha haaaaa, because my guy is Swedish. He didn't get it because <span style="font-weight: bold;">it is a knitting pattern</span>, knit into the ..... knitting! I almost had it figured out before she said that.<br /><br />Turns out that the exhibit came from Sweden! It was mixing fibre arts with technology. Here's a quilt of text messages embroidered onto different fabrics. 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I like to read stuff that Swedish people write casually, because that helps me learn how they really speak, which I don't really get in my workbooks.<br /><br />There was also an embroidered motherboard:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQJk5F5Vd4lJQvXS6PW6uQU23qT9gFCQEgnH8iJl3loooGwQrFA678w8n-7xC7kBiJahFVPlDJq4Pf_41qrxkn6fLnrRC6RijPiyXFKQomyQAgh5hEtUKMk4_nw4Sw8p5-2Q/s1600/IMG_8719-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQJk5F5Vd4lJQvXS6PW6uQU23qT9gFCQEgnH8iJl3loooGwQrFA678w8n-7xC7kBiJahFVPlDJq4Pf_41qrxkn6fLnrRC6RijPiyXFKQomyQAgh5hEtUKMk4_nw4Sw8p5-2Q/s320/IMG_8719-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405074798287715714" border="0" /></a>An HTML colour quilt, it was spectacular:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlne-TIcIzCv36kEWpUpCatBZJT8availSFGPEImnswpVSBma4Wcd3AjGAXFmrtA0t7fuBRSvQscoX1ruvP55Np1YQCeicBF1dSEpvUpixHDQtO9oyRcOUek3NthRarZJZYI/s1600/img_0940.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlne-TIcIzCv36kEWpUpCatBZJT8availSFGPEImnswpVSBma4Wcd3AjGAXFmrtA0t7fuBRSvQscoX1ruvP55Np1YQCeicBF1dSEpvUpixHDQtO9oyRcOUek3NthRarZJZYI/s320/img_0940.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405074420741513106" border="0" /></a>A chair you could embroider on while sitting in it, listening to the iPod woven into the armrest:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAyA6vIt9-TFzSHlDuuai_9OAse_HAzm494M8OtUQOIUeP2mYHiK6x_IgElfnbqQx5iJzasvhqXuYi2UrdLUAtP_7pvi3qJSRPcP1SMIgVeKbOXW9ZUUKdGP8FelqaOdCg-o/s1600/img_0937.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAyA6vIt9-TFzSHlDuuai_9OAse_HAzm494M8OtUQOIUeP2mYHiK6x_IgElfnbqQx5iJzasvhqXuYi2UrdLUAtP_7pvi3qJSRPcP1SMIgVeKbOXW9ZUUKdGP8FelqaOdCg-o/s320/img_0937.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405074214826813282" border="0" /></a>And other cute textile art, like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjf1DyB9AO_r6tAzuq3kTcbidyKXk8qRWgK-L8bi04O8Ad6sLJHhTvK2UHP1CQCHp4zf1XxcD5hFcHNo1zRlXl73BCnB6LoFqZCOmxdmqFietgIcIpiwDlnxEtXQohTogv-E/s1600/IMG_8723-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjf1DyB9AO_r6tAzuq3kTcbidyKXk8qRWgK-L8bi04O8Ad6sLJHhTvK2UHP1CQCHp4zf1XxcD5hFcHNo1zRlXl73BCnB6LoFqZCOmxdmqFietgIcIpiwDlnxEtXQohTogv-E/s320/IMG_8723-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406192317217116114" border="0" /></a>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-21806643407970603742009-11-21T18:34:00.000-05:002009-11-21T19:56:25.809-05:00California Highway 1, suburban LA and Hermosa BDrove the fantastic highway between San Francisco and LA. It really is as gorgeous as they say. I miss it! I hope to spend more time at the ocean next year, or at least a lake or river. Water is so gorgeous.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIYrtWNCBHSwmSS3h3CghsOY2u4fQa82dDKtu3MUg697UmuWjKHR2jign42CoT7RosmF-toroe3st6KsFeeKLADSUfk-EbDPNHwm3I1dcYre93p64Gjisc6D0CgQQLKfS9Ek/s1600/IMG_8790.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIYrtWNCBHSwmSS3h3CghsOY2u4fQa82dDKtu3MUg697UmuWjKHR2jign42CoT7RosmF-toroe3st6KsFeeKLADSUfk-EbDPNHwm3I1dcYre93p64Gjisc6D0CgQQLKfS9Ek/s320/IMG_8790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406712379398140994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8I51RhzJKG4Et6kGp7RF1bD-D0x5tGv5x-H3PDghmkPAf_xho-3y8mBgzXOiuMfLiNL7RZVK0g6n__L6LMUqqlG-Vd2BDWaYtlBQmy2GHyNeVyBAbcsV0WEvqa8v8sIi7Rnw/s1600/IMG_8802.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrKjVgaKdYufs0AM52i9UwAyyudo7g49K8a-47nA5evjt1rvs-j43Ers_VeDDJt_dMgmmciDEhW0AUZrFURWO-vXa4a9amd2AUkbiR2HKNjzgZzo2VhTrqhD8nSGNYEDzWko/s320/IMG_8770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406711141954685138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUcnJxPl6d22w7yUMsxSoZEPoG5j5cOEEIRGknOAkNLvn2V3K4cyZACcUDO9HgD01gVtWIm6TLAem6JfKXS7OyhrF6xoqlU2GwWb2y45DzD6dnECz2S-cQhYgItYewABHsdk/s1600/IMG_8809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUcnJxPl6d22w7yUMsxSoZEPoG5j5cOEEIRGknOAkNLvn2V3K4cyZACcUDO9HgD01gVtWIm6TLAem6JfKXS7OyhrF6xoqlU2GwWb2y45DzD6dnECz2S-cQhYgItYewABHsdk/s320/IMG_8809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406713485097544674" border="0" /></a>Of course we had to take off our shoes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzXawN3wRjFlLxsEsPN_T0FWhDDbTvqp8tf9xXpevztbzJqut0ghjVerIiF208qziqQCm27uUZrTd5IUmEaowSSmm9GYuhNaq22dkDoWj-txip2w5whURLzqbHUrug90aTE4/s1600/IMG_8825.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzXawN3wRjFlLxsEsPN_T0FWhDDbTvqp8tf9xXpevztbzJqut0ghjVerIiF208qziqQCm27uUZrTd5IUmEaowSSmm9GYuhNaq22dkDoWj-txip2w5whURLzqbHUrug90aTE4/s320/IMG_8825.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406712607913503010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnA-6CifHpnZ2s5_5akKG-Fo_g_7dH7s1nS-t4MtLwsapyjsil8iRPTh4vuzelvRh3CsMu3qcYJPRUgB-U-pRxnrx93Lgmq0QSCSErIuFeWjCFQLuoE6GialiGPSK3DEppgFA/s1600/IMG_8833.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnA-6CifHpnZ2s5_5akKG-Fo_g_7dH7s1nS-t4MtLwsapyjsil8iRPTh4vuzelvRh3CsMu3qcYJPRUgB-U-pRxnrx93Lgmq0QSCSErIuFeWjCFQLuoE6GialiGPSK3DEppgFA/s320/IMG_8833.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">November and they can play volleyball in bathing suits!<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS15uHmmMhF5rGuuIiPTO4ABFdf7rN4CcYj6ntPWB41n_OaaL7tw_w8ZK38MJhJH4R986rpdxm_6F5-Dh571UQsqHrS5T2fFaEBkSsck5-2P1O-Iji4kdtIeYH7xXcA5dieYY/s1600/IMG_8819.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS15uHmmMhF5rGuuIiPTO4ABFdf7rN4CcYj6ntPWB41n_OaaL7tw_w8ZK38MJhJH4R986rpdxm_6F5-Dh571UQsqHrS5T2fFaEBkSsck5-2P1O-Iji4kdtIeYH7xXcA5dieYY/s320/IMG_8819.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div>mmmmm veggie burger at beach-side pub, with avovado:<br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRjutUomnVTEbTTzvf8KrpJtsAY3YvPK99TC_qVWGHia1LaAV5PIDzIq8FoBxiyw7UfIYoURPeNhsb7lvTlFXWM68FxAMsRZ_4fW45APuRDVp77dw_PU9yztxueSOJPk1LLM/s1600/IMG_8830.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRjutUomnVTEbTTzvf8KrpJtsAY3YvPK99TC_qVWGHia1LaAV5PIDzIq8FoBxiyw7UfIYoURPeNhsb7lvTlFXWM68FxAMsRZ_4fW45APuRDVp77dw_PU9yztxueSOJPk1LLM/s320/IMG_8830.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-24576436383967907512009-11-17T22:32:00.007-05:002009-11-19T10:01:25.072-05:00if you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hairI went to California for about 5 days, I'd never been west of Winnipeg before then. The first cool thing that happened on my trip .... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Coyne">Wayne Coyne</a> smiled at me! He so sexy, and always seems so amused. He was stopping over at Newark, and so was I. That's him:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnN5Km92ys8rEQDy2vlqS5G2kObx0kaGEmJgs8s1ZjzhyphenhyphenfLvqqPlAaopS0UInODAfox56VG5WVckkkTdVD786syZae9Iwx8YEWHev_xoMJacg23CfpxE30J03b7j73az__L4U/s1600/IMG_8555.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnN5Km92ys8rEQDy2vlqS5G2kObx0kaGEmJgs8s1ZjzhyphenhyphenfLvqqPlAaopS0UInODAfox56VG5WVckkkTdVD786syZae9Iwx8YEWHev_xoMJacg23CfpxE30J03b7j73az__L4U/s320/IMG_8555.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101613116309986" border="0" /></a>I slept a lot in San Francisco, that's kinda boring, but the 3 hours jet lag knocked me off my feet. Good thing the hotel was cute! We had grand plans to see some bands and get out on the town early in the mornings, but .... zzzzzzzzzzz!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmxyCDSs4zYRpcPC4xu_CgJgCB_LvwO7dUJw3_HAvC8Prw7QCe3iRmbTvaJf6xtL9fadWsZi8_ljO8ghIGBrHd9xZEwVnv4vQkmFlNNt8XW-SPCtJ3hbiXeu9sMGM06fEX9o/s1600/img_0955.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmxyCDSs4zYRpcPC4xu_CgJgCB_LvwO7dUJw3_HAvC8Prw7QCe3iRmbTvaJf6xtL9fadWsZi8_ljO8ghIGBrHd9xZEwVnv4vQkmFlNNt8XW-SPCtJ3hbiXeu9sMGM06fEX9o/s320/img_0955.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405105354783978882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteImsc3sTkFuDfiQjQAH-AyVVFw8tiR5S5omPfVyClu2NiroJfx88zATBJ5_P_kNdlu0U6S6qBR9QKejvDFxRkHqT8TzLff1FySzTySiK3FESMh01r36-G6NwMNKYjF7cOJs/s1600/img_0952.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteImsc3sTkFuDfiQjQAH-AyVVFw8tiR5S5omPfVyClu2NiroJfx88zATBJ5_P_kNdlu0U6S6qBR9QKejvDFxRkHqT8TzLff1FySzTySiK3FESMh01r36-G6NwMNKYjF7cOJs/s320/img_0952.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101424605345218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1u3YcNK4hJZMkaAVMNkRHDY9JjJmTPuYBOa1RDWRNYzOfc3EVhX83TkvtkRIhm78keFEqEjmQ1a6mus-VjBlN3MpjI6r6qJcHcnsfB3jxuw0fRj7t7etgltsSD3Zka9SB88A/s1600/IMG_8556.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1u3YcNK4hJZMkaAVMNkRHDY9JjJmTPuYBOa1RDWRNYzOfc3EVhX83TkvtkRIhm78keFEqEjmQ1a6mus-VjBlN3MpjI6r6qJcHcnsfB3jxuw0fRj7t7etgltsSD3Zka9SB88A/s320/IMG_8556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101756504547298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBQ3TajG5kAXuXqYFXC7J31InBgVbbR4SNt9LH8Ibm322UY-C8eJwkLCpMPTtHeeLhWGykYrCfc6poAIxRuGFJVsVZp7Iy3kB2vqZCF58_asEJtdLQ80p_ZHbTV2bHzvD0v4/s1600/img_0824.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBQ3TajG5kAXuXqYFXC7J31InBgVbbR4SNt9LH8Ibm322UY-C8eJwkLCpMPTtHeeLhWGykYrCfc6poAIxRuGFJVsVZp7Iy3kB2vqZCF58_asEJtdLQ80p_ZHbTV2bHzvD0v4/s320/img_0824.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405105916094722690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bs3XuJEe-II0qYerQ5TUyQhVqfEKRD3_OZu7LRVP0t0gVd26dBG8f3u6VcWFdvO7ho1uYSVJvrV6e9Wpb0AS6xld4UNGeQyjbrZN-EJ-9cG9AApuPeh2XLiW_qtkFnQvYhY/s1600/img_0965.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bs3XuJEe-II0qYerQ5TUyQhVqfEKRD3_OZu7LRVP0t0gVd26dBG8f3u6VcWFdvO7ho1uYSVJvrV6e9Wpb0AS6xld4UNGeQyjbrZN-EJ-9cG9AApuPeh2XLiW_qtkFnQvYhY/s320/img_0965.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405105613370962066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx16NSuGxurHRK7Pe4DxrIC1pDVdCr3NgcBF2GvYvdNb5fwLiwNva_MGJQjsr50xZDWBAVIwMC5VS5ksrI0m1Jr2ai0Egnj8Mkl7DskTyjZKrUN-dVDAAP7_Nczhx6LBu63is/s1600/img_0960.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx16NSuGxurHRK7Pe4DxrIC1pDVdCr3NgcBF2GvYvdNb5fwLiwNva_MGJQjsr50xZDWBAVIwMC5VS5ksrI0m1Jr2ai0Egnj8Mkl7DskTyjZKrUN-dVDAAP7_Nczhx6LBu63is/s320/img_0960.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405105461569039442" border="0" /></a>San Francisco really is as hilly as they say. Taking the city bus up and down those hills felt treacherous but the locals weren't fussed at all.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQW8KvGhplphbtzfygc3w8zMWCt3txLg6xBMYHUFaIq3MRRk2X-H1RrHjfWBYdLczytwEnWYoc_q-DuUJ-1e1b1fUXktSXXjjBAGdeh3yTNbtmAgdJs9XepEVMVKO-Su_oUaU/s1600/IMG_8764.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQW8KvGhplphbtzfygc3w8zMWCt3txLg6xBMYHUFaIq3MRRk2X-H1RrHjfWBYdLczytwEnWYoc_q-DuUJ-1e1b1fUXktSXXjjBAGdeh3yTNbtmAgdJs9XepEVMVKO-Su_oUaU/s320/IMG_8764.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405106108156258370" border="0" /></a>There were pretty houses all over town:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4ydVvnzqfxg3q4tWDeJtkumVV2poOgZA-hWiH8kGICGJeJVpnLau4yOgMJB4FKL_HQu6HWGlj9Gt_nFjgB52z2kh0OuJ4OghQDFrMgJn5HVw_xvm7aIZX44w9h8EsUzyiJI/s1600/img_0851.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4ydVvnzqfxg3q4tWDeJtkumVV2poOgZA-hWiH8kGICGJeJVpnLau4yOgMJB4FKL_HQu6HWGlj9Gt_nFjgB52z2kh0OuJ4OghQDFrMgJn5HVw_xvm7aIZX44w9h8EsUzyiJI/s320/img_0851.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404715375805837538" border="0" /></a>Thursday was our only full day in San Francisco. We went for a nice long walk in Golden Gate Park and then OMG we were sure to go to <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/">Amoeba Music</a>, a fantastic music store in Haight-Ashbury!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wLWIAj63POl6per6HT1fLnRSJ6nNo148toNJPMe6lVYXhFu_oyl_5Bwd1Cir636noQGF8_sKjlWEl7XdmsQMGFQe_AI-sRlPyG4eiwsjR9indQdBY7MW0LQwQRTp5aGYZpA/s1600/IMG_8661.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wLWIAj63POl6per6HT1fLnRSJ6nNo148toNJPMe6lVYXhFu_oyl_5Bwd1Cir636noQGF8_sKjlWEl7XdmsQMGFQe_AI-sRlPyG4eiwsjR9indQdBY7MW0LQwQRTp5aGYZpA/s320/IMG_8661.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405488214045939970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlCRUlQ5eZuBbpCTHHPaDlXnnwh1NCmOCpZH_9_gspW6wfpsJODekA9oDrOxfYOeVEg-zAtriI6iARVrhchsw_HHGDa27mUZgZbNeRywgPMNtLBE8slKavQ4CD0SEIa_S1AY/s1600/record+store.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlCRUlQ5eZuBbpCTHHPaDlXnnwh1NCmOCpZH_9_gspW6wfpsJODekA9oDrOxfYOeVEg-zAtriI6iARVrhchsw_HHGDa27mUZgZbNeRywgPMNtLBE8slKavQ4CD0SEIa_S1AY/s320/record+store.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405483955178327186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaPbsdBEryXwV5EQ699TkfH6v1Odsc89jqoGDSeg9K2_jqRsUwBdJf35LJ7Cddk5aUPdRx3CXSVW7oZBKka4OWO5Vvg7sW6xOnWYYC3j96dsoY_MRQGJ5YKBByjtERQHZeq4/s1600/IMG_8633.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaPbsdBEryXwV5EQ699TkfH6v1Odsc89jqoGDSeg9K2_jqRsUwBdJf35LJ7Cddk5aUPdRx3CXSVW7oZBKka4OWO5Vvg7sW6xOnWYYC3j96dsoY_MRQGJ5YKBByjtERQHZeq4/s320/IMG_8633.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405102447845333330" border="0" /></a>More wanderings. The Castro during the day:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnvoAD0us0DZC1Uvxq2Oom5OXEYQTWzzdO-nVJCMikU7EMhz3gX3jnbnNedLkZMZpvNZw1ErJj4_a4lG7OAZpCQ0TcLMc1UMvIF1Nhp4gSAkdnxwk3HgcvniLR7uFBRH4P_4/s1600/IMG_8668.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnvoAD0us0DZC1Uvxq2Oom5OXEYQTWzzdO-nVJCMikU7EMhz3gX3jnbnNedLkZMZpvNZw1ErJj4_a4lG7OAZpCQ0TcLMc1UMvIF1Nhp4gSAkdnxwk3HgcvniLR7uFBRH4P_4/s320/IMG_8668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405102819533790226" border="0" /></a>The Castro at night:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietUaouPVHmvU1iNEaKHPw0c-iWZ354u8ZraBvZolBBjfQSpxxGelGtNfcwUeH9Dgd-DHAMHz3LY0B4tk6sAbBdnovP6FtrSRoLYtODqvd6bJLiOOTkOzmOwZx4n7AmyaAZPc/s1600/IMG_8670.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietUaouPVHmvU1iNEaKHPw0c-iWZ354u8ZraBvZolBBjfQSpxxGelGtNfcwUeH9Dgd-DHAMHz3LY0B4tk6sAbBdnovP6FtrSRoLYtODqvd6bJLiOOTkOzmOwZx4n7AmyaAZPc/s320/IMG_8670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405102973179460034" border="0" /></a>Not quite a cable car, not quite a street car, I love public transit!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe_dETcm6aE4OvVMyIs5-uj6Or5feCHe15Y7F_pMOjf1uTIpFd4YJubxfLaQSCeDgD2fZUFBRtppjtgQZhkVtQR0TOoSy6JQkXqfK_HsJXiFXyASOAGDwnT2iXkXlmuPYHsk/s1600/IMG_8673.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe_dETcm6aE4OvVMyIs5-uj6Or5feCHe15Y7F_pMOjf1uTIpFd4YJubxfLaQSCeDgD2fZUFBRtppjtgQZhkVtQR0TOoSy6JQkXqfK_HsJXiFXyASOAGDwnT2iXkXlmuPYHsk/s320/IMG_8673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405102718067578418" border="0" /></a>We also went to a really great art show, but I'll make that a separate post, it was that cool.<br /><br />The food! I didn't go food-crazy like other trips, but here are the highlights:<br />Lasagne from <a href="http://www.herbivorerestaurant.com/">Herbivore</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir98GKBX2Pv3Gy1E7OdttBi2s6-ofX1ynbhdDphc2m-i2tFL_RxdC5lfjfeuSQt2g39MgDsgnK3zIEoygLcfV2L5Bpn0afRqDLB4BhBNQvxW_hwNZsKWaeH4kXadqYR6zVN8Y/s1600/IMG_8564.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir98GKBX2Pv3Gy1E7OdttBi2s6-ofX1ynbhdDphc2m-i2tFL_RxdC5lfjfeuSQt2g39MgDsgnK3zIEoygLcfV2L5Bpn0afRqDLB4BhBNQvxW_hwNZsKWaeH4kXadqYR6zVN8Y/s320/IMG_8564.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405102095382235682" border="0" /></a>Basil pesto from Herbivore:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9_TaPk4wHnQ3klZj1IY3jbJLOQY_-NDcY2-yr25QJGzUwcSBLUU_ZMMSA9dM1QWr1BVK6uzBPUylkR9-F0TlXK53-nM0xE28LUcVPz0HdMxF2s22EyjTqjCNVCsjtPs-OCI/s1600/IMG_8563.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9_TaPk4wHnQ3klZj1IY3jbJLOQY_-NDcY2-yr25QJGzUwcSBLUU_ZMMSA9dM1QWr1BVK6uzBPUylkR9-F0TlXK53-nM0xE28LUcVPz0HdMxF2s22EyjTqjCNVCsjtPs-OCI/s320/IMG_8563.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101970837800978" border="0" /></a>Potato salad, also from Herbivore:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPb-23kwqzoTqJ2kgLfliAYI-kBvjdnR-xkAkoqORxXmrpDZmRg6g6SzqDXw-t0sqc_vErxCywkqT9TfmGdLHXsqfBUJxxyWh8eyx7OWaXdVw5hldgw8FFWB8F_5q2FFKLtw/s1600/IMG_8559.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPb-23kwqzoTqJ2kgLfliAYI-kBvjdnR-xkAkoqORxXmrpDZmRg6g6SzqDXw-t0sqc_vErxCywkqT9TfmGdLHXsqfBUJxxyWh8eyx7OWaXdVw5hldgw8FFWB8F_5q2FFKLtw/s320/IMG_8559.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101865911431474" border="0" /></a>Soup and veg from Beautifull:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDeHGEfDnMBB4z-aQBSUIRpi6uB9NZYbJVmqmdwJSlR7L6YuUskztWUs91alDJqnrUr2n8L8e-WGw_xUeoOsCfP7tjcY6wYfIMD_eO9xCHtkuVLmBYxHFd728SBzq2be9FvI/s1600/IMG_8752.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDeHGEfDnMBB4z-aQBSUIRpi6uB9NZYbJVmqmdwJSlR7L6YuUskztWUs91alDJqnrUr2n8L8e-WGw_xUeoOsCfP7tjcY6wYfIMD_eO9xCHtkuVLmBYxHFd728SBzq2be9FvI/s320/IMG_8752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405103314552213922" border="0" /></a>Soy ice cream sundae from <a href="http://www.maggiemudd.com/default.asp">Maggie Mudd</a>:<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHJGRKaj1-HkJOTEXlS8jcLazPpt4tp8xSUgeUVhEviiCqz5Y86DIuiZvh0XYUGmNStjfe5nJMzpWwdluH4VaK48oiTsSBTJn1eyYBcpNwSAvs-hL7HH42TVtwSDc5I_YHcw/s1600/IMG_8669.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHJGRKaj1-HkJOTEXlS8jcLazPpt4tp8xSUgeUVhEviiCqz5Y86DIuiZvh0XYUGmNStjfe5nJMzpWwdluH4VaK48oiTsSBTJn1eyYBcpNwSAvs-hL7HH42TVtwSDc5I_YHcw/s320/IMG_8669.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Friday we had a late breakfast and picked up a rental car so we could drive the fantastic California Highway 1, and drove north to see the Golden Bridge before we headed south to LA. We couldn't see much of the bridge, though, because of the fog. Ah well, the rain didn't last long.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjqSCWFVJhSc6XKLFjqPWg7Cy4SYUMfhF_Sb3PWRf1Ucex33eHiv7qXoR3whEue8zXwtwlmMc3PsWPpCnR50hZQrJ8qN7deyKNPksGy_V30ITMOCJtkiWC0w3BS6Nex2IWZI/s1600/IMG_8762.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjqSCWFVJhSc6XKLFjqPWg7Cy4SYUMfhF_Sb3PWRf1Ucex33eHiv7qXoR3whEue8zXwtwlmMc3PsWPpCnR50hZQrJ8qN7deyKNPksGy_V30ITMOCJtkiWC0w3BS6Nex2IWZI/s320/IMG_8762.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405106483309010146" border="0" /></a>More trip pictures soon!<br /></div></div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-40468905241837627412009-11-01T12:44:00.008-05:002009-11-01T13:05:18.622-05:00crispy fall weatherHappy World Vegan Day!<br /><br />And Happy Birthday to Hello Kitty today! She is 35 years old. I have lots of Hello Kitty things, unfortunately I had to return this Sigg yesterday because that series was found to have BPA in the liner. I got a new one but it doesn't have kitty on it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ut3I2MpTVjZhwlqAKpOhHDNaC4o3qyWsfL749LuKhO9bvrqp6qr3UjrFwU50qblad_rS3ed2ydm8dK086Ycjbf1WU73xxAPbNUsFz6deiuE5cJu8RQ3sMEWVgP-4Xd3CK64/s1600-h/IMG_8368-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ut3I2MpTVjZhwlqAKpOhHDNaC4o3qyWsfL749LuKhO9bvrqp6qr3UjrFwU50qblad_rS3ed2ydm8dK086Ycjbf1WU73xxAPbNUsFz6deiuE5cJu8RQ3sMEWVgP-4Xd3CK64/s320/IMG_8368-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399192896412006770" border="0" /></a><br />Yesterday was Halloween so I made a Star Trek dress to go out in. Lieutenant Pink Vegan, Library Officer on the Starship Enterprise!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxzj5DllUAr8olmWrlx1NUWYZP-6NULHqkdhM79Vma9qPCjCTTt9fhYhTeDHJiNjTJkMjI-UR7I23v4UW7TGS5jd4iTQLuK-K2welbLplTLO2zB_2MggYpmhQvrATSjw0hxs/s1600-h/IMG_8434.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxzj5DllUAr8olmWrlx1NUWYZP-6NULHqkdhM79Vma9qPCjCTTt9fhYhTeDHJiNjTJkMjI-UR7I23v4UW7TGS5jd4iTQLuK-K2welbLplTLO2zB_2MggYpmhQvrATSjw0hxs/s320/IMG_8434.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399193373462737106" border="0" /></a><br />I used this tutorial:<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9lPXyloJ4RE&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9lPXyloJ4RE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://poeticknits.blogspot.com/">Sienna</a> was in town and stayed with me for a few days, she did some crafty shopping!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9T_NJZjdd74oq8rxaSoxglmD7Uj8E5guc8TOJXz3ziSG0ssYs1CaVSkjRFSHSv6gKHjGtLvB7OYvM0C3w1AT5tBpwRqrF7mPk82xYTxbwNE0XAx-neotemOGaesWONlc2Ws/s1600-h/IMG_8359.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9T_NJZjdd74oq8rxaSoxglmD7Uj8E5guc8TOJXz3ziSG0ssYs1CaVSkjRFSHSv6gKHjGtLvB7OYvM0C3w1AT5tBpwRqrF7mPk82xYTxbwNE0XAx-neotemOGaesWONlc2Ws/s320/IMG_8359.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399194709412342930" /></a><br /><br />We did lots of fun things when she was here, including the Church of Craft night of <a href="http://www.theiff.org/oexhibits/05b.html">Hyperbolic Crochet</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QNH4O34P2z6Dl7CtZvNStWNSWPvEQIdlFhVWhcyFt9NYZE5TzIo4YDRIxnvzRooDxQ28bgZm02pDiKYUz4o-QuTot-2yKbuSFtVws8DDh99uQguYpTJH1TZ2KMQmEr_v1Vw/s1600-h/IMG_8354.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QNH4O34P2z6Dl7CtZvNStWNSWPvEQIdlFhVWhcyFt9NYZE5TzIo4YDRIxnvzRooDxQ28bgZm02pDiKYUz4o-QuTot-2yKbuSFtVws8DDh99uQguYpTJH1TZ2KMQmEr_v1Vw/s320/IMG_8354.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399197418337051794" /></a>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-36555240751355834422009-10-06T09:25:00.005-04:002009-10-06T10:20:37.391-04:00Swedish Cinnamon Bun Day! (Oct 4)Sunday was the 10th annual <a href="http://www.kanelbullensdag.se/">Kanelbullens Dag</a> in Sweden, so I baked up a batch. Mine were vegan of course. It took a lot longer than I expected, you have to let the dough rise, twice! So give yourself half a day if you want to make some. Totally worth the time! Apparently the whole thing got started as a way to encourage people to bake at home more.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvmp67noSRAWND0wUMyTmi2J7sKEi3krLu_kGFdi9uNjHxS9ZFuoALbO2JiTjeZLhG-PKyu4v8eUmpnYDIKoxs1Z9vJLMsnhg4J9qBLrWPmnDJhhtetorY_mETEzR4AQNLWg/s1600-h/kanelbullen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvmp67noSRAWND0wUMyTmi2J7sKEi3krLu_kGFdi9uNjHxS9ZFuoALbO2JiTjeZLhG-PKyu4v8eUmpnYDIKoxs1Z9vJLMsnhg4J9qBLrWPmnDJhhtetorY_mETEzR4AQNLWg/s320/kanelbullen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389475673020619106" border="0" /></a><br />I used <a href="http://dieflaschenpost.blogspot.com/2008/02/swedish-cinnamon-rolls.html">this recipe</a>, mostly. I didn't have any vegan yogurt, and I didn't get cardamom because it cost $10/bottle. And I couldn't find pearl sugar. Have you seen it in Canada? It's just sugar, but it's in bigger chunks than granulated so it looks nice sprinkled on top. I'll have to get some next time I'm in Stockholm. They look prettier with the pearl sugar, and maybe I'll try a recipe with a glaze next time. And I guess I should shell out the $10 for cardamom next time!<br /><br />I got my guy to take a picture of the pearl sugar (pärlsocker) at his grocery store in Stockholm, I was curious. He baked cinnamon buns on Sunday, too, of course!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3jtd5Xih_qFCYz8vZv3LEeRY9oeYaJCXz8M8g_dhueZucxPtQiLhVRCNHENusRRxRngp12Mc16x6rH-OixpXDFFLHkmzeUsCeRvYWPcO75XDeH3GojTW-MMxUDBDYys3FSg/s1600-h/parlsocker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3jtd5Xih_qFCYz8vZv3LEeRY9oeYaJCXz8M8g_dhueZucxPtQiLhVRCNHENusRRxRngp12Mc16x6rH-OixpXDFFLHkmzeUsCeRvYWPcO75XDeH3GojTW-MMxUDBDYys3FSg/s320/parlsocker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389097492405261266" border="0" /></a><br />Over there at ICA, the ingredients to bake cinnamon buns were on sale: "bake your own buns and celebrate cinnamon buns day on Sunday":<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2VuNoQ5EG3cuF5n3PZv3Q-2MBXgVEM9H9IS_y4UaT5qYXC4VNbxFKoVdrG0O-IXVcWg-yBG97-Gt8T1nRUE2FG80UsYk_qEf6FCS4tV213wbYjrnnm1mR2zSdJUdpDkd26E/s1600-h/sale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2VuNoQ5EG3cuF5n3PZv3Q-2MBXgVEM9H9IS_y4UaT5qYXC4VNbxFKoVdrG0O-IXVcWg-yBG97-Gt8T1nRUE2FG80UsYk_qEf6FCS4tV213wbYjrnnm1mR2zSdJUdpDkd26E/s320/sale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389097678429885842" border="0" /></a>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-45147385874462053032009-09-29T09:14:00.032-04:002009-09-29T10:35:44.977-04:00love me two times, Sweden two timesLong time no blog....again! I've actually been to Sweden twice since I last blogged. I went for a week at Easter. I landed early in the morning and was greeted with fresh baked bread at his place.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuGdSm5FCDuTKhVtnGl1i-EvKlBfiLGdRX5M3pibSt_DiyYvCyXECqW106I7TuPQYGcxZkHLrwnyuvb1vQc5k8pjb7qSK8qi4SPjv5vFw3vwuxDmSeUV2Hlhd19mVFpwQqN4/s1600-h/IMG_7338.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuGdSm5FCDuTKhVtnGl1i-EvKlBfiLGdRX5M3pibSt_DiyYvCyXECqW106I7TuPQYGcxZkHLrwnyuvb1vQc5k8pjb7qSK8qi4SPjv5vFw3vwuxDmSeUV2Hlhd19mVFpwQqN4/s320/IMG_7338.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386877356104298418" border="0" /></a><br />The spring weather was a glorious 15 degrees every day. (Did you know it was a Swede who came up with centrigrade, by the way? It was a guy called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Celsius">Anders Celsius</a>.) I rented a bike for a few days to zip around, that was super-fun.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h0QjzFaa5RfSaOrSdPboCkoaYx-ZW2Rht9NfuFfh_X6euljOPW4XLMPXL05xkyibG0fqJkVesbBaoVhYz2UjA7vHBcg1KzDXRF0UX-JCAA3NQZnyh7JBrJrOICT8DwUnovk/s1600-h/IMG_7667.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h0QjzFaa5RfSaOrSdPboCkoaYx-ZW2Rht9NfuFfh_X6euljOPW4XLMPXL05xkyibG0fqJkVesbBaoVhYz2UjA7vHBcg1KzDXRF0UX-JCAA3NQZnyh7JBrJrOICT8DwUnovk/s320/IMG_7667.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I love this bike, which was not to rent...it was just ornamental, outside the <a href="http://www.gudrunsjoden.com/butikhy/assets/mallar/start_0/start_0.html">Gudrun Sjödén</a> store:<a href="http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/fashion/gudrun-sjoeden/1021908/" class="l" onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','2','')"><em></em><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGggEZ1G1NUhyphenhyphenHJmhcRXwoMhoBo5_W6lMLYzsw26ZXus7g_nomO_Skh5WwO6yrYk9Om_I6AMWdQU5ERhCtyahdxO7zCZxa0yCaDt3mehFqluZf6XqbSpogsaobUx0eTNgsIY/s1600-h/IMG_7592.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGggEZ1G1NUhyphenhyphenHJmhcRXwoMhoBo5_W6lMLYzsw26ZXus7g_nomO_Skh5WwO6yrYk9Om_I6AMWdQU5ERhCtyahdxO7zCZxa0yCaDt3mehFqluZf6XqbSpogsaobUx0eTNgsIY/s320/IMG_7592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386878984960468530" border="0" /></a>I'm cut off in this picture, but I still love it, it was a good day:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBvMywaig1XaO1SWAQt9tX_RKVGi9u3rW5ecoeonNrs6uiAeDAW6_ff3luJ3hJxQZQ6aBFajVVb8rdupzRUlHpURoRb5JGlF8mlIS3ik19KKBhZ7T36spNF94_8cM9EjviCQ/s1600-h/IMG_7356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBvMywaig1XaO1SWAQt9tX_RKVGi9u3rW5ecoeonNrs6uiAeDAW6_ff3luJ3hJxQZQ6aBFajVVb8rdupzRUlHpURoRb5JGlF8mlIS3ik19KKBhZ7T36spNF94_8cM9EjviCQ/s320/IMG_7356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386878156077394194" border="0" /></a>I gave him this awesome bike bell but it got stolen :-(<br />I loved it because it's a map of Toronto and it shows the Danforth, and we met at the Danforth Music Hall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeYWzPgCnZrYZfn3ac4StRK9_bN7B6X0lIHBMfFVqbDXcfZgI4oNcTtUFTthyphenhyphenHL-JKx67pAO0V258rteoM8y62op5QAwPwcBaFysTbJSrwaEf_uBchF3V7xLFwVSRjrauC8o/s1600-h/IMG_7537.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeYWzPgCnZrYZfn3ac4StRK9_bN7B6X0lIHBMfFVqbDXcfZgI4oNcTtUFTthyphenhyphenHL-JKx67pAO0V258rteoM8y62op5QAwPwcBaFysTbJSrwaEf_uBchF3V7xLFwVSRjrauC8o/s320/IMG_7537.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386877965506896754" border="0" /></a>There's lots of guerilla knitting in Stockholm:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEF5_v4uGaKTdG4Pzk7WX4RBfNNnFs-xXcWdjSWDBsK8AIPhIlcGwpyIXgmFzee9LySyV_ImAWBYSqJlnH3W9-8Ymi7ib-r_aOlXmzuBPmaLgWsZg4wbZCMXm3_g32CTx0vU/s1600-h/IMG_7599-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEF5_v4uGaKTdG4Pzk7WX4RBfNNnFs-xXcWdjSWDBsK8AIPhIlcGwpyIXgmFzee9LySyV_ImAWBYSqJlnH3W9-8Ymi7ib-r_aOlXmzuBPmaLgWsZg4wbZCMXm3_g32CTx0vU/s320/IMG_7599-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386877615739655522" border="0" /></a>Then I went over again for almost 2 weeks in August. The weather was lovely then, too...about 20 degrees every day and no humidity! The climate in Stockholm really suits me.<br /><br />Magnolia and Bobbie Dazzler liked to read Pippi Longstockings. Pippi is their favourite Swedish role model for adventure and sass:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvTKs4W8U3nOkdeUxWGQmW0qM1pIUwE0sHwPLXflKEWMQ2HYqj2WkJNtY5eZZnS1u600eaABvXdfqjyiAXZcKG5EddsinVFpjpxliZloZLwmKlhMgquDkhVJ7ALOJy7fui_0/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+164-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvTKs4W8U3nOkdeUxWGQmW0qM1pIUwE0sHwPLXflKEWMQ2HYqj2WkJNtY5eZZnS1u600eaABvXdfqjyiAXZcKG5EddsinVFpjpxliZloZLwmKlhMgquDkhVJ7ALOJy7fui_0/s320/Sweden+August+09+164-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386882437648548018" border="0" /></a>We went to see the history of IKEA exhibit at <a href="http://www.liljevalchs.stockholm.se/default.aspx?id=7173">Liljevalcjhs</a>, that was really great!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZ6lbnknapWe_KUfFF9YW31iwPxtTHnuKOrB5uE_-AgMmP3AwIl4m7k_J1I84YKvE4wQXiogdGOngePxV6Be-xwviZV6Ikj-BnxCsl8ViqMbUxzOcZLcok-4jfhfmFVk1OYQ/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+053-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZ6lbnknapWe_KUfFF9YW31iwPxtTHnuKOrB5uE_-AgMmP3AwIl4m7k_J1I84YKvE4wQXiogdGOngePxV6Be-xwviZV6Ikj-BnxCsl8ViqMbUxzOcZLcok-4jfhfmFVk1OYQ/s320/Sweden+August+09+053-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386883139461616434" border="0" /></a>I liked the denim room best:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokG6C7HhYP0odvTrHQV9rP6Thbyya59Mkwmu_8IVmNdhVJjyxm3zr9wXwmburBPJYageCcawIrzm33AEEXQ7APM1R2bTjngv88Jd70CWiwARzwh8oARqABT9zIKEWsmMqxxA/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+058-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokG6C7HhYP0odvTrHQV9rP6Thbyya59Mkwmu_8IVmNdhVJjyxm3zr9wXwmburBPJYageCcawIrzm33AEEXQ7APM1R2bTjngv88Jd70CWiwARzwh8oARqABT9zIKEWsmMqxxA/s320/Sweden+August+09+058-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386882649351960082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOT5rnKcWnFX1I3_NlpzBuUuXw_IIiwxVTsH2LF92jPFQhsAIDDyBXbaJGR_ILEr776U7P3wLFMYj9wUV6qZm1pvFAazLG2YM9Dsr1u_RqqNI-NKJ32gj0-FTZ4D_ztz1eldY/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+060-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOT5rnKcWnFX1I3_NlpzBuUuXw_IIiwxVTsH2LF92jPFQhsAIDDyBXbaJGR_ILEr776U7P3wLFMYj9wUV6qZm1pvFAazLG2YM9Dsr1u_RqqNI-NKJ32gj0-FTZ4D_ztz1eldY/s320/Sweden+August+09+060-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386882882126741842" border="0" /></a>But the kids craft room was fun too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKB_InPH-7pagdBIzpX9f9iPuZOavu7spXXHxtHYHNbYUJwisOgx-Pv8StxF3zGEWDe_VlZc42jOy9ot21R4WhC4ZPWK46h7SAJf9SW8gdZY6ze3RfnJVvd2NTk8c5KT5nU14/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKB_InPH-7pagdBIzpX9f9iPuZOavu7spXXHxtHYHNbYUJwisOgx-Pv8StxF3zGEWDe_VlZc42jOy9ot21R4WhC4ZPWK46h7SAJf9SW8gdZY6ze3RfnJVvd2NTk8c5KT5nU14/s320/Sweden+August+09+075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386883285023364018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ98Y1uhIlQCaokCLefuEJAxxqYuJ66qs5y6pVkNdeiJjlmzyWXAgZkq1KnSezGZF8HiNTZY36l95vh8ynqsNeqUQQbZhE0UiTsbEOM8Py8ejSd8dZ3w4Lm5PgGLKPI7UqCs4/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+072-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ98Y1uhIlQCaokCLefuEJAxxqYuJ66qs5y6pVkNdeiJjlmzyWXAgZkq1KnSezGZF8HiNTZY36l95vh8ynqsNeqUQQbZhE0UiTsbEOM8Py8ejSd8dZ3w4Lm5PgGLKPI7UqCs4/s320/Sweden+August+09+072-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386880906753624514" border="0" /></a>And all the old catalogues:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AFKoTLT4Nd3LNiJiYQA7JcytMn8Tejje5Nu91mKb1UjGaEXO-SYKTeQY7f59HLTVghro_hLbVyd3wbRsUQlwti764ZTl7tOCmvSt-MzCLagYiL9D2ALeLvMUsQRvHzlh-vE/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+047-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AFKoTLT4Nd3LNiJiYQA7JcytMn8Tejje5Nu91mKb1UjGaEXO-SYKTeQY7f59HLTVghro_hLbVyd3wbRsUQlwti764ZTl7tOCmvSt-MzCLagYiL9D2ALeLvMUsQRvHzlh-vE/s320/Sweden+August+09+047-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386882153431143490" border="0" /></a>And a hex key mural:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9Q15cO4yRcOQso-yC5vzDWiWYC0VnJCYWjXiy1szLR_UEbMJiEJZ3Lu9RRyTfC-_02Omz1QgQq0p3nyHsBeYWa_6EJbOX0QDsfRbQOP6SqWuI1heVOSLH2i5V1zJkueO7Rw/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+063.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL0QW5bodAWIl7amlNHf7FMTX02s9nx4h4ZbLKbk2pE2yNA7wo2bmWll0o1W1b2QkgszAasJS_D5eHenbfYLD2dRTF6O7ywZMiIE2MUxbekF2DhaaJMXKc1ADKySCj0UqnBc/s320/Sweden+August+09+029-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386894663660186210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguV7ZFptP2Cwplkl0XCtWW20bkpYUCup0IQvlGt6XlPL46ABnBKXC8NhUN8uaFRO4Yyf3t03QU_TLLWcS641foHvQ-uiZotuauhyphenhyphenqFWrV2GDcz2osu8vl-fNWc-7wTApKprm8/s1600-h/Sweden+August+09+114-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguV7ZFptP2Cwplkl0XCtWW20bkpYUCup0IQvlGt6XlPL46ABnBKXC8NhUN8uaFRO4Yyf3t03QU_TLLWcS641foHvQ-uiZotuauhyphenhyphenqFWrV2GDcz2osu8vl-fNWc-7wTApKprm8/s320/Sweden+August+09+114-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386897350703239106" border="0" /></a>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-24551557590718049242009-04-02T22:32:00.015-04:002009-04-08T11:09:58.426-04:00long time no blogWow, I haven't blogged in nearly a year! Since NXNE last June.<br /><br />I've been trying to see more than 100 bands a year for the past few years, success again in 2008 ... I saw 110. (I met a really great guy at one of those shows!) <a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2281123&blogId=464651360">Here's the list of bands I saw.</a><br /><br />I went to Sweden in the fall .... that was super-fun. It's so clean and stylish there. I was in Stockholm and in a small town outside Stockholm. I'm slowly learning to speak and read Swedish. Here's a collage I made of some of my favourite trip pictures:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrcvTfByEHElz3fUgAraoUAx1kXe7naHHdsOIt9LWTlRFYKtD90eUeFXvkkAHMT6TUgcLwQs9bkG0yEdyfKndQgMBA27Xye5Tba5sFpyQIk5juLyRnW_PtjcFM65soratWdI/s1600-h/Stockholm+streets.jpe"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrcvTfByEHElz3fUgAraoUAx1kXe7naHHdsOIt9LWTlRFYKtD90eUeFXvkkAHMT6TUgcLwQs9bkG0yEdyfKndQgMBA27Xye5Tba5sFpyQIk5juLyRnW_PtjcFM65soratWdI/s320/Stockholm+streets.jpe" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320875817723279586" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Magnolia and Bobbie Dazzler came too, they loved it! I just got Bobbie in August.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YjA1EKp3uJMaFcI3CXuHUg3CJd-XzuCpZDWbe8fweQxtN0OifDrARl5s2abrkFvvbxm_RRlumigeEm9m3i0tLqtMQ5DsrE0uyJYthzTo4mwnjEWjv5QLwLoYV43Xj7IQqUQ/s1600-h/n750470388_4282796_561.jpe"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YjA1EKp3uJMaFcI3CXuHUg3CJd-XzuCpZDWbe8fweQxtN0OifDrARl5s2abrkFvvbxm_RRlumigeEm9m3i0tLqtMQ5DsrE0uyJYthzTo4mwnjEWjv5QLwLoYV43Xj7IQqUQ/s320/n750470388_4282796_561.jpe" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320876152670605218" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Föda! Here's a collage of some of the really great food I ate in Sweden and on my flights. I was so excited that there was a vegetarian food fair when I was there! I had no trouble eating vegan there at all:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfDlGluanF9c-u0_kJa6JF-OWm7QNG4-aK9B-ny2zs7cwStTl9w7LLSTbH-Cf5lswlwVfFz0oLAJJttW2Wp3UkBxsd3vjiSkahNGK9zzbhxCi1kZeaMKaESV8h2O2AiLHzHI/s1600-h/swedish+food.jpe"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfDlGluanF9c-u0_kJa6JF-OWm7QNG4-aK9B-ny2zs7cwStTl9w7LLSTbH-Cf5lswlwVfFz0oLAJJttW2Wp3UkBxsd3vjiSkahNGK9zzbhxCi1kZeaMKaESV8h2O2AiLHzHI/s320/swedish+food.jpe" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320874858472453570" border="0" /></a><br /></div>I got a really cute pink mini computer! It's on Linux and it's 11"... teeny tiny, and PINK!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOwR5kM83zKdJoEmSaRMqAuXfxtPJHN9cuF0VLPI84JH3EpanUIJaiLQ-2jDD35w7YoWAFgCniZNURIX1ZrxsTDLeiDbB808NLVk4ldVCSbQd8FFEH6u9GqJAy594dsoEbGM/s1600-h/IMG_6822-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOwR5kM83zKdJoEmSaRMqAuXfxtPJHN9cuF0VLPI84JH3EpanUIJaiLQ-2jDD35w7YoWAFgCniZNURIX1ZrxsTDLeiDbB808NLVk4ldVCSbQd8FFEH6u9GqJAy594dsoEbGM/s320/IMG_6822-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322330027590292994" border="0" /></a><br /></div>I had lots of visitors last year and went to a few weddings, still doing school, sort of still doing crafts. Hurt my ankle, which interrupted my Wii Fit fun.<br /><br />I'm off to Sweden again, for Easter. So excited! I was bummed to learn that the Easter Bunny doesn't go to Sweden. But there's still candy though, there is always candy in Sweden!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />A couple weeks ago I went to Påskbasar, an Easter fair at the Swedish Lutheran Church in Toronto. I've been poking away at learning to speak Swedish since August, do you think that when I got there I could remember how to say anything other than 'hi' and 'excuse me'? Now I know, next time I go to something like that I'll have to prepare a few sentences from scenarios that might come up so I can practice on Swedes. Hopefully I'll get to practice my Swedish in Sweden next week! But they all speak English so well.<br /><br />I don't know much about Swedish Easter yet, but they have a soft drink especially made for Easter, called påskmust. And kids dress up like påskkäringar och påskgubbar, which are witches who fly to the mountains on broomsticks. But the kids don't go to the mountains, they draw pictures on cards and give them to adults, who give them candy or money. Sort of like what we do here for Halloween. There were kids at the Easter fair singing songs and walking around with brooms and collecting candy:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hYiKVKvKCcY30vUgkG5_nnkAh84GU0f7Kx_Jjdany3f-XTHGZdNI3DGGOc20kNci8bW0vWkGiAJe-0x6dSAb43C9rOVYMq1zKijVJboljCstFmUTahwzMxCyAnIX4UL_CRo/s1600-h/IMG_7306.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hYiKVKvKCcY30vUgkG5_nnkAh84GU0f7Kx_Jjdany3f-XTHGZdNI3DGGOc20kNci8bW0vWkGiAJe-0x6dSAb43C9rOVYMq1zKijVJboljCstFmUTahwzMxCyAnIX4UL_CRo/s320/IMG_7306.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322324695731099154" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Here are some cute little folk art Easter witches I got there:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopRrRr9SGAexGfxQ44XwHpoRR2eW9ZdtLRN8vYvntn7v85RWd_hjg8w39Xbh0BQ9OU7EE4y6pUdfFMMiG2d92q6AHB2Ux2wwjk9ORmy-VOKxgrZZfeomTIKYitMWbNcpzBm8/s1600-h/IMG_7312-1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopRrRr9SGAexGfxQ44XwHpoRR2eW9ZdtLRN8vYvntn7v85RWd_hjg8w39Xbh0BQ9OU7EE4y6pUdfFMMiG2d92q6AHB2Ux2wwjk9ORmy-VOKxgrZZfeomTIKYitMWbNcpzBm8/s320/IMG_7312-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322308660038949858" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Whoever lives in this house must be really fun! I saw this while walking near Corktown last weekend:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1tqqdmjzd6fSXy_3g8wM4CyX8PsmbpX0rIdAID9ZATrEa-BRNquHOCMKcWUPtUdrWLpXPJ2h0p_ZgGpl9kOxUGg7BXE2X6B9Q8lrKgIBh-d0IpLVSzvz3SX4kldstohL5No/s1600-h/IMG_7307-1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1tqqdmjzd6fSXy_3g8wM4CyX8PsmbpX0rIdAID9ZATrEa-BRNquHOCMKcWUPtUdrWLpXPJ2h0p_ZgGpl9kOxUGg7BXE2X6B9Q8lrKgIBh-d0IpLVSzvz3SX4kldstohL5No/s320/IMG_7307-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322309926655568962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"> <strong style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">Glad Påsk!</strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"> Happy Easter!</span> </span><br /></div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-65951757549665634042008-06-18T17:32:00.002-04:002008-12-13T01:37:11.988-05:00eNn eX eNn eEeI caught 21 shows in 3 days! Pretty much all of them were great. Here are the terrible-quality pictures I took:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />1. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=4787161">Steve Poltz</a><br />He was playing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFzDz_wN9rw">Silver Lining</a> when I got there.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoTUyJ-a-IXTYEpabezHI2N9jCj9J3G3aXas13vfAmC1zraFpKqtjeeNALFKYyDA69fjYxS4exN1wAQ3zvhaAGT8YhtClb_6ggxahK5CKMXhwuz61sT9bm9iRZ3XFCK0gqgA/s1600-h/IMG_5922-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoTUyJ-a-IXTYEpabezHI2N9jCj9J3G3aXas13vfAmC1zraFpKqtjeeNALFKYyDA69fjYxS4exN1wAQ3zvhaAGT8YhtClb_6ggxahK5CKMXhwuz61sT9bm9iRZ3XFCK0gqgA/s320/IMG_5922-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212580306868114738" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">2. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tedleo">Ted Leo & the Pharmacists</a><br />He's vegan and rocks hard.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvszGQWLxtn7AbRPqn8GVH30ZObx31ZYjj5gt7TAtiqvOk3aFubtSjwntxWgthXvH7MvGbd8rvUhi7SIMehuG3Uvd-S8tW9NVTgFTCabGzT0fsUxsQTPAt4zvTsE-P58o5s44/s1600-h/IMG_5923-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvszGQWLxtn7AbRPqn8GVH30ZObx31ZYjj5gt7TAtiqvOk3aFubtSjwntxWgthXvH7MvGbd8rvUhi7SIMehuG3Uvd-S8tW9NVTgFTCabGzT0fsUxsQTPAt4zvTsE-P58o5s44/s320/IMG_5923-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212583545771603186" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">3. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1000439965">moja</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I wonder how many times they get compared to the White Stripes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9DtYwrbabUKDgQrEpwlktgI6FD3lsXJpSZQ5zvLIAL76ScMLODt4wT85T622rtyvQICuSXEAbEApGB919Vz1Zg8TCQlkXZr6fPAoNbgNm4xreMv_w8SXUVhHtZpvuauly5o/s1600-h/IMG_5925-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9DtYwrbabUKDgQrEpwlktgI6FD3lsXJpSZQ5zvLIAL76ScMLODt4wT85T622rtyvQICuSXEAbEApGB919Vz1Zg8TCQlkXZr6fPAoNbgNm4xreMv_w8SXUVhHtZpvuauly5o/s320/IMG_5925-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212583042314404002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. <a href="http://www.machetes.ca/">Machetes</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-dwK6s7565EC06Gtg0ijtHdkBaJDNuCY4AlQfMngqC1wxosKiqbVF2sMjJymNg5HkyzrlhZvTUr0iNVzBSVstvmHE2T-5ZgSJw5uhn6yP_leh61b6X_wQYb28f15in59DSU/s1600-h/IMG_5926-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-dwK6s7565EC06Gtg0ijtHdkBaJDNuCY4AlQfMngqC1wxosKiqbVF2sMjJymNg5HkyzrlhZvTUr0iNVzBSVstvmHE2T-5ZgSJw5uhn6yP_leh61b6X_wQYb28f15in59DSU/s320/IMG_5926-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212608683508718802" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">5. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=9954532">The Wet Secrets</a><br />"It's a crying shame you don't know just how hot you are..."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KiQu-kfQ20lWqbvDJ7yw35aiSc2WV2TPcGCDqa4Bo1gQ57EaAt81B96LzWipVmwvw-q3qCMW-L5Zeux3yfHQ6Zc25ffyYW6-VyLe7oK4mstQmHgyP-3VdjsXjNWKtqmergU/s1600-h/IMG_5928-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KiQu-kfQ20lWqbvDJ7yw35aiSc2WV2TPcGCDqa4Bo1gQ57EaAt81B96LzWipVmwvw-q3qCMW-L5Zeux3yfHQ6Zc25ffyYW6-VyLe7oK4mstQmHgyP-3VdjsXjNWKtqmergU/s320/IMG_5928-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212609092973922642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />6. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=79981838">The Oholics</a><br />Very young and lovely Swedes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pFaWDf4tVkJ2w8X3gKPcqLjtfTZ2df4InEfkkmtyCtDZeWVMXoRY1-inSAgDqUi2rS6ICa3lcvuH_wc9J-pH1SqpViPZovZXx7b3mxatr8s9EDq0jYxgA_DIX-zOW9Wmb1U/s1600-h/IMG_5929-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pFaWDf4tVkJ2w8X3gKPcqLjtfTZ2df4InEfkkmtyCtDZeWVMXoRY1-inSAgDqUi2rS6ICa3lcvuH_wc9J-pH1SqpViPZovZXx7b3mxatr8s9EDq0jYxgA_DIX-zOW9Wmb1U/s320/IMG_5929-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212608488827110946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />7. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenewodds">New Odds</a><br />It was the suit that got them the gig...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqYc5DayFHhuruiRnaLUn4BtDzXYG9YbstbNDjg6c6nGbDWjdLWKkdViuhHtv0L6IfE59hwLVySjpPHvEdK-FTnmqfFti8XROU2X_hQekWsGekcqHFa4Hja6wDPHdcHhm3VQ/s1600-h/IMG_5935-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqYc5DayFHhuruiRnaLUn4BtDzXYG9YbstbNDjg6c6nGbDWjdLWKkdViuhHtv0L6IfE59hwLVySjpPHvEdK-FTnmqfFti8XROU2X_hQekWsGekcqHFa4Hja6wDPHdcHhm3VQ/s320/IMG_5935-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212582862766433090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />8. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/majormaker">Major Maker</a><br />It suddenly struck me that Lindy looks a teeny tiny bit like Sean Tully on Coronation Street, if Sean were 7 feet tall and straight. But not really. But sort of.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD15-KLLuAKxtIz7PFNXwCLgFdIwqtrzoSaTUXiimk1KVd28u5a5zNTCAAcLKhNoY9Do5QGJE08uF89WeP9zO8Mc5tJjXquEK6gBFT5gp-3vovtE1New88d8D12YLbq4tzxXg/s1600-h/IMG_5936.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD15-KLLuAKxtIz7PFNXwCLgFdIwqtrzoSaTUXiimk1KVd28u5a5zNTCAAcLKhNoY9Do5QGJE08uF89WeP9zO8Mc5tJjXquEK6gBFT5gp-3vovtE1New88d8D12YLbq4tzxXg/s320/IMG_5936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212581381368265330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />9. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/semipreciousweapons">Semi Precious Weapons</a><br />It costs a lot of money to look this good, so we should buy <a href="http://semipreciousweapons.com/shop.php">swag</a> from them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVRuphqKbFa2wUKnfJ28BjYsWSK2MoERH5S8aJ0oZVi_HPRi0hu6KoSE_j1lxLzIGAqZ2TA1zM0EEuEOpVDINYVk_1SAw_l9OITsdAv3ebqSifuNrpogI9R3q_6sbmSwLBRM/s1600-h/IMG_5937-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVRuphqKbFa2wUKnfJ28BjYsWSK2MoERH5S8aJ0oZVi_HPRi0hu6KoSE_j1lxLzIGAqZ2TA1zM0EEuEOpVDINYVk_1SAw_l9OITsdAv3ebqSifuNrpogI9R3q_6sbmSwLBRM/s320/IMG_5937-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212610743850808338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />10. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=105960640">White Cowbell Oklahoma</a><br />Madness! How have I not seen them play before?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxQXJnjhh4S8p-z58fTqQMUZlS1V5miFzcvmhyphenhyphenY4oo5AfMqIP1agx-gYrAQdRG4_NshaPD3ApgS2yWjjAUs2vT08JP8jYntkACcOWlQSQT0YIfIH-pwnqWc-97pOW9QrbKl4/s1600-h/IMG_5941-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxQXJnjhh4S8p-z58fTqQMUZlS1V5miFzcvmhyphenhyphenY4oo5AfMqIP1agx-gYrAQdRG4_NshaPD3ApgS2yWjjAUs2vT08JP8jYntkACcOWlQSQT0YIfIH-pwnqWc-97pOW9QrbKl4/s320/IMG_5941-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212611547135025842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />11. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/campradio">Camp Radio</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUZirllLLx05u5CSQU13ZS6Y1IENCrLs9yxYp2agZjgFZkeaxmvQJdhLNeVO4Q_V9gXxZrYa9NL2SzgO_U3qu5CcjbZ4KRGstEoyS7R3WLFMSXK61-56foEnE5N-PG6-43us/s1600-h/IMG_5949.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUZirllLLx05u5CSQU13ZS6Y1IENCrLs9yxYp2agZjgFZkeaxmvQJdhLNeVO4Q_V9gXxZrYa9NL2SzgO_U3qu5CcjbZ4KRGstEoyS7R3WLFMSXK61-56foEnE5N-PG6-43us/s320/IMG_5949.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213320633766562178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />12. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thesuperfantastics">The Superfantastics</a><br />Sweet melodies, cute lyrics and check out that drum kit!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2RIttiTFA1BoMOfRvsW0PultskMYmS_0FolQodW7IhOVtEeTURYsALYUkDP8EqJ2C4_9TLHRUIjWj6EdVjNmlyGSGT-bBEk3WPw1-oeK3-v3Fw3mfotnnbYgPbtqcdaHyYU/s1600-h/IMG_5951-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2RIttiTFA1BoMOfRvsW0PultskMYmS_0FolQodW7IhOVtEeTURYsALYUkDP8EqJ2C4_9TLHRUIjWj6EdVjNmlyGSGT-bBEk3WPw1-oeK3-v3Fw3mfotnnbYgPbtqcdaHyYU/s320/IMG_5951-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213320199045066466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">13. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=364672647">ironic HUE</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcoBvb0siSNUaE-oOcEhD9Rv5mzujmNDVpEPb3A6EaYBtmCm4X4Sgq5ZmwTIdLPjitzOTSQRbcsegv-R9R5bXQerFAvOmaUJ4lT0VaNYUVfsNnGJTB1gbK1Fxhre4Iptx57E/s1600-h/IMG_5952-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcoBvb0siSNUaE-oOcEhD9Rv5mzujmNDVpEPb3A6EaYBtmCm4X4Sgq5ZmwTIdLPjitzOTSQRbcsegv-R9R5bXQerFAvOmaUJ4lT0VaNYUVfsNnGJTB1gbK1Fxhre4Iptx57E/s320/IMG_5952-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212583848972014162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />14. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hughcornwell">Hugh Cornwell</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36xmWMOBsKHe3Ywqc2SiCQY9nQ0aq_RPlSSt8BY5A5EYSebTpVV7zslR2EvpeZ9hDZWtF0GZwZmF39iZKDNkD209GStDjzIEh66-hsI5IZu6qI0RSlPeZ9A4_SiIN7o9v-mU/s1600-h/IMG_5955-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36xmWMOBsKHe3Ywqc2SiCQY9nQ0aq_RPlSSt8BY5A5EYSebTpVV7zslR2EvpeZ9hDZWtF0GZwZmF39iZKDNkD209GStDjzIEh66-hsI5IZu6qI0RSlPeZ9A4_SiIN7o9v-mU/s320/IMG_5955-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212582014915587490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />15. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/juliedoiron">Julie Doiron</a><br />Sweet as ever.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFl35RXaMZaKIzyVlMTxvw9TF1e3WX5gcZ-WCvIGNkot_E81SQm4O55bboP8P1E5zY3ulzg6uDzpAUwIb1MgoIvTEqEolGzpN8wfesE1f91S3zjUBqwrJyXxm8gNlniAr1WGc/s1600-h/IMG_5956-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFl35RXaMZaKIzyVlMTxvw9TF1e3WX5gcZ-WCvIGNkot_E81SQm4O55bboP8P1E5zY3ulzg6uDzpAUwIb1MgoIvTEqEolGzpN8wfesE1f91S3zjUBqwrJyXxm8gNlniAr1WGc/s320/IMG_5956-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212610218207060626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />16. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=23086310">Evan Dando</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1yJekTwKULPtA0gK1_WOj8md0hUl0AMLABzY1P58dIG-PqFydBgn3lpD0nG-IaEPvVfcjaAO79tQSxQAR8pydoyWmsVB57iM8s1le7ecft23CgpLewR3sscqcWep8Lq4dUA/s1600-h/IMG_5959-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1yJekTwKULPtA0gK1_WOj8md0hUl0AMLABzY1P58dIG-PqFydBgn3lpD0nG-IaEPvVfcjaAO79tQSxQAR8pydoyWmsVB57iM8s1le7ecft23CgpLewR3sscqcWep8Lq4dUA/s320/IMG_5959-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212583319904531810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />17. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mannequinmen">Mannequin Men</a><br />Loved these guys<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZoMhwfi68LzkDk6dWkNEPKXAILfuIDsXzCGsvNiDyQ95gi7r9BWQyaXolsQv-PRvDq7YpBO1iL3Qy0Y6b1jdQMZ4swczxIuXLfM-S6YULUk6HiFfsJgapl-MT-pbORiwe60/s1600-h/IMG_5963-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZoMhwfi68LzkDk6dWkNEPKXAILfuIDsXzCGsvNiDyQ95gi7r9BWQyaXolsQv-PRvDq7YpBO1iL3Qy0Y6b1jdQMZ4swczxIuXLfM-S6YULUk6HiFfsJgapl-MT-pbORiwe60/s320/IMG_5963-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213321710930560578" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Kx3nWn64I_a2DVhCksPhvl0nupoRcmg1kQdROCrwOQK_lfC-K0OjXK3FZ9peICkhVQyRSE2FiM-o2Wax3xtZgpyb3uYfzcKjhO-Y_c2bLitMyQ7elkjtoDmXxjUEhQ6LxVI/s1600-h/IMG_5962-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Kx3nWn64I_a2DVhCksPhvl0nupoRcmg1kQdROCrwOQK_lfC-K0OjXK3FZ9peICkhVQyRSE2FiM-o2Wax3xtZgpyb3uYfzcKjhO-Y_c2bLitMyQ7elkjtoDmXxjUEhQ6LxVI/s320/IMG_5962-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213321560119486066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />18. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/foxfireforest">Foxfire</a><br />Shiny dancey fun!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuuOu1pLIGL0pVjbykNXy1Gq55cFw54nuOTeiOBfxC71fQgD4ZZnXMdk7ktKjL_NDY5dOEFN50_d2Ev_2ipXaLv3izsbEDAJo4j_sC8To0YL_tfaEGEjXklI1mmzx3Rr3TEk/s1600-h/IMG_5965-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuuOu1pLIGL0pVjbykNXy1Gq55cFw54nuOTeiOBfxC71fQgD4ZZnXMdk7ktKjL_NDY5dOEFN50_d2Ev_2ipXaLv3izsbEDAJo4j_sC8To0YL_tfaEGEjXklI1mmzx3Rr3TEk/s320/IMG_5965-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212581050578278162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />19. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=57770879">Grimskunk</a><br />Loved them too<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesRKlIHZ1mlSKfPajfMAYkonTfGMFciPfTOniJh2qM1CK_VNuXNSARPPq7WXJaOYoLPFmcTjrlN-7txi0qwSusojP-a6JtaeU9WZNMDkvt8lGYbexx-QrM7XIGlLOcowv2m0/s1600-h/IMG_5966-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesRKlIHZ1mlSKfPajfMAYkonTfGMFciPfTOniJh2qM1CK_VNuXNSARPPq7WXJaOYoLPFmcTjrlN-7txi0qwSusojP-a6JtaeU9WZNMDkvt8lGYbexx-QrM7XIGlLOcowv2m0/s320/IMG_5966-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212609388179860306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />20. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/reddkross">Redd Kross</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaAzdvS8UR7K0NwdjsPII44Lyf_G7VXQOOwFhrdDk7dxz3k50nNwhx38HHeA0vIixrA88S9nfNSHgAVAb3GrvnRzFbCchtzdRpGOlIALrP3glQZrZMoW7KBCJwiWypX7QZug/s1600-h/IMG_5969-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaAzdvS8UR7K0NwdjsPII44Lyf_G7VXQOOwFhrdDk7dxz3k50nNwhx38HHeA0vIixrA88S9nfNSHgAVAb3GrvnRzFbCchtzdRpGOlIALrP3glQZrZMoW7KBCJwiWypX7QZug/s320/IMG_5969-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212609698604933202" border="0" /></a><br /><br />21. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=79981838">The Oholics</a><br />Still not tired of Swedish rock.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy3ECJZ2NDMsnXFJ30Pvz6AtKilx6T0O38EOzdBsbGHYBpCeyYRMOmw9eMU43D6Ih8d7RI3FNWprZ4UZxilJT5xxDygdygyACO6FiTmAv9dboNwrLMQW5R96jXlGREcAzFGU/s1600-h/IMG_5972-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy3ECJZ2NDMsnXFJ30Pvz6AtKilx6T0O38EOzdBsbGHYBpCeyYRMOmw9eMU43D6Ih8d7RI3FNWprZ4UZxilJT5xxDygdygyACO6FiTmAv9dboNwrLMQW5R96jXlGREcAzFGU/s320/IMG_5972-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212581788091346802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />22. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hilotrons">Hilotrons</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDCPvaB_Xc81AESOcgiWFSE9ClBJzT_uoSc4yqWZqudsCsbwPnJEA2O4GnmYw4jELiDS_UI0HEMD2TvkBW9xccitr0vnOhoDLqV5-FpdggMJzcxtLZ5U__EDAnkqJFfExudQ/s1600-h/IMG_5976.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDCPvaB_Xc81AESOcgiWFSE9ClBJzT_uoSc4yqWZqudsCsbwPnJEA2O4GnmYw4jELiDS_UI0HEMD2TvkBW9xccitr0vnOhoDLqV5-FpdggMJzcxtLZ5U__EDAnkqJFfExudQ/s320/IMG_5976.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212608180938002370" border="0" /></a></div><br /></div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-58836022633547869392008-06-16T17:35:00.005-04:002008-06-16T17:43:44.412-04:00photo meme<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkvegan/2585482914/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2585482914_5619eeda65_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 306px; height: 233px;" /></a><br /><br /></div>Yoinked from <a href="http://mjmknitting.blogspot.com/">mjmknitting</a>:<br /><br />If you want to play too, here's how:<br />a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.<br />b. Using only the first page, pick an image.<br />c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.<br /><br />1. What is your first name?<br />2. What is your favorite food?<br />3. What high school did you go to?<br />4. What is your favorite color?<br />5. Who is your celebrity crush?<br />6. Favorite drink?<br />7. Dream vacation?<br />8. Favorite dessert?<br />9. What do you want to be when you grow up?<br />10. What do you love most in life?<br />11. One word to describe you.<br />12. Your Flickr name.Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-87689602944881896262008-04-22T15:55:00.006-04:002008-12-13T01:37:14.444-05:00Earth Day 2008Magnolia likes to take out the recycling!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8T_tmrMbsJa7MQDT0iMVgg7NSQZITT44gBbKPBABZdF8A2yf7M3pyKEgLqcEHjcg76cbVyVkrYBbwvNcDTUhtzau3DCNLm9tzGy5nLEaDQqNenDwXC4wrBn87VEOTf1WvZU/s1600-h/IMG_5835-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8T_tmrMbsJa7MQDT0iMVgg7NSQZITT44gBbKPBABZdF8A2yf7M3pyKEgLqcEHjcg76cbVyVkrYBbwvNcDTUhtzau3DCNLm9tzGy5nLEaDQqNenDwXC4wrBn87VEOTf1WvZU/s320/IMG_5835-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192172005329465602" /></a><br />Check out this bike shaped wreath. It was on McCaul, just north of Queen:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddUdEAV5YH1wLqFiXn4gSa2fVIFGEe4ecsEO9RkkUT6UvFxml9mzsA1us26LM99B68kLQQuECJFNLJIpU-Rh3KJXXWX-c068ysJr8-q437yMrUtWcdAx6b6nWiL5ylUL13Kw/s1600-h/IMG_5818-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddUdEAV5YH1wLqFiXn4gSa2fVIFGEe4ecsEO9RkkUT6UvFxml9mzsA1us26LM99B68kLQQuECJFNLJIpU-Rh3KJXXWX-c068ysJr8-q437yMrUtWcdAx6b6nWiL5ylUL13Kw/s320/IMG_5818-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192172275912405266" /></a>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-49141996532602677952008-04-20T18:25:00.000-04:002008-12-13T01:37:15.278-05:00International Record Store Day!Today is <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/">International Record Store Day</a>, so I listened to some records then went shopping for more records. I didn't find what I set out for, but of course I didn't go home empty handed:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWqSJDWWV1tnag9ljFEzSVERpkEUqeF4_DQw9qLEa8F7DIOYk5WEx5TYGZqHQDg6IH4iNhsL_5HDAuSZo2beEb-yMP4Upmi_0NrZYh7UiHbQD-oceoMbCkquWsaQkjyUMlm8/s1600-h/IMG_5824-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWqSJDWWV1tnag9ljFEzSVERpkEUqeF4_DQw9qLEa8F7DIOYk5WEx5TYGZqHQDg6IH4iNhsL_5HDAuSZo2beEb-yMP4Upmi_0NrZYh7UiHbQD-oceoMbCkquWsaQkjyUMlm8/s320/IMG_5824-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191101151098088002" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFR2WkSwUfUq5NKkxGcN3RuxCZkh8VyYx9mdObX3vAGTNa9QU2itDGgIl4G5R_uKBWlFaiI4FO5cjWHxbSjli3q_zjKetSfXBJx3JfK4K_MYhsefqU9oeZcct1Q0yQ87TvYU/s1600-h/IMG_5828-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFR2WkSwUfUq5NKkxGcN3RuxCZkh8VyYx9mdObX3vAGTNa9QU2itDGgIl4G5R_uKBWlFaiI4FO5cjWHxbSjli3q_zjKetSfXBJx3JfK4K_MYhsefqU9oeZcct1Q0yQ87TvYU/s320/IMG_5828-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191101206932662866" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a href="http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2008/04/International-Record-Store-Day-Events-Across-Canada">Lots going on</a> at Canadian record stores. Have you seen or read <a href="http://archive.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/03/31/high_fidelity/index.html">High Fidelity</a>?!<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KGWBTsZQwZo&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KGWBTsZQwZo&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object></div>I love my hot pink slip mat! Magnolia likes to sit on the side space over the 8 track deck on my record player:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZyj_QS4DYSeR9AZhdv3pjdxlooS_d-YuCXMpdAeUUpQP8ZDxFw3VExY51E7S5RzWKITN09FEgjByJwO54g6foilbpVt80GLAchCQMVOZNPZGqbPts_av_U39Axl8_4iQbEU/s1600-h/IMG_5768-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZyj_QS4DYSeR9AZhdv3pjdxlooS_d-YuCXMpdAeUUpQP8ZDxFw3VExY51E7S5RzWKITN09FEgjByJwO54g6foilbpVt80GLAchCQMVOZNPZGqbPts_av_U39Axl8_4iQbEU/s320/IMG_5768-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191092062947289634" border="0" /></a><br /></div>She collects records too:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu32qkKWrvSiFPX17dGUlTdzVhsuuM8803XoHnrxjPbsbwP1banqq9RhIJqLzccAZZQvoIfxe-fnwCJIA_D3U_4VAtKog3ZTet9SOKC7VAg1EeD1eZG_C3HgD0yIkcubBNXPc/s1600-h/IMG_5809-3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu32qkKWrvSiFPX17dGUlTdzVhsuuM8803XoHnrxjPbsbwP1banqq9RhIJqLzccAZZQvoIfxe-fnwCJIA_D3U_4VAtKog3ZTet9SOKC7VAg1EeD1eZG_C3HgD0yIkcubBNXPc/s320/IMG_5809-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191093991387605554" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5LUTeW6QVchfbVjPdJRO6RmdhGbAkaUXBM7He3QCLz-qaQ_TNGvxiSqSsuCQiZN3vRdvOQfrGNg0vD1n4yHreC4eSslcAXjVGaD3xml47AkpjlziBhL-0eQD-DoUVe1rFBw/s1600-h/IMG_5821-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5LUTeW6QVchfbVjPdJRO6RmdhGbAkaUXBM7He3QCLz-qaQ_TNGvxiSqSsuCQiZN3vRdvOQfrGNg0vD1n4yHreC4eSslcAXjVGaD3xml47AkpjlziBhL-0eQD-DoUVe1rFBw/s320/IMG_5821-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191091861083826706" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Funny that there are so many media stories about how shocking it is that people are still buying vinyl, or going back to buying vinyl. It's a lot like all those media stories about knitting being back in the spotlight. Just a few:<br /><a href="http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_21048.aspx">http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_21048.aspx</a><br /><span><a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13645_1-9849540-47.html?tag=nefd.blgs&tag=nl.e777">http://www.cnet.com/8301-13645_1-9849540-47.html?tag=nefd.blgs&tag=nl.e777<br /></a></span><span><a href="http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/10/listeningpost_1029">http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/10/listeningpost_1029<br /></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13191254.post-80802774404696674262008-03-27T20:15:00.005-04:002008-12-13T01:37:20.099-05:00Easter in NJ + NYCSpring's coming, believe it or not! I took a little trip to the US for family Easter and jam packed a lot into 5 days. I've been there a few times, but this was a first for Magnolia.<br /><br />The first night was to see Sahara Hotnights at The Knitting Factory:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAJbzHGYAaWEFi3ype9uEb0E120c-0MjOD9ay0sJxvkBDcvT6yzpDlqY9YcUEPLSGjwpjC7TeyPYAG7SnGb-jW08EzB-dXoMtN5bwrBp0QuBhUdYT0IfZnoscWNrIijhCAow/s1600-h/IMG_5170-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAJbzHGYAaWEFi3ype9uEb0E120c-0MjOD9ay0sJxvkBDcvT6yzpDlqY9YcUEPLSGjwpjC7TeyPYAG7SnGb-jW08EzB-dXoMtN5bwrBp0QuBhUdYT0IfZnoscWNrIijhCAow/s320/IMG_5170-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkXkFpUhS26AJisN0aJSmw9lLbEnEOD9AnIpDe5XGoT5AEv1pkTs4M2bEBGYti4gVJvd2Jj6FRge5ugVuwB6hs1z7cUXUdsxTVEsQZ7HV6ZQy2upGzvZtmLZ2GPy0saMU2_8/s1600-h/IMG_5172-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkXkFpUhS26AJisN0aJSmw9lLbEnEOD9AnIpDe5XGoT5AEv1pkTs4M2bEBGYti4gVJvd2Jj6FRge5ugVuwB6hs1z7cUXUdsxTVEsQZ7HV6ZQy2upGzvZtmLZ2GPy0saMU2_8/s320/IMG_5172-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlviixe1FB7XFALyJPfNs_yzU_v0Yzefov06DmR19Z7JXC6TGjhtUumWI9kzgvMxQBUfEl13aZkZq0B3WsEdYZ1ZHJKYguCCw6JkMmXDiX1LdJqFSJBnyRFFH2HZPGC5nJT7I/s1600-h/IMG_5165-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlviixe1FB7XFALyJPfNs_yzU_v0Yzefov06DmR19Z7JXC6TGjhtUumWI9kzgvMxQBUfEl13aZkZq0B3WsEdYZ1ZHJKYguCCw6JkMmXDiX1LdJqFSJBnyRFFH2HZPGC5nJT7I/s320/IMG_5165-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE4dtjO1AKO8JncivV4Ue9d7_glZbvRaK5edLOSI6amoWppzN_S62pfQJ2QUezYL-u7rawYWOz9AQHf5edBHa4E-Tmdrcpm321BzDLsblH_z6xIQnIMvBYFYKtroY-GdInZQ/s1600-h/IMG_5175-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE4dtjO1AKO8JncivV4Ue9d7_glZbvRaK5edLOSI6amoWppzN_S62pfQJ2QUezYL-u7rawYWOz9AQHf5edBHa4E-Tmdrcpm321BzDLsblH_z6xIQnIMvBYFYKtroY-GdInZQ/s320/IMG_5175-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I always eat at different places when I'm there, even though I usually like everything enough to go back, but I ate first night at Whole Foods, even though we have it in Toronto, just because it was right there when I needed it. The next morning though, I had the most delicious non-bacon, non-cheeseburger at <a href="http://www.curlyslunch.com/">Curly's Vegetartian Lunch</a>. Thanks for that recommendation, <a href="http://iheartsensibleshoes.blogspot.com/">Krissy</a>! It's a small little place on the East Side, and the non-cheeze was was divine!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG79QyBrXU4sPQfr3Exrz25cle6dYYbDOU_qrNP5xtYfNNHl8kgcgDKQBtaYIp7Iq08gghsKuK4vx4Yo76_OP8kasBcVRjpctxqFo0X6bVJBujsPibFHUsOnff0XbvCzCAc1k/s1600-h/IMG_5201-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG79QyBrXU4sPQfr3Exrz25cle6dYYbDOU_qrNP5xtYfNNHl8kgcgDKQBtaYIp7Iq08gghsKuK4vx4Yo76_OP8kasBcVRjpctxqFo0X6bVJBujsPibFHUsOnff0XbvCzCAc1k/s320/IMG_5201-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182565208777234674" border="0" /></a>Then lemon spelt vegan cupcake at <a href="http://www.babycakesnyc.com/">Babycakes</a>!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ttu_RC84LpLIYFcnqPINNlnhbKtygD7rwBCayAcpg3cDolA42owNFyduXviOfFm7JQtuwGvvH8DZMIDeILYg9NrKBkN4xya9QE3rLMNINMqIMv9Rshvt7AwiGSCA29IdGOk/s1600-h/IMG_5212-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ttu_RC84LpLIYFcnqPINNlnhbKtygD7rwBCayAcpg3cDolA42owNFyduXviOfFm7JQtuwGvvH8DZMIDeILYg9NrKBkN4xya9QE3rLMNINMqIMv9Rshvt7AwiGSCA29IdGOk/s320/IMG_5212-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182565513719912738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And later a small bowl of French onion soup at <a href="http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/menus/kates.htm">Kate's Joint</a>, I was in the 'hood looking for something that was closed but not hungry. It was alright but I think they could've put vegan cheeze on it, like I do when I make it.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRggKq9eb43bsIlrUv6iqP5KXHn0yCzAvTM9iH2ltWYN5aK5gZeT1Gr-xsHYql9N6FkpVP8sUdOznsxSLZBJJcmdlybXrzLxhNDwx2VQhDuTM54G1YikPTePmJg3vSquaYA0/s1600-h/IMG_5224-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRggKq9eb43bsIlrUv6iqP5KXHn0yCzAvTM9iH2ltWYN5aK5gZeT1Gr-xsHYql9N6FkpVP8sUdOznsxSLZBJJcmdlybXrzLxhNDwx2VQhDuTM54G1YikPTePmJg3vSquaYA0/s320/IMG_5224-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182565337626253570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Employees must brush teeth:<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKW7duKFO8rJxXkkMUlmgK8XdjTPKzHA_I5J3GxiR1ljv0yIlAINXQCQmYMXRfNi4DjN8NerDTrMp3SO3w02OeGtFDtW6XMzOItqQqWS8rhd12GObM4t3ZC_r5P6LwcRxmBM/s1600-h/IMG_5226-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKW7duKFO8rJxXkkMUlmgK8XdjTPKzHA_I5J3GxiR1ljv0yIlAINXQCQmYMXRfNi4DjN8NerDTrMp3SO3w02OeGtFDtW6XMzOItqQqWS8rhd12GObM4t3ZC_r5P6LwcRxmBM/s320/IMG_5226-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182566273929124162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Black cat taking a nap on the bin for 7" at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/generationrecordsnyc">Generation Records</a>:<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN99Buj9DV10S6YMeFGiOx0edSPPASE2gIlInVY_HB4-0xg0013pdy7QvjRSWsQDl7HqSYz2i9RMhROSSe56yQmmAWDDZ44ayUjPgdYhVZLzFl86AhJRHYPXT7ReXv1CKl9DA/s1600-h/IMG_5241-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN99Buj9DV10S6YMeFGiOx0edSPPASE2gIlInVY_HB4-0xg0013pdy7QvjRSWsQDl7HqSYz2i9RMhROSSe56yQmmAWDDZ44ayUjPgdYhVZLzFl86AhJRHYPXT7ReXv1CKl9DA/s320/IMG_5241-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182566424252979538" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Magnolia thought these Barbies looked ridiculous in fur coats.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf8VGs3nsEEA0N01tzpJy0Zlw8ErtYYVTFl2shoiWz2kRvgeGdQ1IEJiciY59vWetdZWWqtWlrSY4v_4qzquyXTOKqJuwSKVG9HRGJjMYBmLSA4z_LqaXlYocalnvicb4kaE/s1600-h/IMG_5237-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf8VGs3nsEEA0N01tzpJy0Zlw8ErtYYVTFl2shoiWz2kRvgeGdQ1IEJiciY59vWetdZWWqtWlrSY4v_4qzquyXTOKqJuwSKVG9HRGJjMYBmLSA4z_LqaXlYocalnvicb4kaE/s320/IMG_5237-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182566007641151794" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I love peanut butter too much, so I had to hit <a href="http://www.ilovepeanutbutter.com/">this place</a>! Not all vegan but vegan-friendly:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHX35OoETAVqtyVkZrQsdeecAkUWGJiXZ1tdBAElomlrudC-MFdKnN0ljDcrd3cAmj9YgEXiRJVskz_ygGX9I6iBfPm9X8tr3Rfh1htF-xz7LbNnGv_xC1OUSoHnbkMSV2Yk/s1600-h/IMG_5245-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHX35OoETAVqtyVkZrQsdeecAkUWGJiXZ1tdBAElomlrudC-MFdKnN0ljDcrd3cAmj9YgEXiRJVskz_ygGX9I6iBfPm9X8tr3Rfh1htF-xz7LbNnGv_xC1OUSoHnbkMSV2Yk/s320/IMG_5245-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182566630411409762" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />That was right across from <a href="http://www.sacredchow.com/">Sacred Chow</a>, where I met up with friends from here and there for a fabulous night:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvSj9b9NnL756R8sfyoUETrXRmB9KFbzKmyzTlW6D3Y12BYKMF5vKjckGkiGXRurLE3wpSUdFtlbKq8IvEJD7lsGCkETSVf9Jx8bmLPizTBDe7IbS97Zse969ZxYxtfgjgvE/s1600-h/IMG_5248-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvSj9b9NnL756R8sfyoUETrXRmB9KFbzKmyzTlW6D3Y12BYKMF5vKjckGkiGXRurLE3wpSUdFtlbKq8IvEJD7lsGCkETSVf9Jx8bmLPizTBDe7IbS97Zse969ZxYxtfgjgvE/s320/IMG_5248-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182574747899599378" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Magnolia played a bit at <a href="http://www.fao.com/home.jsp">FAO Schwarz</a>:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUqdZP5Xgdoe2xBs2V4ERZEDB3AbYRQo6vmalFMr8SeFCkDtnPZAO14vZj2axQmoISncULc67_MF1Uilj2BIC7BQMqMC7cfKY6qVY_bKH1wc5ItWPjrlDwtGZwpwhvQtx8wQ/s1600-h/IMG_5464-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUqdZP5Xgdoe2xBs2V4ERZEDB3AbYRQo6vmalFMr8SeFCkDtnPZAO14vZj2axQmoISncULc67_MF1Uilj2BIC7BQMqMC7cfKY6qVY_bKH1wc5ItWPjrlDwtGZwpwhvQtx8wQ/s320/IMG_5464-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182568618981267922" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Magnolia was very patient in the long line to get up the Empire State Building. She liked to see the Chrysler Building from way up high, because it's in the <a href="http://www.hbo.com/city/">SaTC</a> theme:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-hYEHXcgpUDPAZECzxH_WUMhG8hd9OphnE9DFF0iFjSR9ZilTusbAvM1yFKqLwHRaW_a03B6C1MSHfXxI-21A6OYu68g-V3n4xxRz0F2wmKPK5eSAihwciObfRdCZZ8pVEM/s1600-h/IMG_5488-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-hYEHXcgpUDPAZECzxH_WUMhG8hd9OphnE9DFF0iFjSR9ZilTusbAvM1yFKqLwHRaW_a03B6C1MSHfXxI-21A6OYu68g-V3n4xxRz0F2wmKPK5eSAihwciObfRdCZZ8pVEM/s320/IMG_5488-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182569134377343458" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />And later we saw a Chrysler Building replica made of Lego at Toys R Us in Times Square:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBD5nh7BwXHI8aXmd51gKNs6VskjKcz1p_XKN0lg3U9jr1ggw7ey3Gd-_3c0Hr-2N0xXywpc8GnIgx6DK6JS_Kfcr6usLUZjf3iyCOADuZ9SK1n7ApHB4ik3tHuRdQAUXXzM/s1600-h/IMG_5533-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBD5nh7BwXHI8aXmd51gKNs6VskjKcz1p_XKN0lg3U9jr1ggw7ey3Gd-_3c0Hr-2N0xXywpc8GnIgx6DK6JS_Kfcr6usLUZjf3iyCOADuZ9SK1n7ApHB4ik3tHuRdQAUXXzM/s320/IMG_5533-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182569718492895746" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />In New Jersey we visited lovely relatives, walked the Jersey Shore:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPOUiaaExZfMrWhBfBksbK-4uJ84RbpJLYwA5ne_WJKeCDY3vDnrU_3IkPwlJyhRORlB6bjSOlbdlNO15Z5MqVaSKEx8YIr5qxlKyCsGKdi2ddDOAf9G3JAwEsVFKPpiYVF8/s1600-h/IMG_5381.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPOUiaaExZfMrWhBfBksbK-4uJ84RbpJLYwA5ne_WJKeCDY3vDnrU_3IkPwlJyhRORlB6bjSOlbdlNO15Z5MqVaSKEx8YIr5qxlKyCsGKdi2ddDOAf9G3JAwEsVFKPpiYVF8/s320/IMG_5381.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182569452204923378" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />.... caught a peek of the Easter Bunny at the pub:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtr0Vv86zvqQNkpThQYJB0TD94t8TJGKKT7el1xOKmVpdR8m10HiQYkwLFgwh8br7Hp-y7oB17mCec5QEoN-m6IPXIHnuXSCgaDgFA-p8iuCbfOhLqMGZ8R7sS612Wpgz4QuE/s1600-h/IMG_5368-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtr0Vv86zvqQNkpThQYJB0TD94t8TJGKKT7el1xOKmVpdR8m10HiQYkwLFgwh8br7Hp-y7oB17mCec5QEoN-m6IPXIHnuXSCgaDgFA-p8iuCbfOhLqMGZ8R7sS612Wpgz4QuE/s320/IMG_5368-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182568120765061538" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />..... had an Easter Egg Hunt with chocolate hiding up high:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBvg2bvI0HDiT8lHkxDvkMGQd8bzvtraxYMTxCYf8wS0cw4-RtdHZ2VDn6O4if-t92JEuIzy6l2PfmT3FvAmuNKpKHSRgdXz0bmaJ5tzppURWlTW0ilqjE8Mvd9o6EMoiVz0/s1600-h/IMG_5346-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBvg2bvI0HDiT8lHkxDvkMGQd8bzvtraxYMTxCYf8wS0cw4-RtdHZ2VDn6O4if-t92JEuIzy6l2PfmT3FvAmuNKpKHSRgdXz0bmaJ5tzppURWlTW0ilqjE8Mvd9o6EMoiVz0/s320/IMG_5346-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182567901721729426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">... and dog-safe treats down low. Daisy didn't know what to make of the rush for the Easter Egg Hunt:<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrv-V34T_BxKl4YkJydR_-QichHbz6D7OA_I2W0ARfKmeKHTohHMQPYsThEr0qqgm4bClWiNP3csGWs4nNmcXToCiH_iJkBRFLWKu8LVpW31-rGjdEfjRLscDyjgefvlMlkiY/s1600-h/IMG_5317-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrv-V34T_BxKl4YkJydR_-QichHbz6D7OA_I2W0ARfKmeKHTohHMQPYsThEr0qqgm4bClWiNP3csGWs4nNmcXToCiH_iJkBRFLWKu8LVpW31-rGjdEfjRLscDyjgefvlMlkiY/s320/IMG_5317-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182567790052579714" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PX92Tgh-NtbdbSarxeh7KEcInEev2b0OZStSvs55AtjRdtO0U966fHLOnnRmOc0SbxDuWoNi9L-aVYcjiuuvAOBhsTW4YhZDOXZkq0JMdXTkzNEHcHKifP5YwBohTb-zjLg/s1600-h/IMG_5330-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PX92Tgh-NtbdbSarxeh7KEcInEev2b0OZStSvs55AtjRdtO0U966fHLOnnRmOc0SbxDuWoNi9L-aVYcjiuuvAOBhsTW4YhZDOXZkq0JMdXTkzNEHcHKifP5YwBohTb-zjLg/s320/IMG_5330-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182567613958920562" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />And of course there was more eating (I didn't eat this but it's pretty):<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pdhwsr3EE69Gae4SDdA6sGwUK8exvpvXWVRqqwF6seY3qAzkqQlVcy9FuAjSfzcEWBQT2XeJl9-X0YHcP1xQHYSmMVVz5BWyOH5EDdpVTJJip15_v2GiRamOoUQoRXibpnc/s1600-h/IMG_5408-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pdhwsr3EE69Gae4SDdA6sGwUK8exvpvXWVRqqwF6seY3qAzkqQlVcy9FuAjSfzcEWBQT2XeJl9-X0YHcP1xQHYSmMVVz5BWyOH5EDdpVTJJip15_v2GiRamOoUQoRXibpnc/s320/IMG_5408-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182568206664407474" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hoppy belated Easter!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8H7B8TW-MDiVNTvo05fBrA-QmyDD4oZNZU-spnNTIvH-ruwJCl7iJ7iN-egiymCqWInMObqyBuxgEjJQnt_hrGahg1Jxy368bBW8NQvRDHhFOU-1MF9JP2LeSjYInOe8iYM/s1600-h/IMG_5158.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8H7B8TW-MDiVNTvo05fBrA-QmyDD4oZNZU-spnNTIvH-ruwJCl7iJ7iN-egiymCqWInMObqyBuxgEjJQnt_hrGahg1Jxy368bBW8NQvRDHhFOU-1MF9JP2LeSjYInOe8iYM/s320/IMG_5158.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182565414935664914" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176995225722831964noreply@blogger.com5