been a long time fan of DRY soda, but didn't know they had two AWESOME SOUNDING new sodas out! i will be venturing out to fox and obel's as soon as i return to chicago, so i can make lora a virgin gin and tonic!!!
-papermoon
January 21, 2009
who knew?
been a long time fan of DRY soda, but didn't know they had two AWESOME SOUNDING new sodas out! i will be venturing out to fox and obel's as soon as i return to chicago, so i can make lora a virgin gin and tonic!!!
-papermoon
exploratorium--san fran day one.
hello! from far warmer place than chicago!
i had a long flight in to california--as my dad says, getting out here feels like getting to europe-- but it wasn't half a problem, considering i had some good reading in tow, and some celine dion music videos on my itunes. i arrived and had the lovely good fortune of having a chaffeur service in the form of my uncle, who drove me right to cassie's door-- so nice of him!
cassie's apartment is lovely and nothing beats the company. i had a delicious dinner with the witten siblings last night and got a view of what a hopping scene the mission area is, even on a tuesday night. (i had roast chicken and olive oil mashed potatoes. delicious.) we watched some little house on the prairie (she has all the seasons on dvd, now, too!) and then crashed in her pretty bedroom. i got some (peet's!) coffee with her this morning before she left for work, which had me reminiscing as i got my morning dose.
ben and i spent the morning discussing the farm movement, jamie oliver, cooking, natural living, and politics. highly enjoyable. then we had some soup for lunch, and headed off to a great museum: san francisco's exploratorium!
it reminded me a great deal of the liberty science center, back east, but with a lot less structure in terms of your route--which i appreciated. the highlights were a two person exhibit in which you read questions to eachother and gauged how anxious it made the other person via graph readouts (very funny) a huge contraption that blew smoke rings, a dome that you could pull over your head to experience the emotional outcome of being inundated with different colors (AWESOME), and a pitch black "tactile dome" which we did three times. we would be bad at being blind.
tonight we will go to dinner again and that should be delightful. san francisco is beautiful, clean, and a lot more lush than i expected. very pretty trees and such mountains! and i am still shocked at the crazy hills. no amount of warning prepared me for cars parallel parked on a serious incline.
on an entirely different note, my brother is hilarious for making this:
later!
-papermoon
i had a long flight in to california--as my dad says, getting out here feels like getting to europe-- but it wasn't half a problem, considering i had some good reading in tow, and some celine dion music videos on my itunes. i arrived and had the lovely good fortune of having a chaffeur service in the form of my uncle, who drove me right to cassie's door-- so nice of him!
cassie's apartment is lovely and nothing beats the company. i had a delicious dinner with the witten siblings last night and got a view of what a hopping scene the mission area is, even on a tuesday night. (i had roast chicken and olive oil mashed potatoes. delicious.) we watched some little house on the prairie (she has all the seasons on dvd, now, too!) and then crashed in her pretty bedroom. i got some (peet's!) coffee with her this morning before she left for work, which had me reminiscing as i got my morning dose.
ben and i spent the morning discussing the farm movement, jamie oliver, cooking, natural living, and politics. highly enjoyable. then we had some soup for lunch, and headed off to a great museum: san francisco's exploratorium!
it reminded me a great deal of the liberty science center, back east, but with a lot less structure in terms of your route--which i appreciated. the highlights were a two person exhibit in which you read questions to eachother and gauged how anxious it made the other person via graph readouts (very funny) a huge contraption that blew smoke rings, a dome that you could pull over your head to experience the emotional outcome of being inundated with different colors (AWESOME), and a pitch black "tactile dome" which we did three times. we would be bad at being blind.
tonight we will go to dinner again and that should be delightful. san francisco is beautiful, clean, and a lot more lush than i expected. very pretty trees and such mountains! and i am still shocked at the crazy hills. no amount of warning prepared me for cars parallel parked on a serious incline.
on an entirely different note, my brother is hilarious for making this:
later!
-papermoon
January 20, 2009
i've been busy and i will soon be busier!
hi all!
i have been very MIA, my apologies. i have been a busy bee, preparing for a trip i am taking to san francisco-- leaving today. first time out there and i'm excited!
i will start the week with my lovely friend cassie (not to mention her brother, ben!), stealing as much of her day as she has left over between and after work hours. i am excited for the reunion-- for the last four and some years we have seen much more of eachother than her move out west has recently allowed. it will be great to catch up and see what her new chapter is like.
once the weekend hits, i am very excited to be getting in a visit-- and a baptism, no less!-- with my san francisco cousins! i have never visited with them in their home territory, and i can't wait. i get to meet my littlest cousin, and catch up with the rest of the troop, whose company i so completely enjoyed at the november wedding. it is nice to have some relatives with such a comparable experience of siblinghood (a parallel family of six kids!) to mine.
i have been sewing like a maniac so that i can bring presents, which is my way. i am very pleased:
for baby, a baseball bib:
the last two bags in the series i have been showing you:
for my grandma (who is visiting, too) a little travel jewelery case:
i didn't know what to whip up for the boys, but i found (alas, didn't make) some great gifts:
hopefully none of them are reading my blog too much so the surprise won't be spoiled... but at this point i think they are probably too busy to check before i will see them, as my cousins emma and elizabeth are singing at the inauguration today!!! so totally exciting. i have been up all morning and sifted through the channels enough to hear them and to see that they caught elizabeth looking lovely in every song! nice job guys!
in any case, i am still in my flannels and glued to the tv. my stomach hurts terribly from the 5 cups of coffee i've had, and the two eggs and three pancakes i ate for the occasion. i am praying the snowflakes won't upend my flight patterns. i can't decide if i should be lazy, and take a cab, or cheap, and take the el...
later!
-papermoon
i have been very MIA, my apologies. i have been a busy bee, preparing for a trip i am taking to san francisco-- leaving today. first time out there and i'm excited!
i will start the week with my lovely friend cassie (not to mention her brother, ben!), stealing as much of her day as she has left over between and after work hours. i am excited for the reunion-- for the last four and some years we have seen much more of eachother than her move out west has recently allowed. it will be great to catch up and see what her new chapter is like.
once the weekend hits, i am very excited to be getting in a visit-- and a baptism, no less!-- with my san francisco cousins! i have never visited with them in their home territory, and i can't wait. i get to meet my littlest cousin, and catch up with the rest of the troop, whose company i so completely enjoyed at the november wedding. it is nice to have some relatives with such a comparable experience of siblinghood (a parallel family of six kids!) to mine.
i have been sewing like a maniac so that i can bring presents, which is my way. i am very pleased:
for baby, a baseball bib:
the last two bags in the series i have been showing you:
for my grandma (who is visiting, too) a little travel jewelery case:
i didn't know what to whip up for the boys, but i found (alas, didn't make) some great gifts:
a reporter's notebook for my encyclopedia brown loving cousin, a nice compact moleskine set for the oldest of the family, and bananagrams for everyone, in the guise of a gift for my uncle.
hopefully none of them are reading my blog too much so the surprise won't be spoiled... but at this point i think they are probably too busy to check before i will see them, as my cousins emma and elizabeth are singing at the inauguration today!!! so totally exciting. i have been up all morning and sifted through the channels enough to hear them and to see that they caught elizabeth looking lovely in every song! nice job guys!
in any case, i am still in my flannels and glued to the tv. my stomach hurts terribly from the 5 cups of coffee i've had, and the two eggs and three pancakes i ate for the occasion. i am praying the snowflakes won't upend my flight patterns. i can't decide if i should be lazy, and take a cab, or cheap, and take the el...
later!
-papermoon
January 15, 2009
something i missed about milk...
...is the color of tea mixed with it.
although i do like the way soymilk makes a little coral reef in a cup of tea. when i stop being lazy i will do a comparison picture of the two.
right now, i am going to enjoy listening to music, in the middle of a mess of fabric in my room, drinking a perfect cup of tea in a perfect tea cup.
-papermoon
although i do like the way soymilk makes a little coral reef in a cup of tea. when i stop being lazy i will do a comparison picture of the two.
right now, i am going to enjoy listening to music, in the middle of a mess of fabric in my room, drinking a perfect cup of tea in a perfect tea cup.
-papermoon
January 14, 2009
just kidding.
looks like tomorrow's going to be even worse, weather wise. i am going to evanston.
later-
-papermoon
later-
-papermoon
foiled!
woke up early with serious plans to get myself to the vogue fabrics in evanston, but my view was snow snow and more snow... and regardless of how severe it is, it's just too much for me if i'd be lugging a bunch of fabric/notions around in it.
luckily, i love snow, so it doesn't really put a damper on things. at all.
AND... i made scones. mmm. i love the joy of cooking. and heavy cream.
off to another bag! can't say i'm not looking forward to another day snuggled in front of my machine.
scones and yesterday's bag.
-papermoon
luckily, i love snow, so it doesn't really put a damper on things. at all.
AND... i made scones. mmm. i love the joy of cooking. and heavy cream.
off to another bag! can't say i'm not looking forward to another day snuggled in front of my machine.
scones and yesterday's bag.
-papermoon
January 13, 2009
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