NYC: Shopping

Knitty City was the only yarn shop I visited. The purchases shown include a hank of yarn sold by a kitty rescue group (never seen it before). I hope to blend at least one of the hanks into another Color Affection shawl. Colors are pretty close - reddish, purple and charcoal.

And of course, there are books. One from the Sketchbook Project at the Brooklyn Art Library and two from The Cloisters, because I like biographies and history.

NYC: Seen

• Central Park
• from snow in Minneapolis to 80 degrees; I had to take a walk
• Guggenheim Museum
• the building is irresistible
• Kandinsky (one of my favorites)
• Gutai (interesting if not my thing)
• Whitney
• From Calder to O'Keefe (ok but nothing new)
• Jay DeFeo (meh)
• Blues for Smoke (a so-so exhibit)
• overall this was a disappointment
• they dismantled Calder's Circus, which is unforgivable
• Morgan Library
• Miss La La (wonderful and fascinating)
• Drawing Surrealism (loved it)
• Treasures from the Vault (~sigh~)
• an indescribably amazing experience
• Brooklyn Art Library
• Sketchbooks
• very fun to see what others have done with their sketchbooks
• not sure I'll be able to do another after seeing what others have done with their sketchbooks
• Jersey Boys
• Motown was sold out, The Book of Mormon was too expensive
• I have no regrets
• unbelievably, I had never seen a musical on Broadway before
• Cloisters
• can't understand why I'd never gone before
• wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
• Frick
• The Impressionist Line
• highlight: Holbein's portrait of Sir Thomas Moore
• Met
• Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity (great exhibit)
• At War With the Obvious (had to pass through)
• International Center for Photography
• We Went Back (stunning, moving, enlightening)

NYC: Images

Narrative and yarn shots later.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

I just want to say, I'll be leaving town tomorrow and I couldn't be more excited

After last year, I promised myself I would take a trip this year that did not involve a child or work

Tomorrow that is happening

Although I did not choose my destination for the weather, it looks like there will be a 50 degree temperature change for me tomorrow

Very hard to pack for that

As far as what's happening here....well...The Girls are in the process of purchasing a house



There is an amazing built-in buffet (below), and the tile in front of the fireplace (above) is awesome!




There have been lots of flowers

and Purgatory has a button tree that I rather like



Don't know if I'll post while I'm gone, but hopefully I'll have pictures next week

i am enough

Embracing Vulnerability with Brene Brown
TED Talk found on Post Secret
Then, I was talking with an Instructor at work about it and turns out she uses this one in class all the time.