That lovely lady, Suzzallo

Suzzallo has been well photographed. I'm sure you could do a web search and find better pics than these. But, I still wanted to share this, one of the campus' lovelier features. (ahem, Sam and Rosei, I hope you're paying attention ;)

Glass noodles

Glass noodles are made of potato starch. they are my new magic food. They have little taste, no color, and are super clear (These are have a bit of color - the grey - because they are made from sweet potatoes).

But these noodles are so springy chewy stretchy awesome. It may just be me? If you try them, let me know what you think :) They go great with terityaki.

A rare sunny morning

I have been a bit preoccupied with the weather lately.

New table from craigslist

So, we've found our house, our kitchen table, a lovely gold velvet and black chair, and now our dining room table on craigslist. Now if craigslist would only cough up a lovely little couch....

The table is lovely. These are the pics that went with the posting (I'll take some of my own once I pick up all the paint swatches spread across the dining room). It's much bigger than it looks here - we only have 4 chairs, but it could fit 8. The distressed black is lovely, very well done. It works really well with the 2 tones of wood we have in the dining room. And, it's tall - the perfect crafting height. We just need to get a table cloth to protect it!

Happy Birthday Emmy!

Emmy is my oldest friend. We've known each other since before we could talk. She is a true blue friend.

Emmy, I hope you're having a wonderful birthday! And thanks for being willing to drive up here on your special day!

p.s. Isn't 6th grade everyone's most attractive year? Sorry I couldn't find a cute one of us when we were really little..... next time I'm in Eugene I'll raid Ravi's photo album :)

Foggy nights

I haven't been blogging much lately. I don't really have a reason/excuse, except maybe that I've fallen into a bit of a winter haze.

But, I have lots to catch up on now. Erik got a new camera, so I have his old one. It's pretty rad - I actually like the old one a bit better, so I;m pretty much in heaven. and now I can do a few daily series I've been wanting to experiment with. Now, if I could just have a few daylight hours, I'd be all set.

So, Seattle has had some of the most amazing foggy days lately. The type where you loose tree branches, and the other side of the street. I love the fog - it's my second favorite type of weather - right after snow, and right above raining while the sun is shining.

These were taken on my way to and from work - not exactly premo stuff.

Friends make the world go round

I got a surprise present in the mail today. Thank you Hana <3 <3 <3

This weekend

We ate fruit for breakfast.



Saw dead flowers

And live ones

Balloons blowing in the wind

Walked to the frye museum, and found a church/castle on the way

with adorable chairs

and a sea of poinsettas


I always feel like a voyeur in churches, as I don't share one bit of the belief.

Everyone loves the public library




we got a new kitchen table

and the city was cloudy. I don't know many cities that can look as lovely or elegant in the clouds as Seattle can.

Did you have a good weekend?