Pink Martini and Stitch n Pitch

If I wasn't having so much fun I would be worried about my lack of knitting over the past week. I have only done about 30 rows in my brother's socks but I don't care. I am having a ball!

Two nights ago my friend and I went to see Pink Martini at the Woodland Park Zoo. They were amazing. It was so much fun to sit outside in the sun, listen to amazing music, snack on great food and visit with my good friend.

Afterwards we went to the New Orleans Jazz Bar in Pioneer Square and listened to some old and young musos jam. Pretty cool

Last night I went to see the Mariners lose to Oakland, but it was 'Stitch and Pitch' night. There were knitters every where. The night was warm and clear. In the middle of every inning they flashed video of knitters, knitting at the game, up on the massive replay screen. They even had knitting trivia questions on the screen.

And Debbie Macomber threw out the first pitch! It was lots of fun.

Now if they would just have a baseball-knitting-chocolate night I would never leave the ball park. But we did have garlic fries and Miller Light Beer - that was a close second.

Take me out to the ball game...........

Thanks for the advice, Jejune, much better now!!

Books and Groceries

Today is beautiful and sunny in Seattle. I'm going out soon to have morning tea with a friend and then I am going to see if Tahoma is out. If it is I'll take a photo and then you will know.

No yarn yesterday but books and groceries.
It was an absolute mind/taste feast - watch!













Elliott Bay Book Company
is in Pioneer Square -
CBD Seattle.
Absolutely the best book shop in the World!!

And they have a coffee shop
downstairs.















These pictures are only about 1/3 of the shop.

The craft section isn't great

but really, who cares.

And my mom's LGS - Local Grocery Store -

the Metropolitan

Market. Really, who wouldn't want

to go grocery shopping here?

They have 'events'!

Fresh local raspberries for so cheap

and they are way bigger and way sweeter

than ours at home.

Again -

this is about 1/5 of the whole store.

While I was taking these photos

the manager came over to me

and told me I was not allowed to take

photos in the store - competition and all that!

I got enough to show you!

This afternoon I am going to Zoo Tunes

to see Pink Martini

at the Woodland Park Zoo!

I'll post some photos for fans later.

Ciao till later. Rhonda (when I get home I am going to get some blogging help - I am hopeless)

Something wrong and I can't be bothered fixing it right now

Well, something is wrong but - well I can't fix it so the entry I just posted is all over the place but I think you get the idea.
Thanks for your nice thoughts and I miss everyone at home. Oh, and something I forgot to tell you - sorry - it was 26 degrees today and I think I got a little pink on my nose!

Sigh and Yumm!!

Second day here Seattle was raining - so the day became the shopping day! I'm not one to waste time or save for a rainy day (even tho I had saved and it was a rainy day!)

Sooo off to the LYS only one mile away.









SIGH!

My mom is a great knitter and she did a little shopping too!

And the sock yarn!!!

And to make you even more jealous - the knitting books!!

There were more than this but I just couldn't do it to you!

I came home with a wee little stash - but don't worry about me. The yarn shop is having a big sale before I come home so I am saving up the rest of my shopping in this shop for the sale. I did buy some Tofuties sock yarn because I just couldn't resist it.

Then is was off to small town America. Really this place is only 2 hours out of Seattle. It's called Cle Elem. My brother has a house near by in a resort but the little town is still very country. I went for the weekend with my brother and his two boys. We had breakfast here along with the local sheriffs and half of the town popluation.

My little brother checkin out the pie!

And dinner was at Roslyn Cafe - anyone remember Northern Exposure - this is the town where it was filmed. They made the best hamburger I have had in years. Seriously.

And this is the view of the Golf Course from the Inn near my brother's house in the mountains.

I had a lovely weekend, swimming, eating, hanging out with my nephews, playing board games, drinking cocktails, walking and knitting. Now I'm back in the city ready for more adventures. This coming week it is more eating, baseball games, catching up with old friends, hanging with my folks and my relatives and maybe more yarn shopping - of course more yarn shopping!

SIGH! I'm having fun!

I'm in the USA!!

Hi - well I made it. After almost 26 hours of traveling I made it. It wasn't the worst flight I have ever been on but it wasn't the best either. The food was shockingly bad, even for airline food. And my feet and ankles are still swollen. But I got my sock knitting through all of the check points so I had something to take my mind off all of the bad stuff, at least.
The first leg of my flight - from Sydney to Honolulu I sat next to Lucy - a very talented 20 something Newcastle musician. She played me some of her stuff on her ipod and she is really good. We had a pretty good time. The second leg of my flight - from Honolulu to Seattle I sat next to Molly - a very talented 20 something musician from Idaho. Honest!! She played me some of HER music on HER ipod and she too was very good. She doesn't have a web site yet but will send it to me when she gets one. It was a bit uncanny.

Seattle is great. It is raining today - surprize?- but warm and lovely. My folks are doing unbelievably well, considering my dad has cancer and a kidney removed three months ago. My son is really good and working finally. My first day here was full of good things. We went to Costco and had a polish sausage and did a bit of shopping. Then I met up with my son and we went to the waterfront and to the Crab Pot for a beer (Miller lite) and some crab cakes and chili prawns. Yum Yum! Then back to the restaurant that he works at - The Mission - and then I walked about 3 miles home and fell into bed overwhelmed with holiday! In a good way, of course.

Today I am going to the LYS and then up to my brother's "Cabin" Ahem! I will take photos and post them when I get back.

My mom has coffee ready for me when I come downstairs in the morning! I can smell pine! My dad is well! I'm going yarn shopping! All is well with the world.

Rhonda

I'm Off!

I'm catching a plane tomorrow for the US! There are so many good things about going but I am really nervous too. I'm only taking one suitcase. I am planning on visiting Vinnies over there and buying a second hand case to bring back all my treasures!!

Two that will miss me-

But not as much as I'll miss them!!

See ya from Seattle.

Not too fancy but hopefully just fancy enough!

These are another present - a belated present. I wanted to make button up wrist warmers for a friend for her birthday. I didn't have time to do any fancy ass knitting so they are pretty plain but I think she will like them. And I decide not to knit thumbs into them.

They are two strands of 2 ply soft wool and the green is really much nicer than the photo's show. I will make them again and I will use a cable pattern or something. But the buttons really make them, I think. They are antique buttons from Knitting Nettie's stash.

Ciao for now. Rhonda