walking the dog and a knitting event

is it spring? in january?

milly and i passed queen elizabeth waving hello from an apartment window . . 

resting in soho after checking for kitty litter at the local pet store.

walking to times square and the marriott marquis hotel for the vogue knitting event. (it was a very grey and foggy afternoon.)

the traffic cops are so intrepid.

the vogue knitting live event hosts a plethora of yarn and fiber accessory vendors, along with classes and lectures. my lecture this evening was with tricia malcolm, once editor of vogue magazine who now works for rowan yarn. she talked about the latest pantone colors and how they were applied in the latest knitting and crochet designs.

 

so this year's color is "peach fuzz" and several other colors were chosen to compliment it.

there are also several base colors that are used with the complimentary colors.

of course every color seems to be happening here . . 

a darker version of the bulky sweater . . i'm not sure how this ties in with the pantone colors, but she did manage to do so.  i was impressed with how she saw a grand scheme and how the present styles played off of past styles and how they pointed to future styles.

here's the color scheme along with the latest trend: pants and vest/cardigan outfits. these items are crocheted, which is currently very popular.

another popular item: the prada bag, retailing for $2000 (which we all found very amusing).

large bulky intarsia sweaters . . 

more outfits . . 

some of these were crochet, i think. the one on the right is a classic cardigan style that looks very comfy and pajama like here.

this is a beautiful crochet dress.

passing the event sign on my way out.

outside it was night with all the lights shining, making it look like daytime.

the sign is wishing everyone a happy chinese new year.

last, but not least, greg and i drove to soho when moving the car to pick up a large bag of kitty litter (back at home we had leftover meatloaf and lentil soup for dinner.)

a wet day

i was uptown for an acupuncture session . . and then i walked halfway home before catching the bus.

i made a meatloaf this evening, in the pan kathy and warren gave me for christmas. it came out very good (according to chanda and greg . . and me too) considering i haven't made a meatloaf in years.

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morgan is in paris helping victoria sort through her photos and journals . .

(sweet rebel)

tech

it's tech week so the five year olds' class was held in the same building as the theatre, which made it easy for me to pop into chanda's rehearsal.

 
receiving notes for a group piece she's dancing in . . 

(her friend amelia's piece titled, in the presence of . . )

waiting for the lighting designer (serena) to be ready . . 

morningtide, (music by toru takemitsu - toward the sea ii, cape cod)

discussion afterwards with ellen and serena . . 

holiday food

 
finishing up the last slices of stollen that marisa brought me a week and a half ago.

it's a rainy day . . 

sometimes it's hard for me to write a post because whenever i sit down at the desk, zuzu jumps onto my lap . . and eventually (and very persistently) tries to walk on the keyboard. i'm typing all this with her on my lap now . . actually she has her front paws draped over my right arm . . 

it feels nice to have the cookie jar stocked with christmas cookies.

still christmas here

 
i guess i've felt like being on a holiday vacation from blogger as i haven't posted since january 5th. i also spent about two weeks with a very bad cold, which could be considered the flu since i felt so achy and feverish, even though i didn't have a fever. i felt so bad that i tested myself for covid twice . . both times resulted in a negative. last monday i finally felt normal and well, just in time to enjoy winter weather: it went down to 18 degrees and snowed lightly for a few days (just a white blanket covering the sidewalks and trees - enough to be picturesque, though everything iced up for the week as it stayed below freezing). greg and i went out to the house to check up on things and to see how bad the erosion was at ditch with the storm surge. i have photos i hope to post soon. i rescued the christmas cookie dough from the freezer out there that korrina had made and which i had left behind. this evening i rolled out enough to fill two cookie sheets for baking. greg and i had them with hot chocolate and homemade marshmallows from mah ze dahr which chanda had bought for us. chanda is recovering from having two impacted wisdom teeth out . . i have photos of that too! (just waiting room photos!)

pluto keeps putting his paws with sharp claws on my lap . . i honestly think he wants me to get off the computer. he's ready for bed . . i'll sign off and try to write more tomorrow . . though it will be a busy day.

here's pics from dinner tonight and from cookie baking . .