old lady fun

Homemade pumpkin bread and pumpkin ice cream (oh yeah), friends, a little wine, and this pumpkin carved up in our little yard. Not my best work, but got the job done. I'm so ready for you, Park Slope trick-or-treaters!!

under very fine construction

A quick note: today I was thrilled to hear about the new (in progress) site for MaxAvi Fine Scarves & Costume! I can't wait to see what my super creative friend has in store. Stay tuned, folks.

love this time of year!

The weather today was beautiful! We popped into Manhattan to check out the New Amsterdam Market. Good pumpkin ice cream, but overall was not very impressed, mostly due to the sub-par atmosphere. Much more satisfying was a stop in Bowne & Co., where some great Halloween decorations and cards can be found right now, as well as this awesome new addition to my mantel. Alison thinks it's creepy.




After that we popped up to Central Park, and watched the world go by. There is a bit of fall foliage out there, but nothing like in Ohio. Sigh. Still - a wonderful fall day in New York.

love it

I just read about Sean Scherer's house, and I want it. I want to make that. Sigh. His shop also looks pretty cool.

good intentions...

Remember my trip to the Long Island Vanderbilt home? Well, they fixed up those wonderful/horrible old dioramas. Which I actually find quite sad...

heh.

Nice ending.

We're famous

Elizabeth: "The more stuff we go to, the more famous we get."

reunion

Alison and I were lucky enough to snag our grad school classmate Sam for the weekend! We covered quite a bit of ground, beginning with our local bar scene Friday evening. On Saturday we took her to the Brooklyn Flea and the Union Square market before eating crazy sandwiches from the Peanut Butter & Co. sandwich shop. Those were intense. We took ourselves to the American Wing to show off all that hard work last year. And I ran into my good friend Jonathan Dwight. We spent the evening out with more former classmates and other NYC dec arts superstars playing scrabble over drinks. We only got on our soap boxes about museums and our quarter life crises a few times! It's been too long, friends.

Sunday included nail polish and textiles, as well as a visit to the Brooklyn Museum. It was such a nice walk from our apartment, and there were new things to see. My favorite new installation is Reception, by Vadis Turner (2009). The mixed media piece includes Bibles, ribbons, and birth-control pills (among many other things). It's always great to be reminded of how great New York (this includes Brooklyn!) can be. Safe travels home - and thanks - to Sam!