pride

the short story:
c and i took carlton out to pride last weekend, and found ourselves at the beach instead.







the long story:
we were running late and missed most of the parade, and celebration festaval wasn't going strong yet. i wanted to eat, but didn't want to pay $$ for bad festival food, so we decided to walk to get lunch and then come back.

we took the long way from civic center to north beach, and we grabbed some picnic food at Trader Joe's and then walked to crissy fields, where we spent the rest of the afternoon lazying around in the sun.

after all was said and done we ended up walking almost 10 miles (9.8 to be exact). here is a screenshot of our route. carlton was a little trooper and walked the whole way!

it was a good day.

we put a halmet on the dog

things i hella love about oakland (part one)

tuesday is for knitting: a work in progress

my roommate, asked me to knit him a sweater. so i have started one to give him on his birhtday the 2nd week of augest.

i was a little concerned that the boyfriend sweater curse, may also apply to roommates, but i have been assured that it doesn't. even so, i have taken some steps to ensure that, after all of the time and care i put into making a sweater, at the very least the thing gets worn, and worst case, i don't loose a friend and roommate:
1) i knit him a hat, and even tho it made him look a little like an acorn, and his friends at school teased him, he wore it every day this past winter.
2) he has mentioned to his friends that i am a talented knitter (on more then one occasion)
3) he asked for the sweater
4) i decided to forgo the element of surprise and i let him choose the style he wants and have asked 100 question about every detail.
5) he is thin (i am making a 33 inch chest size). this means that the sweater won't take a tone of money or time and reduces my sentamntal attachment to it.

i let him choose if he wanted a ribbed cuff to match the hem of the sweater, or a turned cuff with a pop of yellow. he chose the yellow, which i think was a good choice.

this is what the cuff looks like turned inside-out

he wanted a plain cardigan with a deep v-neck. i am knitting it in the round from the bottom up using a elizabeth zimmerman's method of proportions. this is my first time knitting a sweater from the bottom up, i usally make them top down.

last weekend while i was working, he reached over and touched the fabric, saying, "it's so soft, do i have to take special care of this? what if i really like it and want to wear it everyday, will it fall apart?" i think that is a good sign that the sweater curse dosn't apply to roommates.

big purple socks.

i finally finished these socks for marius' birthday (a little late). you cant tell from the picture but they are huge! he has size 11 shoes + i made the cuff extra long, they are almost knee high on me!

hope he likes them as well as he other socks i have made. i knit these up using panda soy, which is a bamboo and soy fiber blend, and should be nice and cool for spring and summer.

shagmister

he will be getting a hair cut this weekend.

i want this.

and i know you do too...
because, who doesn't want glow in the dark shoes?


glow in the dark havaianas at kidrobot.

"quote"

colin wright



stefan sagmeister

tuesday is for knitting.

not my knitting (and i have been knitting), but check out this cool beard cap! i love it too bad i don't ski. it is made by an Icelandic design group named Vik Prjónsdóttir. i think it would be a fun project to knit one!

via: http://kitsunenoir.com/blog

things i forgot to do yesterday

— pay the rent
— take pictures for "knitting tuesdays"
— pack a lunch for today
— mail netflix
— call the hair dresser
— missed an apt

so i am headed home for lunch to do these things.

unrelated. i have been in the mood to try sewing these days.

tempura and miso soup.

this is my second attempt at making tempura. it came out a lot nicer then then my first attempt about a month ago, but i think i still need some practice making look as good as what you get in the restaurant.

i followed the recipe over at vegan yum yum , and used broccoli, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes mushrooms and onions. it is a really easy way to use up the various vegetable that you have in the fridge.

key hook.

i needed a birthday gift for a friend that just bought a house, so i decided to make a simple little key hook. (i have a hard time buying stuff for people. for some reason, i always feel obligated to make something or it doesn't feel personal).


to make the key hook i painted a little street scene on a piece of birch plywood, then i screwed 4 cup-hooks on the bottom and added a picture frame hanger to the back. simple.

just because i think he is cute.

tuesday is for knitting.

i made myself a sweater.
it has been done, and i have been wearing it around for a few weeks now, but i just now got pictures (curtsy of the roommate who doesn't know about the blog and thinks i am a narcissistic weirdo who want's pictures of myself wearing things that i make. ha!)

i love it. it is from this pattern. i really just looked at the pictures and didn't follow that pattern at all because my yarn is thinner and i had a totally different gauge. i also made the ribbing really long around the sleeves and the hem.

bagels

fresh from the oven

bagels are kinda a big deal at my house, and i have been wanting to try making some homemade for a while now.

i did a little internet research and found this homemade bagel recipe to try. they aren't too much work, but there is a lot of waiting time, so it is a good project to make while you are doing other things around the house (i did some knitting in-between).

shaped dough setting to rise

the only thing that i would do differently is that the recipe says after you form the dough into bagel shapes you should let it set on the counter for 20-mins. i let them set on a wood kitchen cart that we have, and they ended up sticking, so my bagels came out shaped all weird. next time i will put it on wax paper or maybe just a smooth plate will work better.

"a bagel that isn't boiled is just a biscuit with a whole in the middle"

they came out quite good and i plan on trying garlic and whole wheat versions in the future.

gumbo z

i got a new cook book "vegan soul kitchen", and the first thing that i tried from it is the "gumbo z".

this is a really great cookbook so far, although this recipe took several hours to cook it came out delicious and i can wait to try the other recipes. we really love soul food at my house.

it's not tuesday...

but that is when i took these pictures! (so i think that counts as "tuesday is for knitting")

it was so hot at the beginning of the week, i went for coffee and got the last of the ice!

"A" asked me to make some leg warmers for her we one to wear with sundresses when it gets cool in the evenings. i am really happy with the way that this yarn is knitting up, so bright and fun.

for you SF and Seattle kids

there are some new showings scheduled.

June 10
Seattle WA
7:00pm, post-film Q&A with director Gary Hustwit

June 24-28
San Francisco
San Francisco cinema run