Lacy Skirt with Bows

This pattern is from “Greetings from the Knit Cafe” and was created by Kat Coyle. The yarn is Daktari cotton in the colorway Cappuccino. Made on size 5 needles. I used about 5 skeins of yarn.
I had read a lot about the skirt and the yarn before starting the project, and so I knew the [...]

Rocky Mountain High

The first week in Denver has gone by lickety-split. The city is a lot different than I imagined it. I’m not going to lie, I’m a bit disappointed in the downtown area – I thought it was going to be more hip, cool, Portland-like. There are pockets of cool, but also a lot of pockets [...]

Park City, Utah… a bit of heaven on earth.

I left Park City this morning as the sun was rising and drove to the Salt Lake City airport to fly to Denver. I will miss Park City – our sweet little ski condo and the most beautiful natural surroundings that I have seen in a long time. I wish we had gotten one more [...]

Never Forget.

I spent last night with my beloved family and friends of twenty years, who, let’s face it, are also family to me. This time of year I always take a minute to reflect on how lucky I am to have the best people in my life, and to thank the universe for the opportunities that [...]

We’re Performin’ for the Mormons

Salt Lake City is a strange, strange place. 
We arrived here on Monday – I had the world’s most annoying fourteen-year-old girl sitting next to me on the plane. She basically spent most of the flight either lying in my lap taking pictures out the window (which I was sitting next to), or harassing my cat.
Other [...]

Goodbye Portland, We’ll Miss You!

On Friday Ryan and I went to a place called Edgefield to hang out for the afternoon and celebrate his birthday. Edgefield is a large compound of pubs and restaurants owned by McMenamin’s that are all housed amidst some lovely gardens and vineyards. You can stay there in the lodge and they also show movies [...]