I bought some gorgeous Malabrigo yarn in Appleton at Iris Fine Yarns and had originally planned on using it to make a hat, but the more I thought about it, the more I worried that the hat would be too bulky. So after seeing photos online of some of the beautiful cowls everyone has been [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 28, 2008
Grand Rapids – detour to Minneapolis
I am going to try and make this a quick one since we are in Minneapolis currently, and there are so many better things to do here than sit and type at a computer!
Last week was sort of a subdued week. Everyone, myself included, was a bit blue from leaving Madison. Grand Rapids is not [...]
May 19, 2008
Loving Madison
I’m a little down today because I had such a good time in Madison last week and it was very hard to leave. Today has been one of those days, getting by on very little sleep from an overnight bus journey, where everything seems to get me down. From a less than desirable hotel, to [...]
May 12, 2008
Ryan’s Hometown
Well, not exactly. Ryan grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, but the theater there is not used much these days since a nicer, newer one was built about forty miles south in Appleton, which is where “Spamalot” played last week. Now, when Ryan’s home, he spends as much of his time working at the performing [...]
May 5, 2008
Channeling Laverne and Shirley
I had another low-key week last week in Milwaukee, but that’s not to say that the town is not without things to do. In fact, quite the opposite. The town is filled, and I mean filled, with brew pubs and bars and museums and shopping…but I’m getting ahead of myself.
We arrived, as usual, by sleeper [...]
