‘Eat, Drink & Be Merry’ Category

  1. One down…

    January 1, 2010 by ChiaLynn

    I’ve been working on this bias-knit scarf – a project stalled first by my need to order nickel-plated tips for my interchangeable needle set (the mohair-acrylic yard I used sticks to the wooden ones as though they were coated in rubber cement), and then by the need to buy two more skeins of the yarn (because the color I’m using comes in skeins half the size of the other colors in the line). My goal, though, was to have it finished in time for one of the holiday parties NovySan and I were attending – and I got it done. Granted, it was still a bit damp from blocking (I handwashed it, then dried it on low heat when I realized it would never air dry in time), and I was weaving in yarn ends this afternoon, on the way to Be the Boy and Slackmistress‘s house, but it was finished!

    Mohair Bias Wrap

    I do have a couple of projects in mind for the new year, which I’ll fill you in on over the next few days, but for now – may 2010 be better for than 2009, whether 2009 was an excellent year or a terrible one.


  2. Y’know what’s good?

    November 19, 2009 by ChiaLynn

    Macaroni and cheese.

    With Italian sausage.

    And organic veggies.

    And chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

    All baked with a crust of breadcrumbs and shredded cheese.

    Hey, I didn’t say it was good for you.

    I just said it was good.


  3. There I go, bein’ spoiled again…

    November 10, 2009 by ChiaLynn

    So, we just watched Breathless, which a certain young man I once had a terrible crush on told me reminded him of me. I’m no longer certain that was a compliment. I’ll hope he meant that our affair was romantic and a little dangerous, and not that I was a stupid girl in love with an asshole. (Joshua, if you’re out there – it was Breathless you were talking about?)

    But that’s over now, and NovySan’s just made me a vanilla steamer (hot milk and vanilla syrup, and I see he’s added some nutmeg, too). Traci, over at 38 and Growing, introduced me to the vanilla steamer when we worked together in San Francisco, and I’ve gotta tell you guys, it’s like relaxation in a mug.

    Especially when someone else makes it for you.