Category: travel

  • Five Days of Vancouver

    My pattern sale ends tonight! Stock up for sweater and gift season, new patterns are coming soon!

    Lots of photos ahead! A quick recap of our trip to Vancouver.

    Day 0 (travel day): arrived exhausted in the evening and had Ramen Jinya near the hotel – yum!

    Day 1: Quick breakfast at the coffee shop by the hotel, beautiful boat ride with Dale’s aunt and uncle around the harbour and False Creek, homemade pizza dinner at their house with their gorgeous dogs, fireworks over English Bay with a bazillion other people.

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

     

    Day 2: Waffles at Le Petit Belge, walk across the Cambie bridge, bus out to the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Cab to Granville Island where we had some lunch at Tony’s Fish and Oyster and wandered around. Dinner was sushi with a friend who’s moved out to Vancouver, it was lovely to catch up.

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

     

    Vancouver 2014

     

    Day 3: breakfast at Finch’s Tea and Coffee (super delicious), bus to Stanley Park for a trip to the Aquarium, then a walk around a bit of the park. We had some takeout from the H-Mart in our hotel room for lunch, and went out to Cactus Club in Yaletown for dinner.

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

     

    Day 4: Breakfast at Gutenberg’s cafe by the library, a loooong bus/travel saga (there was an accident on the bridge, so we had to bus back down and take the SeaBus instead) to Grouse Mountain. We had some lunch at the cafe and admired the view. Dinner of delicious takeout sushi from Tsuki sushi bar.

    grouse mountain

    Mount Baker

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    Day 5: Yummy breakfast at Nosherie then the Vancouver Art Gallery, which was awesome! There was a Douglas Coupland exhibit and Lost in the Memory Palace, which I had actually seen part of before, in Edinburgh. Lunch was at Meat&Bread (a grilled cheese and a porchetta sandwich), then we walked through Gastown and got Japadog for dinner.

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Vancouver 2014

    Very last outing of the trip was a walk to fancy bakery Thierry for macarons, a croissant, and tea. Then over to English Bay for another fireworks display! It was a lovely end to a great trip.

    thierry

  • It’s My Birthday Sale!

    I’m back from my vacation to Vancouver – it was awesome. Gorgeous views, yummy food.

    Now it’s my birthday, and that means it’s time for a birthday pattern sale! It’s a big one this year – I’m turning 30.

    So 30% off all individual, self-published patterns in my Ravelry shop.

    I know August is still sultry and slow for most of us, but it’s the perfect time to pick up a new project for the fall ;)

    Extra long sale for a big birthday: sale ends Friday, August 8, 11:59 EDT. New purchases only.

    Here’s a few photos from Vancouver!

    on a boat!

    sunset

    yummy breakfast

    whew!

    grouse mountain

    on Grouse mountain

    Mount Baker

    Vancouver Art Gallery

    Fluevog in Gastown

    granville island public market

    me

  • what I bought

    I didn’t buy a lot of stuff at Rhinebeck this year, because the budget (and space) is tight, plus we traveled with just carry on luggage! I didn’t even buy any fiber, which is a bit weird since it was the only thing I had on my list. Hm.

    wool fabric, project bag

    Two fat quarters of wool herringbone, and a Rhinebeck project bag.

    greenwood hill merino

    DK weight from Greenwood Hill Merino, which I always ogle!

    buttons

    Beautiful buttons from the inimitable Jennie the potter – I love the gingko leaves.

    green mountain spinnery sock yarn

    A skein of squishy, bouncy sock yarn from Green Mountain Spinnery.

    coffee scoop

    A coffee scoop from Chester P. Basil’s. I want one of everything from them!

    We do a secret gift exchange at the Rhinebeck house, and I received this pretty half apron from Christina! Thank you lovely lady!

    apron from christina