The Merchant of Prato
This weekend, thus far, has been the equivalent of a medieval trading voyage. I have procured rich silks and exotic spices! Literally.
Last night at Perdues I bought several yards of fabric from Rachel W. I've been pondering this purchase for a couple months, since she first showed it to me at a past Perdues. This fabric is so gorgeous that she had to buy it when she saw it in the store, even though it's not a color she can wear. She told me it was looking for a redhead. ;) It's a bronze-touched, slightly irridescent brown, with embroidery of thin green vines and small bright red flowers, as well as tiny glittery dots sewn along the vines. Now I get to have a seamstress make me a ball gown!
This morning I woke up at 7-freakin'-30 and went to FiddleKicks with chlomar. (For all my complaining and grumbling, I like going on early-morning adventures with friends.) I got to see their Cape Breton dance and the clogging/longsword Dance of Awesomeness (Sandy Boys), both of which are cool to watch and seem accessible to learn; the Appalachian dances seemed crazy fast, even though I had fun listening to them. Anyway, after that, we went to Weaver's Way! Sadly, I missed Tanya, who was also shopping there that morning, but Chloe and I had fun wandering around and deciding what to buy. My primary object was their fresh and inexpensive spices; for less than $1 each, I bought investigatory amounts of cumin, coriander, turmeric, poppy seeds, and yeast! I was also happy to buy my personal much-used staples there (oats, honey, peanut butter), some of their local organic tofu (promised to be tasty), and fun stuff like vegan ice 'cream' sandwiches, a cauliflower-chickpea salad, and rice cakes for work. I like shopping there! :) Plus, it makes me happier to support a co-op/TJ's/local produce store, rather than a chain giant grocery store. WW is just so inconvenient for me; I'd have to make a special trip just to do my grocery shopping, plus lug it all back to West Philly. I think I shall visit Mariposa soon and see how I like it.
Yesterday, on my day off, I made Farina with vanilla soy milk and put TJ's dried wild blueberries in it. I'm turning into such a hippy. ::rolls eyes at self::
Last night at Perdues I bought several yards of fabric from Rachel W. I've been pondering this purchase for a couple months, since she first showed it to me at a past Perdues. This fabric is so gorgeous that she had to buy it when she saw it in the store, even though it's not a color she can wear. She told me it was looking for a redhead. ;) It's a bronze-touched, slightly irridescent brown, with embroidery of thin green vines and small bright red flowers, as well as tiny glittery dots sewn along the vines. Now I get to have a seamstress make me a ball gown!
This morning I woke up at 7-freakin'-30 and went to FiddleKicks with chlomar. (For all my complaining and grumbling, I like going on early-morning adventures with friends.) I got to see their Cape Breton dance and the clogging/longsword Dance of Awesomeness (Sandy Boys), both of which are cool to watch and seem accessible to learn; the Appalachian dances seemed crazy fast, even though I had fun listening to them. Anyway, after that, we went to Weaver's Way! Sadly, I missed Tanya, who was also shopping there that morning, but Chloe and I had fun wandering around and deciding what to buy. My primary object was their fresh and inexpensive spices; for less than $1 each, I bought investigatory amounts of cumin, coriander, turmeric, poppy seeds, and yeast! I was also happy to buy my personal much-used staples there (oats, honey, peanut butter), some of their local organic tofu (promised to be tasty), and fun stuff like vegan ice 'cream' sandwiches, a cauliflower-chickpea salad, and rice cakes for work. I like shopping there! :) Plus, it makes me happier to support a co-op/TJ's/local produce store, rather than a chain giant grocery store. WW is just so inconvenient for me; I'd have to make a special trip just to do my grocery shopping, plus lug it all back to West Philly. I think I shall visit Mariposa soon and see how I like it.
Yesterday, on my day off, I made Farina with vanilla soy milk and put TJ's dried wild blueberries in it. I'm turning into such a hippy. ::rolls eyes at self::