hello! i am back from cabining in leavenworth. i had such a beautiful fun time. eric, stacey, dan, jenny, kitsy and janko were all great company for a weekend in the snowy cascades. the cabin was amazing. i think it slept 16 people so we had a ton of space to dance and goof off. every night we got in the hot tub, made delicious food, and even had delicious drinks (mulled wine, dark and stormy, ginger hot toddy, etc). we kept ourselves occupied with drinking, dominoes, catch phrase, card games, and a talent show.

while cooped up, i started knitting a red beret for myself. i'm a little tired of knitting in the round but only because i knitted a pair of awesome wool cable gloves and lost them somewhere between broadway and harvard at pine st. damn! so i am taking break from the red beret and knitting a ribbed scarf for brian. it's a tad mindless but still gives me the satisfying feeling that i love when i'm creating something.

pictures from the cabin, click here.

ooh! my first time sledding

on that freak of woman sarah palin, i believe jon stewart says it best


its tuesday night. brian and i just got back from aaron's house. we watched the debates on aaron's sweet imac. the debates were less exciting this time around but that was predicted. aaron made a minestrone soup that was taken from a recipe book by the naked chef, jamie oliver. it was incredible, filled with tons of fresh veggies. julia made a delicious bread that was topped with shredded gruyere and then baked in the oven. brian and i brought a couple bottles of wine, one of which was a gift from a friend at work. the wine was a suprisingly light pinot noir from the san luis obispo region of california, although i have not had too many wines from this area of california i have a feeling i will explore more like it.

the weekend was great. friday night was a blast eating chinese food in the ID with regina and matt and then later consuming bottles of champagne. saturday we rented a cabin through washington state parks & recreation at the kitsap memorial state park outside of polsboro. the cabin was super cute. it housed a fridge, microwave, coffee table, bunk beds, and a futon couch. we were extremely close to the water so we visited often. "i wonder what the water looks like now" we wondered. the weather behaved perfectly and by that i mean it didn't rain, which meant we were able to have a fire that evening. the clouds rolled in and out but just clear enough that we could see the starlit sky often. i will make sure we rent those cabins more often this winter, it was an incredibly easy way to change up the weekend without having to go too far.