Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Whoof!

That's not a dog barking, that's exhaustion rearing its head. I took a bunch of students and colleagues to New York yesterday for a "field trip". It was a great time! We had a couple of adventures, but more than that, I think everyone had fun. And we were able to meet up with Carolyn and Lindsay T at the end of the day for dinner. As an aside, Jack's Restaurant on 40th looks like a pub grub place, but in fact, has great tapas!

We started at Mood and did the rounds. I'll let them tell you which stores were their favorites. Here's the group at Paron's at the end of the day:
Photo courtesy of LindsayT

Not the best picture, but it was the end of a long day of fabric shopping, and the heavens had just opened and it was pouring out. Today I'm tired!

The other thing that happened yesterday is that my latest library acquisition arrived! Can I tell you how psyched I am to have this book? I'll be reading it every free moment I have. Stay tuned for a review soon!
I'm way behind on work, so I'm off to catch up.

Happy (couture!) sewing!!!!!

14 comments:

BConky said...

Sounds like a fun day.

Cindy said...

I thought about all of you together..buying...fabric...
Looks like you all had fun. Very cool you all got to hook up like that.
How much did everyone buy?
don't work to hard catching up.

Pam~Off The Cuff ~ said...

How fun!

...hope I can join you all next time!

Lindsay T said...

I thought it was called Jack's? ;)

Yes, it was so much fun to meet up with you all. Hope the drive home was uneventful and that the "ducklings" found it worthwhile. I could have eaten another plate of tapas, for sure!

Ann's Fashion Studio said...

How cool! Looking at the pictures I felt like I "knew" most in it....there is Summerset and Lindsay and Ann and Carolyn.....what a great group to meet up with :) Look forward to everyone's posts.

Gigi said...

I. Am. Pouting. Must go to Amazon and buy book to cheer myself up. :-)

Meg, you are taller than I imagined - you look so petite in your photos!

Linda T said...

Looks like fun was had by all! I would love to do something like that. It is on my 'Things to do before I am in a walker.'

Great looking book!

gwensews said...

J.E.A.L.O.U.S. But not cruel. I'm glad you ladies had that opportunity to shop, lunch and laugh together.

Christina said...

That looks like my kind of fun!

Bunny said...

Green, I tell ya, green with envy! You all look great and I can't wait to see all the purchases.

cidell said...

I am so JEALOUS!!

Linda said...

I am so jealous!!! I am sure ya'll had a great time.

Anonymous said...

Where did you order the book from? I've had it on pre-order from B&N forever and they recently pushed the delivery date out another month. Thank you!

Gorgeous Things said...

Anon, I got it from Amazon.com. You can see it here: The Art of Couture Sewing. I got it at the pre-order price ($67). They don't seem to have that available anymore.