picnic holiday craft fair

Picnic holiday craft fair, 2010

Picnic holiday craft fair at the Irish Heritage Center in Portland, Maine. December 11/12, 2010. music, crafts, friends, awesomeness! It was really snowy out but the place was jam packed despite the weather. I had an awesome crew of booth neighbors (and because space was tight, we really got to bond!): Cassie Bouton and her awesome hand-printed housewares (and her beautiful and very well-behaved newborn baby), Allison of Drawn Onward, Dunja of DoonYaYa, and a very nice vintage dealer whose business card I have misplaced. Thanks, Picnic, for being awesome again!

happy new year

Last night we went to our friend Jonathan’s parents’ house for Rosh Hashanah dinner. It was really huge and tasty and fun. We’ve had lots of wonderful family dinners with them in the past two years, but this time was the first time I felt like I could really understand most of the conversation, so it was even more fun. Except there was so much food that I was basically in a deep food coma for most of the night.
When the horseradish came out (to go with the gefilte fish) i said “como se llama? Rabino! rabino picante, mmm, me encanta!”(i thought i had said “what’s the word for that? oh, horseradish! I love horseradish!”) but everyone laughed and I didn’t know why and they told me that I was saying “oh, spicy rabbi! I LOVE spicy rabbi!” because rabbi is rabino (rabino picante is spicy rabbi) and horseradish is rabano picante.

ha ha. spicy rabbi.

happy new year

it is hotter than hell today. heat index 101 degrees. i’m trying to be stoic about having no air conditioning, i still don’t believe in it, but i’m sad that I can’t go to coney island or rockaway beach or jump in the river at pine point or dundee park or crescent beach or anything. this city really needs a beach.