two more finished projects

the past few days it has been really obvious that the weather is turning. we didn't have very much sun this summer, but enough to see the change, the nip in the air, it's getting darker a bit earlier, drizzles more - if that's even possible. i've been busy preparing for cold weather with fun knitting projects to keep myself a little warmer in the coming months. it's been a really nice way to spend my spare time. i like feeling productive and finishing a project that you can actually see and hold is great.

more hairy updates...

wednesday night peter helped christina transform from this:
to this:
i guess she has been wanting to cut her hair off for a while, but wanted to wait until after their wedding, in march, and wednesday was the day! when we were out and about that day we say a few ladies that inspired her and that evening i got out the clippers and peter went to town! it looks great and christina seems very happy with her decision ;)

Peter and Christina arrived!

early this morning peter and christina arrived from san francisco. to keep them awake for as long as we could we headed east to an area of london that has tons of markets on sundays. we wanted to make them walk around as much as possible and today was an absolutely beautiful day for it. we went to brick lane for salt beef bagels, to columbia road for the flower market, and through a few others just browsing. then wandered through the 'city of london' to the river. hopefully the weather holds for the rest of their trip...

Anniversary Dinner

Last Saturday we went out to dinner to celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary. We decided we would not do anything else this year for the anniversary- trips, gifts, etc. - and just go out for a very nice dinner. We spent a lot of time debating restaurants, reviewing menu's and chefs and locations and finally narrowed it down to The Greenhouse. It was a great space, in a Mews setting, with an excellent chef, in the heart of Mayfair (which is for someone else's money probably the nicest neighborhood in London).

We had both decided before we got there that we would have the tasting menu so ordering food was quick. We had hoped they would have a matching wine course but no such luck. Instead we spoke with Sommelier about wines we could pair with the courses and he made, I think, excellent recommendations.

The meal started with an amouse that was a beet tube filled with cheese of some sort, and then a very light, very miniature tomato soup with mozzarella. We had that with a a glass of Billecart-Salmon NV Champagne.

Then dinner kicked in:
Devon Crab and Salmon Parfait - The crab was as expected, the salmon parfait was so light and unexpected but with such good flavor. We had Petite Arvine white wine from Northern Italy with this, and the next course.
Diver caught Scallop - Scallops are delicious, truffle is delicious. Excellent combination.
Pan fried foie gras with fig - say what you will, I love me some foie gras. Katherine and I shared a glass of Molino Moscatel with this.
Grilled Seabass - Probably the most plain course of the meal, but very well prepared and tasty. With this we switched over to a German Pinot Noir - Meyer Naekel
Anjou Pigeon - I'm hoping this wasn't caught in Trafalgar Square. Cooked extremely rare and came with fava beans that were delicious.
Pinapple sorbet with a white chocolate mousse and basil - The contrast of flavors were refreshing, not too rich.
Chocolate and toffee tart - Right, this was the rich one. The perfect way to wrap up the meal.
Except for the plate of chocolates they gave us after that

After that, we were finally done :)

It was an amazing meal, very well served (so many different people, but they all know exactly where we are in the meal and what we need now). And the American Couple called it a night.

Looking good

when good things go wrong

when waiting for our flight in the tallinn airport i started knitting my first hat. when clara was here visiting she helped me pick out a lovely shade of green yarn, especially nice since it would really highlight my green eyes when i'm wearing the hat.

here comes the problem...i knit it way too tight, using 1/2 the yarn the pattern called for, therefore creating the perfect hat for midnight - as seen below! after my model was done posing with the hat i promptly took it apart, am going to start again tomorrow trying not to knit to tightly.

6 years

andy and i are celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary today. a nice low-key evening at home with a bottle of champagne. saturday night we're heading out to a fancy dinner for the real celebration.

i feel very lucky to be married to andy, i couldn't ask for a better husband! and a special thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years.