I had such a good weekend!! My friend Cathie came down to hang out with me and
we had a blast!! She came in Thursday and we went shopping in Valley Junction (
the home to 3 bead stores) and walked around the valley Junction farmer's
Market. Then we collected the rest of the family/friends and ate out... spent
the rest of Thursday night chatting, making jewelry, and generally having a fab
time.
Fri was our "pj" day where we didn't leave the
house... ordered in Chinese.. yum! and did more jewelry in the studio.. Sat I
dragged her out to Down Town Des Moines Farmer's Market ( which is nationally
ranked and huge and fun --- it's nice to go one in a while when I'm not vending myself.. and getting up at 4am!), east village, and for lunch
Cosi Cucina, my favorite Italian restaurant in town ( and the
place all other pasta joints are measured against) . Cathie had a calzone and
it was beyond wonderful... the bread to meat/cheese/etc ratio was perfect, which
is to say it was more meat/cheese/etc than bread.
I had my favorite, chicken alfredo. They have the
best alfredo sauce. The generous servings means we had diner of left overs as
well.
Saturday I showed Cathie how to solder, use heat to
make patina's on brass and copper, and ball head pins. She had a blast playing
with my torch.
Sunday she left around 3pm after more bonding over
findings and beads.
During this weekend, I could have dragged her to
kewl and interesting things around Des Moines 24/7 and not run out of things to
do, let alone get any jewelry making time in.
For all those who think Des Moines is boring...
phooey to you.
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