From Rowan mag no. 38
Tara by Sarah Dallas in Yorkshire Tweed 4 ply (pg 137) and Daisy by Amanda Crawford in Kid Classic (pg 107) – when, oh when will I find the time for all these?!
Discovering Latin America Film festival
Am determined not to miss out this year, and with the Ritzy just up the road it’d be pretty slack if I didn’t manage to go!… As part of the festival there is an homage to Latin American Women Filmmakers including Maria Novaro (Mexico):"she has focused on the self-assertion of women in Mexican society and ...
48 hours in Rome
Travelled with 7 other Actionettes and 4 Action Men to Rome for the weekend to dance at Twiggy (‘il 60s party di Roma’). Fabulous city, even in torrential rain storms with thunder & lightning… recruited E as our Italian airhostess-translator and dressed her up in our bargain dresses (e15 reduced from e350!!), gave her a ...
Need a restaurant recommendation in the UK?
Or fancy getting gossip from the foodie world via email? Just finished working with Sarah on the first phase of the Ask Mario website and brand – give it a go..:)
Arts Unwrapped
No excuses for nothing to do during the weekends of Novemeber and December this year! Arts Unwrapped means that artists studio’s will be open to the public all accross London… more info here: www.creativelondon.org.uk
New York Stuff
I have (paper) notes from my trip away, but stuff has to be written out / scanned in so for now here are just a couple of links, thanks to bits of crumpled paper found in the bottom of my rucksack whilst emptying it! We went to Cinders Gallery that had an exhibition of posters ...
New York Yarn!
The part of the trip M was thrilled by* of course, was visting all the cool yarn shops out here! :) We went to Purl – at last… the previous visit we had a few hours before catching the plane and the blasted place was closed! – and saw the beautiful, *tiny* balls of Habu ...
NY Diary
Monday: Dia Beacon Take the train from Grand Central along the Hudson Valley up to Beacon, where the Dia Art Foundation has a gallery in a converted Nabisco factory. It is an enormous space, lit using only natural light and has work by Donald Judd (inside out plywood boxes), Bruce Nauman (mice invade studio), Michael ...
NY Diary
Sunday: Weird Fog After not being able to see the bridge (which is only a block away), the mist clears and then it is balmy 70C… Breakfast at Read Cafe, coffee and bagel, then we site outside and watch the marathon run by… Some things that are being handed out:Water in paper cups, bananas cut ...
