Good food

I just got back from the Georgetown liquor Company in Georgetown. It's a part of Seattle Chuck and I hadn't really explored until a few weeks ago. We both took quite a few pictures and put them in our respective flickr pools. There's a rather large and old building, formerly Rainer Brewery Cold Storage, being torn down for development by Sabey Construction. As unfortunate as that is, I think as architects we have a similar fascination with buildings coming down as we do with them going up.
Anyway the food there is great. All vegetarian with geeky sci-fi names like the Picard and the Frac. To be honest, that combined with a pretty good jukebox and a couple of old nintedos and ataris to play with would be plenty to convince me, but the food is also very good. Next time we visit Georgetown we will have to check out the other vegetarian restaurant Squid & Ink.

Yay, veggie goodness!

I'm currently featured on two blogs. Each are for Etsy street teams related to vegetarianism. One at EtsyVeg.blogspot.com provides an excellent sampling of talent from the group. The other, at crueltyfreeetsy.blogspot.com, was a web interview featuring me by Jennifer of Jak random art & design, who has been conducting these with all the members of the group. It's been a great resource for getting to know the team. Some of my favorite items from both groups are featured below.
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1. Vellum Envelopes from SugarCubedesign
2. Recycled Vinyl Cuff from Jak random art & design
3. Dog & Cat Journals from This Is It
4. Neapolitan Scarf from CricketsCreations
5. Blowfish Journal from Books By Bexx
6. Butterfly Skirt from Revival Ink

Making Mutilples

That of course comes pretty naturally to gocco. One of the reasons I'm excited about doing a show soon is because it means I can make lots of gocco prints and not think too much about "okay now what am I gonna do with all these things." Sure I can put a few in the Etsy shop but there doesn't really seem to be a great reasons to make lots of anything. Other than the feeling of wanting to get the most out of my screen and light bulbs. But I'm doing a show soon! I need things to show! And a few for the shop, a few for myself....I suspect the gocco machine won't be getting any rest this month.

Multiple Choice
Originally uploaded by emmakat79

I've also had fun making my jewelry in multiples. The same item in different colors is a satisfying result and I can tell that it helps me improve my skills. (should there be a 'z' in skills? Maybe not.) Once I've gotten through all the upcoming busyness (not sure when the heck that'll be) I think making in multiples is something I will continue. It could make the shop look quite pretty!

So much happening these days

Acceptance package from RISD
Originally uploaded by emmakat79

The biggest thing being that my boyfriend applied to Graduate programs in architecture this year and has heard back. We will be moving out to Rhode Island (RISD) or Chicago (for IIT) so he can pursue the M. Arch next fall.

On the one hand I'm not crazy about the idea of leaving the Pacific Northwest, it's so pretty, mountains, temperate climate...I am excited about the prospect of exploring a new city and learning to call it home. Additionally, we will actually get to see our family in Ohio more than a few times a year. Without shelling out lots for a painful flight and inevitably elongated layover somewhere where a vegan is lucky if they can by PB and J sandwiches. Yay!

So there's a lot going on for me before the move. I've got at least a couple of architecture exams to take, a craft show with EtsyRain (who I'll miss a bunch, but I'm not saying bye just yet!) then a bunch of moving/new job kinds of things I haven't begun to think about yet.

Meanwhile I thought the folder in RISD's acceptance package (pictured) was just great!