Crafty Wonderland!

One of the reasons I'm very busy is because I was accepted to Crafty Wonderland's Super Colossal Spring Sale on May 7th! Not very far off, so while I'm trying to keep up with blogging, I may not be able to maintain a post a day. Or if I do they may be picture heavy. I'll try to keep checking in a few times a week though, and hopefully post pictures of our preparations for the sale. Above is a picture of a banner we just made for the table! But there's so much more to do....

Public Art: A New Sculpture in Millennium Park

New Sculpture Millennium Park
Originally uploaded by Straw Man 

This photo is by my Dad, from his photostream on flickr. It's of some really cool new art in Millennium Park The artist is Yvonne Domange. Her portfolio is very cool, and as architects, we are especially impressed with her stairs.This and my Dad's other recent pictures of the fogginess are really making me wish I could fly down to Chicago this weekend for a visit, and to check out this piece in person!

Lucy is Adjusting

Chuck and I have suddenly both become very busy and Lucy is having to adjust. She gets so excited when we get home and just wants to sit on us to make sure we stay put. The poor sweetie.

 

Isn't she so cute? We wish we could spend our days with you cute kitty. You are so sweet.

Vegan Dining: Blossoming Lotus

Yeah, we ate out twice last weekend just because it had been a while and we really need to explore all the vegan places Portland has to offer. Blossoming Lotus has been on the agenda for a while but we finally went for the first time Saturday afternoon (after sleet/hail, of which there was more of for just a few moments today. Spring in the Northwest is full of fun unpredictability in the form of freezing rain!)

 

Chuck had the Smoked Maple Tempeh and I couldn't resist the Spicy Butternut & Black Bean Chili Quesadilla. Quesadillas are always tricky to get or make vegan though. Without the cheese things do fall apart, usually. I thought the beans were going to help keep everything in place, but they didn't quite do that, so eating it was a bit of a struggle. However, it was really yummy. Chuck's wrap was really good (and stayed together a bit better.) I just had coffee, but Chuck ordered the strawberry banana milkshake....I was very sorry that I only got a few sips.

Their space is very cute, in a neat older storefront space on Broadway. Filled with art featuring birds and other animals. There were a pair of matching circular paintings of white barn owls (like in Labyrinth, yay!) that I particularly liked. Oh, and a very tempting cake from petunia's was on display. We'd just had some doughnuts from petunia's at the market that morning, but otherwise, very tempting...

Hmm...this has been a very food heavy week of blogging. Surprisingly our walks this weekend didn't involve stairs, but perhaps they are called for after having so much yummy food lately...