“Women shoppers or employed girls frequently have occasion to dine in restaurants downtown. Some people are forced to eat all noontime meals away from home except on Sundays. This is unfortunate if the person does not know how to select an attractive place to eat, as well as a satisfactory and inexpensive meal. [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Eating Downtown.
Posted in Helpful Advice, The Things I Read on May 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
More from the Needless Stash Acquisition Department
Posted in Knit Knit Knit on May 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I went to the Great Lakes Fiber Festival yesterday with friends/fellow knitters/accomplices Sandy, Megan, and Kristin. I sort of overdid it on the yarn buying. But so much prettiness could not be resisted! I am powerless before the pretty!
This is my favorite purchase of the day. It’s Flying Fibers Wensleydale sportweight. [...]
More on Dressing
Posted in Dresses Shoes Bags Oh My! on May 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Several of you commented, and I had an email exchange with Ashley, about not thinking about what you put on in the morning. All hail, the people who dress on auto-pilot! You are in very good company. For example … Michael Kors. I remember hearing him answer a viewer question [...]
Sartorially Speaking
Posted in Dresses Shoes Bags Oh My!, Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Speaking of lateness, once again Laura is very, very late to the party. I am probably the last shoe-obsessed, Project Runway-loving, handbag-enthusiast, dress-wearing girly girl in the world to start reading The Sartorialist. Shameful, I know. If only I had some of his pictures, this Cafe would really be a classy joint. But, naturally, that [...]
Late. Very, Very Late.
Posted in Knit Knit Knit on May 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
If we were giving out prizes to the person who “completed” her holiday knitting last, I think I would win.
This Clapotis was intended for my sister, as a Christmas present. I finished it about a week ago, just in time for the weather to turn. My sister does live in St. Paul, Minnesota, [...]
Welcome to the Cafe.
Posted in C'est La Vie on May 7, 2008 | 39 Comments »
Almost three years ago, I started a knitting blog called Affiknitty. At the time, I was a married, stay-at-home mom with a five-year-old autistic son and a two-year-old (mostly) typically developing son. I rarely got out of the house. My relationships with other adults were largely limited to my parents and my older son’s [...]
