Vegas, Coley's last night, New York/Jersey, and things

Wow, I have been MIA on here lately, haven't I?
Well, I'll condense this as much as possible.

Vegas was heaps of fun! Monica flew in from London to celebrate her 25th birthday. Along with Monica, Larissa and Ashley Becker flew in! I hadn't seen Ashley since high school graduation....although I still remember her birthday [Feb 4th!]. A slew of Monica's other girlfriends came as well, which made for a pretty 'poppin'' weekend. The sun was hot, the pool crisp, and the dancing plenty.

I came back from Vegas in time for Coley's last night in Truckee before moving to Denver. It was pretty tame by that crew's standards, but nice to see everyone give her a swell farewell.



















A day or two post-Coley Day, I hopped on a redeye to JFK. The guy next to me was beyond offensive. He insisted on taking up half my space, kicking aside my heels and handbag under the seat in front of me to make room for his obnoxious smelling feet. He then proceeded to slap me in the face with his jacket, and practically fall asleep on my shoulder all whilst snoring directly into my ear.
Needless to say, sleep didn't happen.
People, just because I'm tiny doesn't mean you have the right to invade my bubble.
Just sayin.'
Knoblauch picked me up from JFK at ass o'clock in the morning, and stole me back to Jersey [only to return to Manhattan hours later for Mood, the most awesome fabric store ever!]. I spent the week in and out of the city, with a combination of my friends and Knoblauch's friends. Zack, my roommate in Rome, even managed to escape from Maine to come for a visit! We walked all over the city, up in the city via Highline Park, and even found a vegan chocolatier/bakery that had the best damn cupcakes I have ever tasted in my life. And Earl Grey chocolates? What??
































I've since been back for almost two weeks, trying to sort out my work station which is as of today finished! I can really start sewing again. Two days ago I made a "floodie," a flannel/hoodie combination, and posted it on Facebook. People seemed to dig it, and I even got texts about it, so yesterday I drove in a hellish storm with zero visibility to pick up 16 yards of flannel and all the accoutrements that go along with it.

And on a completely unrelated note, can I just say that Alexander McQueen's spring collection rocks my socks off?! Amazing! Even Herve Leger, who I already love, stepped it up a bit. Yeeeee!

Besides that, it has been storming up in truckee. There is SNOW in the mountains! Knoblauch and Tim went up to Mt. Rose today. I may go tomorrow and take some photos before making split pea soup with Ms. Zick.

Oh, and I'm going to India in 5 months. Stoked! London in three weeks, Morocco in four...