Friday Feet 05-17-13

Never too old to wear cute shoes... if your feet don't mind.

A Bruxie Sandwich 05-16-13

Bruxie is a sort of food stand with outdoor seating near Chapman College in Orange.  They serve sandwiches and desserts made with waffles instead of bread.  I'm sure the food is full of fat and salt and other things that are not good for me.  But, every now and then, I get a craving for the Green Eggs and Ham sandwich.  I was down in that area for an appointment on Wednesday and decided to indulge. 


Inside the waffle are eggs, pesto sauce, ham and a little mayo - hot, of course.
 

This shows the inside as best I can.  Once it is flipped closed I cannot pry it open to show the contents without tearing the whole thing apart.  It is a delicious brunch with coffee.
 

There is very little parking around, but several spots behind the building; if I am lucky the handicapped spot is open.   They have a new ice dispensing machine back there now with this silly sign on the front. 

Wordless Wednesday 05-15-13

 

Monday Browsing 05-13-13

Amazing Birds of Paradise (not the plant):  https://www.youtube.com/embed/REP4S0uqEOc

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Class at Visions Art Museum

To Bead or Not to Bead - A New Class with Lisa Yoder
Monday, June 10, 2013 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Lisa will teach you the basics of hand beading on fabric - one bead at a time. She will show samples of her hand stitched and beaded art quilts and cards, so you can see how to incorporate beads into your own fiber art.
This class is for beginners who have patience, a love of hand work and good eye sight (with or without corrective lenses!).  Class Fee which includes materials: $65
A supply list will be provided upon registration. Call the museum to register,
619-546-4872.
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UFOs?    http://www.space.com/3426-natural-explanation-ufos.html

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I enjoy looking at sites that show the work of a group of quiltmakers.  Some are groups that exhibit  together, some are challenge groups,  some are organization that cover the world.

  The latter would include Studio Art Quilt Associates  (commonly referred to as Saa-Qua),   http://www.saqa.com/  and Surface Design Assoc. http://www.surfacedesign.org/

One of the challenge groups is http://viewpoints9.blogspot.com/

Many artists posting their work on a blog:  http://theartquiltblog.blogspot.com/

Start your own list by Googling  "Art Quilt Groups", "Art Quilt Challenge" or simply "Art Quilts".
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Portal - San Diego, CA

Nelda Warkentin quilt in TCQC 05-11-13

I still haven't posted all of the SAQA auction quilts.  I'll try to catch up this summer.


"Colour" Nelda Warkentin 2011  12"X12" 
Multiple layers of acrylic painted silk.  Painted, layered, machine constructed and quilted.

The clear colors in this piece are amazingly vivid and clear.  I have never worked with sheers but find I am attracted to these stained-glass-like pieces.  Nelda has a knack for this technique and I am happy one of her pieces is part of the Collection.

Road Trip Food (2nd try) 05-11-13

Road Trip Food 05-11-13
 

I didn't take a lot of food pictures on my Road Trip. Partially because I didn't eat that many photo worthy meals. Several times I ate dinner from my ice chest and I stopped at Subway a couple times. Breakfast was usually at Holiday Inn Express and always included their fabulous cinnamon rolls.

Chistopher's Restaurant in Coupeville is about three doors down from the "enchanted cottage" and was highly recommended by several residents. I'm always a sucker for salmon. This was salmon with raspberry sauce, zucchini, carrots, kale, raw spinach. Perfection.

I don't drink, but I was attracted to the bubbles in this glass of red wine. They were better in person, but I like the photo.
 

Tuna salad from Knead and Feed restaurant on the Coupeville waterfront. The teacher's aide took orders and went out to fetch our lunches. After the first day we all wanted food from Knead and Feed. I didn't take pictures of my lentil soup or sandwiches - they disappeared too quickly! I also tried their marionberry bear claw and their very popular cinnamon rolls. Outstanding.
 

The class went to dinner at Frasier's Restaurant in Oak Harbor, which is about ten miles north. It is quite an elegant place, the service was impeccable and the food fantastic.
This fish dish was the choice of the lady across the table from me - I don't remember what kind of fish, but she said it was heavenly.
 

  

Next to me the choice was lamb chops. They look quite large in the photo, but they were just normal sized, I'm sure I could have eaten them all. This lady had tried them before and wouldn't think of ordering anything else, so they must be very good.

I chose the mussels, but the picture I took didn't make them look very appetizing, so I dumped it. Trust me, they were everything I had heard about Penn Cove mussels.

 

 

Fancy plating is very artistic.

And I ordered the crab cake appetizer - served so beautifully. They were like the crab cakes I had in Virginia when I was there years ago with my friend Shirley. Shirley grew up in Virginia and has definite ideas about how crab cakes should be made - almost entirely crab meat, a very tiny bit of filler, just enough to hold them together.