When Worlds Collide – The Last Five Years
The Last Five (12) Years Recently, I had to face my own age when I attended a revival of a show I originated. It was bound to happen. I was a stage manager for 22 years, during which I worked on many world premieres. I guess a revival was inevitable . . . but I […]
Yarn Market News Conference 2013 Baltimore!
Yarn Market News Conference 2013 One of my favorite parts of my year as a knitting professional, is attending the Yarn Market News Conference. Yarn Market News is our trade journal, and once a year, the magazine hosts a conference with speakers on everything from Visual Merchandising to Branding to Social Media. This year’s conference […]
What Does Broadway and Knitting Have in Common?
I’ve had a few epiphanies lately about theater (my old life) and knitting (my new life) and the things they have in common. My old life – Company of 42nd Street (I’m in the first row to the left) My new life – Standing up in front of a room full of knitters, teaching
Three Years Later . . . Vogue Knitting Live!
It’s been nearly three years since I blogged. Don’t worry this won’t be the blog equivalent of Edith Bunker’s High School Reunion episode (for those of you who do not possess an uncanny memory for television from 1973 – I’m sorry, but you can click on the You Tube link). I won’t start by telling […]
Destruction and Rebirth
A lot has been going on in the last six weeks since out apartment has been taken OVER by our kitchen rehab. With the Living Room / Dining Room being the staging area, the kitchen torn to shreds, our guest bedroom / office being our kitchen. That means we have been living in our bedroom. […]
Let the Rehab Begin . . .
We’ve been talking about it and saving for it for years. Now we are finally starting. This Tuesday we begin our 4 -5 week (hopefully) time of living in our bedroom & eating in our office. Say goodbye to this black tiled nightmare: With broken, badly done tile countertop: And the undercabinet oven that doesn’t […]
A Series of Extremes
It’s impossible to sum up the last few weeks. A lot has happened in our lives since I last wrote in late December. In honor of a very special man who wanted his family to live their lives and find joy, I will focus on the things that give me joy, peace and fill me […]
SNOW DAY!!!
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a day quiet enough to blog. This time of year in retail is pretty crazy, and then there’s friends and family visits, social stuff, blah, blah, blah. But today felt like the calm after the storm. That’s the snow storm I mean. Yesterday the snow started and […]
Halloween & a FINALLY Finished Sweater!
I don’t have much writing in my this evening, so I’ll let the pictures do the talking . . . First, the fabulous Park Slope Halloween parade. Halloween is when our little neighborhood feels the most like a small town. On the way to the parade, David enjoyed some of the local jack o lanterns: […]
Harvest of Eggplant, Peppers and Yarn
Fall is harvest time at the Lyons / Frutkoff rooftop garden. The eggplants and peppers did well, but the brussell sprouts are still kind of pathetic. Fall is the world’s greatest season. Hot cider, pumpkins, the changing leaves, and the yarn. The last few weeks have been an insanely busy time at work, but David […]