I’m Back
We actually were back home on Friday morning. The trip was nice, though the B&B was rather susceptible to traffic noise and much farther away from our points of interest than we had thought. I actually was quite happy to get home. *Very* early Friday morning there was a condo fire just a few blocks from us so we were awoken to the sounds of news helicopters getting footage for the morning news. There was much walking and little sleeping so getting home meant a chance to get some sleep and rest. Of course, that is how it goes, right? One needs a vacation from their vacation!
It was still a nice trip. We dined at some great places. I got some more massage bars from Lush (thanks for turning me onto those, Bakerina!) and we did lots of window shopping in neat boutique stores. My fav is Two Hands Paperie. I totally wanted to ask for one of everything. I actually left with no purchases. Though I have to admit, if the retro orange Namiki retractable fountain pen had been a bit cheaper it might have come home with me. It did make me itchy to get back to the bookbinding thing again.
I did get several new to me CDs at Bart’s - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations by The Eels, Faces Down by Sondre Lerche, Cimarron Manifesto by Jimmy LaFave, and upon DH’s recommendation, Songs to Learn & Sing by Echo & The Bunnymen. I also picked up a brand new CD that I have been lusting after for months, but have been unable to locate locally - Sparrows in the Bell by The Pines. So far I’ve only heard about the first half of the first disc of The Eels, but I should have them all listened to by this evening.
We ended up moving our arrival home ahead by several hours, but it gave us the chance to take in a matinée of Across the Universe before getting Emma form the kennel and her grooming. The remainder of the weekend was still mostly “vacation” at home. There was a Halloween party on Saturday night and the retrieval of our copy of Leopard from DH’s office. But I did no spinning or knitting that was for design work for the entirety of the weekend. That doesn’t mean I didn’t knit, but more on that later. I need to start catching back up. I did come home to some work in the Inbox that needs my attention.
