sewing, eating, crafting

this weekend was lovely, starting with julian's first birthday, and ending with a day trip to occidental to eat at the best breakfast place on earth. howard's station is buried in the forest, past sebastopol, on the most scenic hour and a half drive ever. especially in the middle of autumn. paul and i are gung-ho about our breakfast foods. both days i wore my new southwestern jacket, which i finished by hand *shakes fist at broken machine*

we shared the homemade granola/yogurt/fruit bowl; i had the belgian waffles with bluberries....paul had the brown rice scramble with house potatoes, i'm getting that next time; their coffee aint shabby eitherafter breakfast, we visited my favorite vintage store, aubergine vintage emporium. i tried on a few things...the dressing rooms have walls of hand-dyed lace curtains, and a rod iron and neon sign top.in the end, i walked away with this slate gray wool dress, with black zig-zag detail down the front. a trick i learned, if you are afflicted with giant shoulders like myself (mine developed from years of swimming), to wriggle out of a tight-waisted dress such as this, pull the skirt up from the back, and pull over your head bowing forward slightly...i capped the evening off with a little arts 'n' crafts snuggled up in front of my stereo.**been wigging out to midlake's the trials of van occupanther**