On the day after Thanksgiving, my niece and I did something a little off the beaten shopping path. We took a bookbinding class this summer at Bari Zaki Studio in Chicago and returned today to do another type of bookbinding: the coptic stitch. We started with these tools. Since … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
We had our first snow of the year today! This was on my walk through Chinatown after volunteering at the senior center this morning. … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Windfall
Okay, so I admit I bought Diksha Basu's The Windfall because I love the cover. If I ever have a book cover with a customized illustration, I'll have arrived for sure. I also love the font. The whole thing is fantastic. Also, Diksha Basu has this amazing write-up in the New York … [Read more...]
Remembering a friend
I learned this weekend that a social media friend passed away in Scotland at a young age from cancer. Although I'd never met Nick, he regaled many with stories of growing up in Hong Kong and balls at the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, where he wore a kilt.When I traveled to … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
It's so hard to believe I was here four weeks ago, standing on the balcony outside my bedroom window at the airbnb my friends and I rented.I spent my last night walking around PMQ (on the left of this photo with the zigzag fence), even though most of the shops had long … [Read more...]
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