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Mar. 2nd, 2017
boosting the economy
Mar. 2nd, 2017 03:39 pmNot sure which is taking a bigger hit today - my credit cards or my feet! All are exhausted. I got to the Sew Expo at 8:45. They had opened the doors at 8:30. Turns out that was a genius decision. By noon it was too crowded to enjoy. I cannot imagine what it's going to be like on Saturday. I have no plans to find out first hand.
The show is actually pretty cool if you like sewing and shit. There are 1 and a half pavilions of vendors and then a bunch of demo halls and classrooms. The classes didn't really interest me enough to pay extra. The big draw for me was wallowing in a ginormous sewing store. I expected to see a lot more cool gadgets. I want something to churn 1/4" perfect circles out of felt. I want trick scissors that cut cool shapes and patterns of of fabric like they have for paper. I saw a lot of sewing tricks and tools but really not much I hadn't seen before. I also did not see a lot of little embellishments like I use on my dolls.
I bought some big pieces of fabric - swim suit fabric and a couple pieces to make shirts. My biggest fun came from the little booth that had piles of cotton print remnants. $8.00 a pound. Here's a bag, pick your favorites. I went back twice - 3 pounds total. I will probably do that again tomorrow. After I got my fill of the show, I left the show. I went to Walmart and kind of found what I wanted and then stopped at a Michaels and did not find what I wanted but still managed to spend money.
I'm in a Marriott - complete with a Book of Mormon. It's a nice place with nice people and free breakfast. I found a Popeye's chicken for lunch and it was delicious. I really want to go to Red Lobster for dinner. I thought there was one here but turns out the closest one is 17 miles away. Too far for me. There's a Black Angus down the street. I suspect it will be packed with sewing ladies but I think I'll give it a try anyway. Maybe if I go early enough they will have room for me. I'm getting pretty hungry.
Tomorrow I plan to walk through again and see what I may have missed and maybe sit in on a demo or not. And then I'll head home. There's a pool in this hotel but it's tiny and really hot so maybe I'll stop at an LA Fitness on the way home or maybe I'll just skip my swim tomorrow. It won't be the end of the world.
So far this has been well worth the effort. I think I might even book a room here for next year's Sew Expo before I leave tomorrow.
The show is actually pretty cool if you like sewing and shit. There are 1 and a half pavilions of vendors and then a bunch of demo halls and classrooms. The classes didn't really interest me enough to pay extra. The big draw for me was wallowing in a ginormous sewing store. I expected to see a lot more cool gadgets. I want something to churn 1/4" perfect circles out of felt. I want trick scissors that cut cool shapes and patterns of of fabric like they have for paper. I saw a lot of sewing tricks and tools but really not much I hadn't seen before. I also did not see a lot of little embellishments like I use on my dolls.
I bought some big pieces of fabric - swim suit fabric and a couple pieces to make shirts. My biggest fun came from the little booth that had piles of cotton print remnants. $8.00 a pound. Here's a bag, pick your favorites. I went back twice - 3 pounds total. I will probably do that again tomorrow. After I got my fill of the show, I left the show. I went to Walmart and kind of found what I wanted and then stopped at a Michaels and did not find what I wanted but still managed to spend money.
I'm in a Marriott - complete with a Book of Mormon. It's a nice place with nice people and free breakfast. I found a Popeye's chicken for lunch and it was delicious. I really want to go to Red Lobster for dinner. I thought there was one here but turns out the closest one is 17 miles away. Too far for me. There's a Black Angus down the street. I suspect it will be packed with sewing ladies but I think I'll give it a try anyway. Maybe if I go early enough they will have room for me. I'm getting pretty hungry.
Tomorrow I plan to walk through again and see what I may have missed and maybe sit in on a demo or not. And then I'll head home. There's a pool in this hotel but it's tiny and really hot so maybe I'll stop at an LA Fitness on the way home or maybe I'll just skip my swim tomorrow. It won't be the end of the world.
So far this has been well worth the effort. I think I might even book a room here for next year's Sew Expo before I leave tomorrow.
Enjoying the small things
Mar. 2nd, 2017 08:16 pmI went to Black Angus for dinner and it turned out to be nice. I got there early and sat down and ordered a whisky sour and before it even got there, a family with 3 children, 2 small, 1 squealing, sat down in the next booth. I pondered the wisdom of just trying to ignore them but only for a minute. When the waitress came back to me, I asked her if I could move. She was instantly as nice as she could possibly be about it. She also did several other things perfectly and so got a gynormous tip. I hope she was delighted when she saw it. I know she made my evening as nice as it could possibly be.
I was smart enough to bring two different pairs of shoes so my feet got a break for dinner which they appreciated.
I've been lounging here on the bed watching stuff from my TiVo on my tablet. I think that's pretty amazing. A show I recorded at home on hardware at home is playing here in my hotel room on the screen I have with me. So cool.
But I don't have any knitting with me and it's hard to watch TV without it. And the book I'm listening to is really good so I think that's going to fill my time until I can't stay awake any more.
This hotel room has a window that opens! Not far - only a couple of inches but still, I think that's amazing and wonderful.
My fitness tracker is sure a happy camper today. I just hope it doesn't think we're setting the norm here. My legs (and feet) are pretty much ready to go back to doing the minimum as usual.
I was smart enough to bring two different pairs of shoes so my feet got a break for dinner which they appreciated.
I've been lounging here on the bed watching stuff from my TiVo on my tablet. I think that's pretty amazing. A show I recorded at home on hardware at home is playing here in my hotel room on the screen I have with me. So cool.
But I don't have any knitting with me and it's hard to watch TV without it. And the book I'm listening to is really good so I think that's going to fill my time until I can't stay awake any more.
This hotel room has a window that opens! Not far - only a couple of inches but still, I think that's amazing and wonderful.
My fitness tracker is sure a happy camper today. I just hope it doesn't think we're setting the norm here. My legs (and feet) are pretty much ready to go back to doing the minimum as usual.