January One -- Key Biscayne Socks

January 26, 2005

Waaaahhh! I wanna go baaack!

Or What I Knit On My Fantastic, Brief, Beautiful, Star-struck, Brief, WARM, Romantic, Wonderful, did I say brief? Vacation! Thank you Georgie Mou!

From left to right:

Front of Picot-Boo
It wasn't started on the vacation, but it was finished there, so it counts!

Swatch for baby's blanket
I tried out the All Season's Cotton for my new niece or nephew's blanket, and of course, I love it. Wouldn't you know, the color, Tapestry (#172), a nice, pale, gender neutral yellow, is discontinued. I'm going to try to find enough of it in Internetyarnland. Not sure what I'm going to do with it - the pattern in stockinette is so soft and I think if I wash it will get even softer. A nice knit/purl stitch would be nice, but I don't know. I think I might like a nice satiny border on it as well.

Key Biscayne Socks
Annie was right. I was being ambitious to think I'd come home with a pair, but I did almost finish ONE! I'm using Koigu on size 3 needles - the color is like a nice cabernet (very difficult to photograph though). The pattern I'm using is from Ann Budd's The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, fast becoming my bible. I have something like a hole, let's call it a gap, where I picked up stitches at the heel, but otherwise I'm pretty pleased with it! It's too loose around the calf and will probably slouch, but whatever. I have to finish the foot and the toe, but the hard part's done.

Hey! Get a load of my super-fine manicure! I had fun hanging with the salon girls and getting all the gossip. Nice tan, huh? I'm trying to keep my lower calves, not to mention my toes, wrinkle free, dontcha know! Oh yeah, and are socks supposed to look like ribbed casts?

Back to the vacation...can I go back to the vacation?
It was really wonderful. The hotel was very, very, very nice.

And we saw Conan again, on our last day. In one of the most surreal experiences in my life, I read this Op-Ed article about Johnny Carson while sitting lunching by the pool. When I got to this line:

There is another thing that never came back: late-night television for grown-ups. I know, there's Jay and Dave and Conan, and guys on cable, too. We were supposed to get excited a while ago that Conan O'Brien was being groomed for the big one. But no one cares now.

I looked up across the pool - and there was Conan. It was definitely very weird. Never did talk to him. He was busy with his family and I didn't want to interrupt. I'll catch him next time! ;)

If you want to see some pictures from the trip, keep reading...

Georgie played a lot of tennis while we were there - and I played with my new camera, which completely kicks ass.

[Disclaimer about the photos - I didn't have my serious photographer hat on, but my "let's see how this baby works" hat.]

Check out my Wimbledon champion!
That's real freaking grass for those who know!

I tried out all my lenses to make sure they worked with my new gear. Here's my macro lens at work on some old palm type leaves:

Our room was beautiful - the view especially. Here's the view from the bed ;)

And the sunset from the balcony:

The moon was unbelievable the whole time we were there. On our first night there we went on the beach after dinner. Some kids were having a bon fire that looked like a real good time, but it also made me feel old. So we pulled up some beach chairs and listened to the music from the party. And then the clouds cleared and the moon was spectacularly bright. We actually saw our shadows. Moon shadows. So cool!

Here's a picture from the property:

And the beach:

Georgie has done really well on our last couple vacations. He heads up the travel department of an NYC investment bank so he's got the connections, but he also knows all the good poop on where to go and stay. I just sit back and let him do all the planning. Thanks again my love!

And thanks to all of you for playing along!

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