Holy crap, I can’t believe it’s been over TWO months since I’ve posted here! In my defense, I have been extremely busy the past two months with a bit of a project that will take me around 40 weeks to complete:
Yup, there’s a baby growing in there and we are so excited about this! We can’t wait to meet the kiddo. The due date is April 4, but as babies very rarely show up on their due dates I’m not holding him/her to it. 
But that’s not the only thing that’s been keeping me busy the last couple of months (although I have to admit it was a BIG reason why)… here are a few more reasons I’ve been absent from blog-land:
We spent a week in Maine:
It rained… a lot.
We traveled to Europe and visited London:
And then Portugal:
When we got back from Europe I went to Rhinebeck and bought some awesome yarn:
We had a day of snow in October! Freaky stuff!
I’ve been knitting:
And I caught the hexipuff craze (making a play mat for the baby):
I’ve been shooting for clients!
Including a wedding this past Saturday. Seriously, doesn’t she look gorgeous?
In general, though, I’ve been missing the blog, and my blog friends, a lot! I am back for good now and will kick this off with a giveaway in my next post. It was my blogiversary on Nov. 12 and I definitely will be doing a giveaway to celebrate! I hope you all haven’t abandoned me (though I won’t blame you if you did!), and I’m looking forward to catching up with you all now. I promise not to disappear again! 
And now for some knitting content… as it turns out I have been knitting over the past couple of months… all socks. I have just recently (as in last week) started working on other things but socks have been the focus of my knitting these summer months because, sadly, I never feel like knitting when it’s 95 degrees out with 95% humidity. Go figure!
I do have to say that as much as I love the look of these socks, I didn’t much enjoy knitting on them. I didn’t hate them, they didn’t hate me… we just didn’t click. It was one of those things where I just couldn’t get to the end of them fast enough and I really really was sick of them by the time I was close to the end. But they ARE pretty to look at and that’s a big plus!
And I didn’t mention the yarn, which was just amazing to work with! I LOVE Skein and now I love it even more that I know her BFL base is oh-so-yummy. I am definitely going to be using this a lot more in the future. I have some worsted weights from her too that I now have to try out!
Pattern – Stricken by Cookie A (project link | pattern link)
Yarn – Skein BFL Sock in Sea Salt (rav link | store I used)
Needle – US1 (2.25mm)
Cast on – June 3, 2011
Cast off – July 19, 2011
Modifications – none
Being a New Yorker I couldn’t post on 9/11 without mentioning the 10 year anniversary of that tragic attack. I have only been in New York for 5 years but I truly feel like this city has integrated itself into who I am and my life. Thinking about that day (and I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day) is very sombering for me. My husband worked at a firm that operated out of the World Trade Center and his old coworkers know people who died from their floor. Thinking about that makes it all the more real to me as if this had happened just a few years later my husband could very well have been a victim. My heart goes out to everyone who lost family and friends during that day.
I took this picture tonight. They are lighting up the skies where the Twin Towers once stood. It’s a wonderful and touching way to remember that tragic day.
Yup, we got downgraded. The big hurricane we were all expecting didn’t hit us and most New Yorkers are having the “that’s it?” feeling after the storm passed. I don’t. As much as we prepared and bought water and food to last through a power outage – and then didn’t even have anything happen – we are glad that at least we were prepared and didn’t just blow this off. Better to be safe than sorry, no? Plus, I know lots of other people around the East Coast weren’t half as lucky as we were so we are considering ourselves happy that the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm and nothing bad happened to us!
Around us this was the extent of the damage – lots of leaves and branches on the ground! The wind is still blowing steadily in the 20-30mph range so nothing to sneeze at, but for now the danger is passed and life can get back to normal. I for one am looking forward to tomorrow when we can take the dogs for a walk and enjoy the sunshine. And that’s what we’ll do!
I hope all of you were able to stay as safe as we did and that you were “disappointed” with the storm. And if not, I hope things get fixed up and back to normal for you very very soon!
Just a quick post to let you all know that I’m okay and so are the pups and my husband. We are riding the storm out at home as we have NOT been evacuated and should be safe from any flooding that might occur. We are still a little bit worried about the wind and there’s a chance that we will lose power and water so we’ve bought plenty of non-perishable food and water to last us a week or so. Everything from the balcony has been moved inside and we should be as prepared as we can be for this! Thank you so much to everyone that emailed/messaged/PMd about the hurricane and asking how we are doing and wondering about our safety. It means a lot that so many of my readers and friends have reached out, so thank you!
Now we are just going to wait it out… I’m guessing this will involve a lot of sitting around and knitting, which can’t be all bad, no?
The puppies will be hanging out with us just like any other rainy day… as they were in these pictures taken a couple of weeks ago.
To all other East Coasters: I wish you all the best during this storm! Stay safe and dry and most of all obey all law enforcement and evacuation notices!!! Don’t stick around just because you think you will be safe. If you are asked to leave please do so.
I’m hoping to be able to update you all tomrorow, but it will depend on whether or not we have power. In either case, I will let you know as soon as I can how we weathered the storm. Until then, stay safe everyone!
I am a huge fan of watching movies on the big screen outdoors (I LOVED drive-ins when I was a kid and am so sad that those are pretty much gone now) so when my sister and I found out that SummerScreen was going to be showing one of the best movies ever for the big screen at McCarren Park, we knew we had to go! I remember the first time I watched Jurassic Park in the theaters very vividly. I even remember where I sat with my mom and my sister while Spielberg weaved true movie magic right in front of me. So we packed up a big comforter, some wine and games and headed out to meet some friends. First, we played a lively game of Boggle.
Which somehow turned into a contest for who has the prettiest feet… hmmm…
The we ate yummy pizza and had a Cool Haus ice cream sandwich. Yum! I chose snickerdoodle cookie with mint chip ice cream. Double yum!
The crowd was very excited and the moon was almost full…
When the first dinosaur came out it was really cool!
It was awesome to see Jurassic Park with a huge group of people and laugh/cheer at how excited different people got at different scenes. Especially when the T-Rex came on the scene. Awesome!
Next up we are going to try to see The Godfather later this month. One of the best movies ever made on an outdoor screen? Count me in!
In other exciting news, I was actually interviewed by the lovely Deb of Interrobang Knits in her Knitters You Should Know series. I was way beyond flattered when she approached me to do the interview and was more than happy to answer her questions. The interview was done a while ago, I just hadn’t had a chance to blog it here (bad bad blogger that I am)! If you’re interested, check out the interview here and make sure to read all the other interviews she’s done so far! I’ve been having fun reading them and getting to know some awesome Rav personas through her blog! 
In my haste to share my gorgeous Rhombus socks, I totally forgot about poor Mona! And she actually is very pretty in her own right, so that wasn’t right of me at all!
Mona is a VERY easy Cookie A pattern, though I have to say it wasn’t the funnest one to knit. For some reason I never got into a groove knitting them even if they were easy to work on. The yarn is gorgeous, though, being Fiberphile… I mean why wouldn’t it be gorgeous, no?
Pattern – Mona by Cookie A (project link | pattern link)
Yarn – Fiberphile Merino Nylon Sock in Whirpool (rav link | store I used)
Needle – US1 (2.25mm)
Cast on – April 26, 2011
Cast off – May 18, 2011
Modifications – none
So this marks my halfway mark on the Year of Socks. And considering I’ve finished another pair and am almost done with a second pair, I think I’m more than good on my goal for 11 socks this year! In fact, I’m pretty sure I’ll be surpassing this, but we’ll see. This is very exciting for me, but I do miss knitting sweaters and other things too. Although I did Timenoguy in June I’m really in the mood to cast on something else besides socks… maybe that’s my problem with trying to do multiples of things in a time constraint. It makes me miss knitting on other things! I’m thinking next year will be my year to just knit whatever I damn well please. That would definitely be a change in pace from other years! How are you all doing on your knitting resolutions from earlier this year? Getting sick of it, already gave it up, or chugging along? I’m going to go out on a limb and say that all of the above is correct… as long as you’re having fun doing it!
Oh and thank you to everyone for your hugs and love to Hitchcock in the last post! I can say that he’s almost at 100% now. Which would be good except that now he wants to PLAY and RUN and get into TROUBLE all the time. And we have to wait until Wednesday to get his collar off! So now I’m just counting down the days until we see the vet and she gives him the greenlight to have all the fun he wants to have!
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About Me I am a professional photographer living in NYC. My main hobbies are knitting, photography (hobby and work... I love what I do!) and my two Havanese dogs, Kubrick and Hitchcock. My interests include movies, books and some TV shows. I mainly blog about my hobbies, interests and my newly married life... plus whatever else life decides to throw at me. I hope you enjoy my little corner of the web!
-Carolina (aka Lina)
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