(the above picture was from Delfina's site, we didn't take any pics last night)
Last night four of us girls (Natalie, Olivia, Se Sook and I) went out to dinner to celebrate Olivia's birthday (a little bit late). She has been dying to go to Delfina, so that is where we took her. It was wonderful! I had the Jerusalem artichoke soup with black trumpet mushrooms and the Polenta with fontina (mmmmm). I sampled from the other ladies; the Potato latkes (so tasty), the Warm chicories salad and Braised Sonoma lamb. It all was so incredible.
After dinner we crossed the street and got ice cream cones at Bi-Rite Creamery & Bakeshop... OMG, I got the salted caramel flavor and it was pure heaven. That is my new favorite ice cream flavor, it is a great combo of salty/sweet flavors, without either one over-powering the other. So decadent and rich.
If you haven't tried either of these places and you live in the Bay area, I highly recommend both. Such a great evening.
I mentioned in my previous post about a craft supplies swap, that I was going to. I did go and it was fun. There were only a few other women that showed up, but I got rid of my two huge bags of yarn! I did come away with some treasures too. My favorite item is this:
A vintage Singer pinking machine! I didn't even know this kind of thing existed, but it is very cool. What is does is it cuts fabric to have a pinked edge, just like pinking shears. They were made in the 1930's and mine still works great. I don't have the clamp, that attaches it to a table top, but I can get on of those from the hardware store. I eventually want to look for the original type of clamp that came with it, but any regular old one will do for now. I may go pinking mad with this thing, so if you see a crazy lady walking around with zig-zaggy edges on all her clothes, you know it's me. Other things I got at the swap:
Vintage buttons
Vintage laces
Fabric remnants
Beads
I am very happy with my swaps and came home with a lot less stuff. All the items that didn't get swapped will get donated to the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, so eventually everything will find a good new home.
