The Long Winters

Liesbeth wrote:so when does your knit-to-order webshop open, Dianna?
I could do with a hat and matching gloves.

Ha! I'm all booked until Christmas, but I actually do take commissions. That's a good idea, though, I should put together some sort of custom order section on my website...

Thank you!! And because a few of you expressed interest, here is a better photo of the sweater:

Thanks for the Back Beat link! That photographer is, fittingly enough, a knitter I know. She said she'd send some more photos my way.

And this clocked in as my fastest sweater ever, knit start to finish in 6 days. Normally I'll give myself a couple weeks, though, at least.

If anyone tracks down any photos of John playing in the sweater, it would be greatly appreciated!

sour29 wrote:Now on the main page, you can read John returning the favour.

Awesome.

Boat's default on myspace has been changed to the Diet Coke picture. I'm gonna say that's not a coincidence.

Is that the best pastrami sandwich picture you could find? A) No, but I don't think porn is allowed on this site... B) May I please see your "Pastrami Expert" credentials??? C) What's wrong with it??? It's a Katz's classic!!! Nothing against the sandwich itself, just the photo. I have high standard...

Is that the best pastrami sandwich picture you could find?

I'm pretty happy that this thread title has become a repeat title.

^ You're not the only one. I spent ridiculous amounts of money going to the Netherlands and to Spain last fall to see JV play (for clarification: I was living in France, I didn't randomly hop the pond twice), but I cringed a little bit when I had to drop 30$ on a Spoon ticket a few weeks ago. I'm br...

The real Venice. SoCal's not really my thing.

VENICE.

My all-time favorite sweet pastry might be kürtős kalács from the little carts in Moskvater in Budapest:



They're like edible slinkies.

On the subject of Dutch pastries, that apple pie in Utrecht left a pretty big impression on me, I have to admit. I had some the next day in Rotterdam, too.

That was amazing.

it's philosophical in a way: can something that's missing make an appearance? I thought about that when I initially started the Sing Again thread, and I'm about to go all linguistics-nerd on everyone, but it felt more natural to refer to the long-gone missing tooth itself than to the subsequent gap...

sour29 wrote:I was totally just about to post this.

And PS. You all NEED this album. It's fantastic.

Agreed. It's the only thing I wanna listen to right now.

John and Eric (along with many, many others) make appearances in the video for Chris Walla's "Sing Again":

http://barsukmusic.blaireau.net/chriswa ... gAgain.mov

Betty Felon wrote:Oh I thought this thread was about joining in Champagne....

Sigh, me too. I love champagne.

You know Franz Joseph got so upset that the Opera House he had built in Budapest was nicer than the one in Vienna that he left the only performance he ever went to halfway through and never came back. Sissi went to that Opera house frequently, though, but never got to sit in the royal box, 'cause th...

Liesbeth wrote:Sissi, now there's a tragic heroine the Decemberists oughta write a song about...

This one? Because that'd be awesome.