Life Begins at 30

"A lot of hooey"

I was on the phone with grandma last night telling her about my trip to Las Vegas this weekend.  A friend is one of Bette Midler's Harlettes and so a visit to see her perform was combined with a birthday blow-out for my good friend Staci.

Grandma loves Las Vegas so had a lot of questions about what we did, and how everything was.  "It was great," I told her, "but I spent way too much money."  She agreed that it could be very expensive, but that it's possible to do it on the cheap. 

"It's just that there are so many restaurants there now that are run by famous chefs that you end up wanting to go to nice restaurants the whole time," I told her.

"Let me tell you what I think about that," she interrupted. "It's a lot of hooey."

"I like the Bellagio buffet," she continued.  "It's the best place to eat in Las Vegas.  I don't like Emeril and Wolfgang and all of those famous guys.  Their food doesn't even look that good."

To hell with Michelin and one accolade after another.  Grandma has spoken.

Lotta Jansdotter Printing Party

All photos by Jen Maiser.

On Saturday, I went to Craft Gym because Lotta Jansdotter was in town hosting a printing party in honor of her new book.  It was a blast to be surrounded by so much color and creativity, and fun to see so many designs.  Not only did Lotta use her own stencils for this (free) event, but she has several stencils in the book -- a very generous move on her part. I am looking forward to trying out some printing projects at home.