life : weekend bits


line, fireman, tulips, cake, purl twice

hello! i hope you all had a nice weekend! mine started out on friday when i met line for lunch at the chelsea market and then a walk through high line park. she was visiting nyc with her sweet family and is cute as a button, they all are. although we've never met in person, it felt like we were like old friends. she was only here for a few days, so i really appreciated her spending the afternoon with me. the funny thing is that we didn't really take many photos.

saturday, we took charlie to see my brother and celebrate his birthday. he has the sweetest house and it was a good day out for charlie. it's been a year since helen passed away and he likes my brother who is always up to something new (crazy - new engine for his vintage corvette!), so it was a good distraction.

sunday was rainy and we saw a really good movie from argentina - the secret in their eyes. the plot centers around a retired court employee who decides to write a book about an old rape/murder case, but it's so much more. the romance, comedy, suspense and politics kept us talking about the twists and turns all evening. the main thing that resonated with me is how we can not deny our true passion and that it's never too late to live it if we're not afraid.

we also visited purl's new store and it is fantastic! not only beautiful and spacious, but a fine example of a business success story during a difficult economic climate. i picked up some nani iro oilcloth for our kitchen table as a special treat.

that's all for now. i'll be back tomorrow with some sunshine photos and an award.

xo, cindy

ps after reading this article in new york magazine, i just couldn't resist any longer, so please do follow us on twitter and we'll return the favor!

19 comments:

Grace@PoeticHome said...

What a nice and creatively productive weekend! The movie sounds quite intriguing and is on my to-see list...and you are right - it's never too late :)

aimee said...

i love hearing about your action packed weekends! what fun!

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

I like the picture of the cake! It looks soooooooo good!

I'm glad you got to spend time with Charlie. I don't know him, but I have an affection for him.

I've been reading about Foursquare all over the place. Pretty amazing!

Jamie said...

I'm feeling seriously lazy after reading about your weekend.

Cindy said...

we made up for last weekend, which was a dud!

blue moss said...

sounds like such a great weekend :)
michelle

Line said...

thanks Cindy... I was so happy to meet you and I feel the same my friend, I came back with so many pictures and inspiration, I have to take it all in!!!!


have a wonderful week Cindy

x x x

painted fish studio said...

what a perfect ny weekend! i'm looking forward to going to the new purl store... it's going to be dangerous!

Anonymous said...

lovely photos! and thanks for the link to the article. very interesting.

xo Alison

Joyce said...

You weekend was full to the rim with alot of fun. One is meeting was meeting Line, the other was having a piece of that cake!! I have twitter, but rarely go on- I'll be on this week to link up to you my friend. xo

Krissy | Paper Schmaper said...

sounds like a great weekend! you are worlds ahead of me with the twitter thing... i just can't get on that bandwagon!

Megan Coyle said...

Sounds like a fantastic weekend :) and I love your photos from all your weekend fun.

p.s. I gave in and started using twitter recently too. It's pretty addicting :)

Candi said...

Sounds like a great weekend! I'm so glad to hear my buddy, Charlie is doing well and he had a Happy Birthday! I love corvettes, my mom has a 1970 and I've done a couple poker runs with her. What year is your brother's?

Yay, I'm so glad you're on twitter! It's addicting, and frankly much better than fb!!!

Dawn said...

gosh, sounds like you had a terrific weekend! all i did was sit at home :( well, i was a bit productive, but how nice it would have been to go out and play with friends and family!

Bella Sinclair said...

Happy Birthday, Kim!

And is that...oooh...firefighters lunching? Yummy.

Sounds like a fantastic weekend! Wow, that is a great shop. I want to live in it.

Cindy said...

purl is a fantastic shop! i want to move in, too!
twitter is addicting and i need to get a handle on social networking time in general. might as well tackle it all at once. fb is not for me.
line - glad you made it home safe and sound.
candi - your mom's vette sounds great! he has a 1962 and said it was mint when he bought it, but hasn't stopped fixing it up!

Fifi Flowers said...

Looks like a lovely weekend!

please sir said...

Sounds like such a great weekend and ohh I would love to visit their new shop too!

meg said...

What a fun weekend - and what a great day for sweet Charlie too! And... my Davy told me about that movie!