flash, find your fit and radio africa

Howdy world!

Is this not the most glorious weather ever?? Man do I love spring! And I love daylight savings – it's such a relief to have light all day. Makes a person feel more alive…

Well I had a fabulously busy weekend. My weekends are full of learning these days – I'm taking a Flash class at the SFSU Center for Extended Learning, with an excellent professor named Lane Good. Wow is Flash a powerful programme…

I made the image on the right, of proteas on Table Mountain, Cape Town, during the first week of class, and I thought I'd share it with y'all.

And this too, if you want to see a little Finding Nemo-eque animation I made for class last week:

dude, mr turtle is my father! Hee hee. Anyone want to hire a flash animator?

So one class does not a busy weekend make, right? On Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending knit-one-one's Find Your Perfect Fit class, taught by the irrepressible Julie Weisenberger (at left, tracing a sweater.)

What a powerhouse she is! The tips and inspirations for sweater patterns, fit, texture, and embellishment just come rolling out of her like a great big tsunami of ideas. If you're ever thinking of refining your sweater skills, I'd say don't miss experiencing Julie's expertise, either at knit-one-one for classes or at Article Pract for her drop-in Saturday morning sweater sessions.

And, if that were not enough, a few members of the class and Síle Convery herself all went to a Radio Africa dinner at Sweet Adeline. "What's Radio Africa?" you say. It's a simply fabulous idea, which I've seen versions of in places like New York, but which I've only experienced here.

Radio Africa is a nomadic restaurant. They travel to different venues like Sweet Adeline and present a one-night-only, price-fixed three course dinner. Everything we ate was really masterfully prepared and totally delicious, and at $32 a head, that's not a bad night out in the Bay!

I'm also particularly given to like Radio Africa because of the head chef, Ethiopian-born Eskender Aseged, who is friendly and genteel all at the same time, and meeting other here/there people always cheers me up when I miss our life on the other side of the world.

Oh and check out the cutest honey-bee linens ever. I considered stealing the one off of our table, but I thought that might be a little too cheeky.

Anyway, that is my excuse for not having posted the changes for the Nantucket Jacket yet, which I finished yesterday!!! WHOOO HOOOOO! Pictures and pattern notes coming this week, for real. ; )