katnapper’s blog Vox 2008-06-01T04:42:06Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d41435a6ae6a47/ New York Adventures, part 2 tag:vox.com,2008-06-01:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700fad68c5c840005 2008-06-01T04:42:06Z 2008-06-01T04:42:06Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I returned to NYC in April to celebrate my 50th birthday. I stayed at another hostel and saw more plays and movies and took a tour of SoHo chocolatiers. On the way to NY, I stopped in Washington, DC. My first trip.

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]]> New York Adventures, part 1 tag:vox.com,2008-06-01:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700fad68c5bfc0005 2008-06-01T04:34:32Z 2008-06-01T04:50:52Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

005 004 006 013 001 Kathy and Bruce Beck Things We Want

The purpose of my trip to NYC in December 2007 was to reality check a career change. I flew from Austin to JFK via Jet Blue (highly recommend) and stayed for $35/night at the Big Apple Hostel in Times Square (noisy but convenient). The hostel off...

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]]> Craft City, part 2 tag:vox.com,2007-11-29:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700e398c27f140004 2007-11-29T18:58:47Z 2007-11-29T19:14:54Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom If a picture's worth a thousand words, what is a video worth? Here's video recently featured on Threadbangers about the vibrant craft community in my adopted city. The Sublime Stitching clip shows the storefront of Pink, my So-Co hair salon. ...

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Vickie Howell at Craft-o-Rama Kathy & Vickie

I really must get my priorities straight...I missed two really terrific craft events: Maker Faire/Swap-o-Rama and Stitch Austin. Check out photos of the Stitch fashion show (includes photos of Jenny Hart in a sock monkey bikini). I was able to ma...

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]]> My handiwork, Jenny Hart's design tag:vox.com,2007-11-21:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700e398bf96040001 2007-11-02T02:20:28Z 2007-11-21T03:38:03Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Sublime Stitching Project

Jenny's secret: Use 6 strands of floss. The work goes much faster.

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]]> Sublime Stitching tag:vox.com,2007-10-05:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700e398af8da80005 2007-10-05T03:06:11Z 2007-10-05T03:19:30Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Jenny Hart and Me at Craft-o-rama MarianneFaithfull

Sublime Stitching's Jenny Hart lead a rockin' embroidery workshop at Austin's Craft-o-Rama. She told some great stories, showed us tips and tricks, and brought her original portrait of Marianne Faithfull for inspiration. Jenny began working in...

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]]> On the nightstand: Out tag:vox.com,2007-10-03:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700e398aef2ad0004 2007-10-03T06:20:23Z 2007-10-03T06:20:23Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Out: A Novel Water for Elephants: A Novel The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Kafka on the Shore

I seem to have added several videos recently, but I have been reading as well. Out: A Novel was an earlier book club selection that I missed. This thriller by a Japanese author, Natsuo Kirino, is a fun, grisly page-turner. Later this month I'll ...

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]]> My new favorite tag:vox.com,2007-10-02:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700e398aec0260004 2007-10-02T16:16:50Z 2007-10-02T16:24:06Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ingrid Michaelson on Carson Daly - "The Way I Am"

My movie meetup group and I went to see Across the Universe last Saturday, and in our discussion thereafter, I found myself [once again] thinking, "What is this generation going to remember as the great songs of their youth? It's all rap. It's al...

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]]> QotD: Culinary Celebrity tag:vox.com,2007-09-27:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700e398ad12d00001 2007-09-27T23:35:26Z 2007-09-27T23:35:26Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Who's the coolest culinary celebrity? Julia Child, the mother of them all.

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]]> J'aime les ukes tag:vox.com,2007-09-18:asset-6a00d41435a6ae6a4700e398a9e13e0002 2007-09-18T17:00:57Z 2007-09-18T17:05:12Z katnapper http://katnapper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

J'aime les ukes.

A little ditty to learn before my Paris trip. J'aime les ukes d'Hawaii Dm7 G7 J'aime les ukes deTahiti C C7 J'aime les ukes Beltona Dm7 G7 J'aime les ukes Kamaka C C7 (C) J'aime tous les petits , ukulélés Les plus rares , les plus recher...

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