Thursday, June 24, 2010

On the street where we live

Hotel de la Tour Eiffel, near the rue Cler, closer to rue Dominique and the Seine

We chose this Rick Steve's recommendation in the 7th because it is in the neighborhood where Alice stayed when she was last in Paris.





We couldn't believe that this is what we saw when we looked out the window.


A most charming member invited us into their space. The association has 15,000 members from across France. On the day we visited a small group was working on the Dear Jane blocks.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Paris!




Linda, Alice and I flew from San Francisco to Paris on June 13.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

One more from the weekend


Silk habotai 10 mm: dyed, discharged with thiox, dye painted and screen printed.

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Three Days in the Dye Pots


There aren't enough adjectives to exclaim about the amazing 3-day silk-dyeing workshop we had with Bonnie Wells at Walnut Creek Civic Arts. And now I need to get ready for my next adventure.