It's a Gray, Snowy Sunday in Pittsburgh

Today started off kind of damp; the newspaper delivery person kind of missed with the plastic bag. Our newspaper was soaked this morning, and Greg had to get the fan and spread the paper out on the floor in sections to dry it. He had to start reading the thin sections first at breakfast over our usual Cream of Wheat.

After church, we ate lunch at our new favorite restaurant, Passport Cafe, in the Pine Tree Plaza. They have a wonderful brunch menu with unusual dishes with an international flair; and they use the freshest ingredients from local producers of meats, dairy and vegetables. Today Greg had the mussels and I had roast quail with polenta. Both dishes were wonderful, reasonably priced, and beautifully presented. The menu changes frequently based on what is available, and there is always something interesting in addition to crepes and french toast and eggs Benedict if you are less adventurous. On the way home, we stopped at Staples to get an EASY button and Rite Aid for a couple of items. Then it was home to finish up the new coat I have been sewing for about 6 or 8 weeks.


Voila! What do you think? The coat is made of a wonderful, soft wool and cashmere fabric from Sawyer Brook that is just like a warm blanket. With the lining, it is so toasty warm. I didn't realize that my coat was such an unusual color until I tried to find a scarf and gloves to wear with it. But I settled on some dove grey gloves and a scarf that is a houndtooth check with pink and grey and ivory. I finished it just in time to wear for the holidays! My "good" black coat was purchased at Lazarus at the Dayton Mall when I worked for Lexis-Nexis. Those of you from the Dayton area know that it was a WHILE ago that you could get anything at Lazarus since they changed to Macy's. And I have lived in Pittsburgh for seven years, so that alone tells you something.


My next sewing project is a dress and a jacket that I bought fabric for a few weeks ago when Sawyer Brook sent me a mailing. Maybe I will cut that out over the holiday weekend.

I don't have any sewing patterns for little boy clothes except a couple of things with sweat pants and tee shirts for either a boy or a girl. I guess sewing is another area of expansion for me with the arrival of little David Richard. Better stock up on fabric with trains and dinosaurs after the green outfit is finished! I also have a pattern to make Greg some workout shirts that are long sleeved and long enough to meet his workout pants. We haven't been able to come up with many "talls" in the athletic wear section. I guess basketball players never wear long sleeves. Go figure . . . .