Lunch in Punta del Este

It's been a while since I've shown some food pictures.  These are from lunch at Garibaldi's in Punta del Este.  It's in the shopping area of the resort, and run by an Italian expat who also does the chef duties.  It was excellent!  This was my meal - bread overlaid with chunks of panceta and broiled with melted cheese. 

 The spaghetti carbonara was Andreas' main course.  He said it was the best he's had outside of Italy - except for that made by his father.  The owner was very pleased by the compliment.

A poster in the restaurant put up for the World Cup.

The outside of the place.

And a picture of the antipasto.  All fresh and good.  Andreas commented on the parmesan too.  It wasn't the local stuff.

Marya's Garden Block

Another English Garden block for the round robin, this time for Marya.  This is how it looked before I worked on it.

And this is how it looked when I got done with it.  For some reason, it told me to put ribbon and daisies on it, which I did.  I also used some of those leather shapes to make flowers.  I hope she likes the result.

Yet More Costumes

Did I mention there were a LOT of costumes on display?  There are at least four more posts' worth to upload...

Ornament for Exchange

 It's the time of year to exchange ornaments again, and I sent this one as part of the Brooke's Books exchange.  It went to Mexico for Maru.  She's gotten it and the temari I included with it, and likes it.  Yay, mission accomplished!

More Costume Pictures

This mall, by the way, was formerly a prison.  In fact, the current president of Uruguay was incarcerated here for fourteen years.  But on to the costumes.  These ones are from Joan of Arc, I think.  There are some lower down that have some neat embellishment!

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Creeping Along si

I seem to be done with the skirt itself pretty much - finally.  Still getting kind of sick of golden brown, but it does look good.

Joy of Florimell

This week I started the Prairie Moon Joy ornament from the JCS 2010 ornament issue.  Of course I changed up the floss and material.  Last month I picked up a skein of Gloriana's Florimell and decided to use it for this.  The coverage is really good - I've been using only one ply.  And I really love the color brilliance.  Besides, it feels nice.  I know I'll pick up more Florimell in the future, especially if I can find it on sale. $7 a skein is pricy.