B Or Not

The B is taking shape.  I think it looks more like cyrillic at the moment, though.

Both Sides Done

I finished both sides of the Fandangle.  All that's left is putting it together into a dangly ornament.  The kit was from Nordic Needle.

First Time To Spice Club

 Spice Club is a fairly new Sri Lankan restaurant here in Chisinau. A couple of Fridays ago, the usual Friday crowd decided to check it out.  My first impression of the drinks was "weird".  I ordered a mojito, in my quest to find the best, and they gave me one that used creme de menthe!  It was not really a mojito at all, so this one isn't going to be in the top tier for that.

The food was much, much better.  First up were a salad and fried cheese ordered by Andreas.  The salad had very little lettuce - just the way Andreas likes it.  The cheese needed something to dip it in.  

 Veggie spring rolls were crispy, light and delicious.  Not sure what the balsamic glaze over them was about, though.  I'm not sure what the appetizer below that was.

 The chicken curry was spicy for Moldova, and you could have plain white or fried rice with it.  Everyone who had it said it was good.  The rest of us had cashew chicken with various sides.  Megan had the glass noodles and black mushrooms; I had grilled veggies.  We all agreed it was good, but Andreas' only had two cashews and mine was a bit salty.

 Regan's banana dessert.  It looked really good, and their presentation was wonderful.  Two of us tried their "hot chocolate" and a couple of us had cappucinos.  The chocolate was the consistency of hot pudding and had various flavors.  The cappucino was good.  Overall, the restaurant is one we will go back to.  It's also really inexpensive!

Creative Interpretation

 The Rogerses gave us this pair of art dolls for Christmas.  They picked the woman first because she's got yarn all over, and then the man for her husband.  They're supposed to represent, symbolically, Andreas and myself.  I didn't know Andreas was so hairy!  They're not supposed to look like us, I was told.  The dolls were made by an artist here in Moldova.  They're cute!  Thank you Heather, Chris, Kathryn, Joshua, and Courtney!

Pole To Pole

I decided to work on a pole to pole design, and this is the beginning.

Starting The Climb

I've started climbing up the left side now, balancing things out.

A Neat Beading Site

I don't normally send people to sites, but I figured there are some beaders who read my blog, and I've been fascinated by all the spiffy beading projects I've been seeing at biserok.org.  It's a Russian language site that has a LOT of beading going on.  Check it out if you're interested.  And remember, google translate is your friend.