Eating and drinking in the library

There is a coffee shop in the basement of Walter Library. When it first opened, I was really concerned about books and coffee mingling in the same area. I was fully indoctrinated into the idea that these two things should not mix by my elementary school librarian. I went to visit it when it first opened and was relieved to see that the space between coffee shop and books was respected.

Now they have a small circulating fiction/nonfiction library in the coffee shop! I love the idea, but there is a confused 7-year-old inside that is wondering if it is some kind trap set by librarians.
You can go and see which titles are available online

where are you, upholsterer's cooperative?

I'm really getting into upholstery. I'm redoing my little club chair that has been my constant companion since 1997. It is really a nice little chair whose cover is very threadbare.

I found out about a group of women who started the Upholsterers' Cooperative in a NE warehouse. This morning on my run I decided to run there and back (address is 1740 Madison).

It was much windier than I expected and I still have my rag-tag running clothes that I always assumed that I would shrink out of. I was fine until I got to 1740 and it didn't exist.

I lopped home a bit down-hearted and into the wind.

Next run is scheduled for Friday.

sweater for my sister

I knitting Belle Epoque presented in the Winter 04 issue of knitty.com. My friend (who introduced me to Knitty so long ago) and I are finding these last few issues exposing us to really grotty designs so I'm sifting through the archives to expand my knitting repertoire. This is how it looks on the designer.
I've been researching her other designs and found that she is relatively flat chested. As my people are quite curvy, I'm hoping this will work out. I'm using Cleakheaton Studio Mohair in a dark rose shade (# 19). Once I started knitting with it, I realized that was just a tish more rosy than her tea cozy. But I also noticed that she was wearing a scarf with a similar color so I'm a little less worried that it won't suit her.
I was misunderstanding the lace pattern instructions to the point where I thought that I was going insane. Somehow I figured it out at last yesterday afternoon, much to the relief of the boyfriend who no longer needed to suffer from expletive outburts every few minutes.