That is my sister in the foreground, failing to look serious for the drawing.
Then it was time to fly back to Iowa.
With a four-hour layover in Detroit.
November 28, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thanksgiving, part 3
The Sunday after Thanksgiving we were back in Pittsburgh, in a crepes shop in Shadyside.
That is my sister in the foreground, failing to look serious for the drawing.
Then it was time to fly back to Iowa.
With a four-hour layover in Detroit.
November 28, 2010
That is my sister in the foreground, failing to look serious for the drawing.
Then it was time to fly back to Iowa.
With a four-hour layover in Detroit.
November 28, 2010
Thanksgiving, part 2
For Thanksgiving day we drove up to western New York to spend it with my mother's family. Thursday was a mix of food, football, family, and episodes of The Walking Dead. Friday we all drove out to an Irish restaurant for a fish fry.
November 26, 2010
November 26, 2010
Thanksgiving, part 1
A few days before I fly out to Pittsburgh to spend Thanksgiving week with my family, we were pulled out of a meeting at work so they could tell us the company was closing down and congratulations, we're all fired! I spent the next few days wandering my apartment thinking "The last time I watered this plant, I HAD A JOB", "When I bought this spaghetti, I STILL HAD A JOB" so it was a nice change of pace to go home for a while.
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving we ate brunch at Lidia's in the Strip District, which is a multi-course affair that includes baked goods, an antipasto buffet, a daily selection of pastas, and a dessert buffet.
There is also a bridge outside with globe decorations on its post that make it look like it's staring at you.
The Strip District has a lot of interesting shops in it. You can weave your way on the tiny sidewalks past the Steelers merchandise tables (with the blaring HERE WE GO music and the signs that say YINZERS PAY HERE) to get to all kinds of ethnic markets and food stores.
And I have to say, nothing really cheers you up like you and your sister (quietly) bursting into song to the bemusement of the cashier in the middle of a spice store.
November 21, 2010
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving we ate brunch at Lidia's in the Strip District, which is a multi-course affair that includes baked goods, an antipasto buffet, a daily selection of pastas, and a dessert buffet.
There is also a bridge outside with globe decorations on its post that make it look like it's staring at you.
The Strip District has a lot of interesting shops in it. You can weave your way on the tiny sidewalks past the Steelers merchandise tables (with the blaring HERE WE GO music and the signs that say YINZERS PAY HERE) to get to all kinds of ethnic markets and food stores.
And I have to say, nothing really cheers you up like you and your sister (quietly) bursting into song to the bemusement of the cashier in the middle of a spice store.
November 21, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Clinton St
I camped out on the steps of one of the University of Iowa buildings to draw this.
It can be hard to tell how long to work on these larger drawings, but today when I was contemplating how much detail I should add some guy wandered into the bushes next to me and started throwing up, which I took as a sign that I'd been working on it for long enough.
November 7, 2010
It can be hard to tell how long to work on these larger drawings, but today when I was contemplating how much detail I should add some guy wandered into the bushes next to me and started throwing up, which I took as a sign that I'd been working on it for long enough.
November 7, 2010
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