Gym and a bit of Ninth Avenue

After working out today, I walked over to Ninth Avenue, looked at a few possible places to have lunch, and then wound up at what had been a semi-regular haunt, before I stopped working in that neighborhood and then started taking my after-gym lunches in Chinatown.

On the way over, I assisted some thoroughly lost tourists. I heard them unsuccessfully approach two other people before they got to me. They were looking for Horatio Street. I explained that they were in the wrong neighborhood: Horatio Street is in the Village. They then asked whether the Chocolate Bar is there and I said yes. (I'm not entirely sure it's on Horatio, but it's certainly in that part of town, not the Theatre District or Hell's Kitchen. I threw in quick subway directions, and left them to decide what they were going to do.

I am a well-fed redbird, with plenty of good Thai food and some fresh watermelon.

Yes, the new daypack will hold my gym gear, a book, and my notebook. This is good.

( workout numbers, for the record )

Gym and a bit of Ninth Avenue

After working out today, I walked over to Ninth Avenue, looked at a few possible places to have lunch, and then wound up at what had been a semi-regular haunt, before I stopped working in that neighborhood and then started taking my after-gym lunches in Chinatown.

On the way over, I assisted some thoroughly lost tourists. I heard them unsuccessfully approach two other people before they got to me. They were looking for Horatio Street. I explained that they were in the wrong neighborhood: Horatio Street is in the Village. They then asked whether the Chocolate Bar is there and I said yes. (I'm not entirely sure it's on Horatio, but it's certainly in that part of town, not the Theatre District or Hell's Kitchen. I threw in quick subway directions, and left them to decide what they were going to do.

I am a well-fed redbird, with plenty of good Thai food and some fresh watermelon.

Yes, the new daypack will hold my gym gear, a book, and my notebook. This is good.

( workout numbers, for the record )

More on wandering wire

I took a look at the two pairs of earrings I have from elisem in something like the style that she taught me and kythryne about yesterday. The magenta ones seem to focus on a spiral made before it was anchored to the rest of the piece. The silver ones with the pale blue Swarovski crystals are closer to what she showed us, but with lots of lovely curves and fewer intersections and anchor points.

Also, googling on "wandering wire" gets me a link or two to Elise's work, and an assortment of things that have nothing to do with jewelry. If anyone else (except kythryne, soon) is using this jewelry-making technique, they're either not being discussed online, or they call it something else.

Also: Metalliferous has what look like the kind of pliers I need, and I think I'm going to pick up a cheap pair to play with while I figure out whether I want to spend a lot of time on this. (The price difference between the cheap ones and the Lindstroms that Elise and Kythryne were talking about is something like a factor of eight.) And I'm wondering about colored/coated wire. I definitely want more Swarovski crystals, and maybe some other small beads (I've been using what I got in Beads of the Month for earrings--the large packages for colors of night and pearls both have good small beads--but it's not enough.

More on wandering wire

I took a look at the two pairs of earrings I have from elisem in something like the style that she taught me and kythryne about yesterday. The magenta ones seem to focus on a spiral made before it was anchored to the rest of the piece. The silver ones with the pale blue Swarovski crystals are closer to what she showed us, but with lots of lovely curves and fewer intersections and anchor points.

Also, googling on "wandering wire" gets me a link or two to Elise's work, and an assortment of things that have nothing to do with jewelry. If anyone else (except kythryne, soon) is using this jewelry-making technique, they're either not being discussed online, or they call it something else.

Also: Metalliferous has what look like the kind of pliers I need, and I think I'm going to pick up a cheap pair to play with while I figure out whether I want to spend a lot of time on this. (The price difference between the cheap ones and the Lindstroms that Elise and Kythryne were talking about is something like a factor of eight.) And I'm wondering about colored/coated wire. I definitely want more Swarovski crystals, and maybe some other small beads (I've been using what I got in Beads of the Month for earrings--the large packages for colors of night and pearls both have good small beads--but it's not enough.