Wanderings – Page 6 – Cheeky Attitude

The Autumn Retreat that was more like Winter – SOAR at Granlibakken Resort | Tahoe City, California

Not having a knitters getaway for over a year, my knitting buddies and I were looking forward to a week at Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, California.

Mid-October meant that we would have crisp Fall days perfect for walks among the pines and knitting while enjoying the relaxing atmosphere.

And that’s what we got. For about 5 minutes.

This is how it looked when we arrived.

A little chilly but otherwise beautiful.

And then it started to Snow. SNOW!

At first we thought it would just provide a sweet powdered sugar dusting for the morning and then would be gone.

But NOoooo. It SNOWED all freaking night.

And through the next day.

It just kept snowing…

Even the resort hadn’t prepared for the quick change of weather. The outdoor dining was still set up…

We had meals in the main lodge which meant getting over there.

Luckily we were inside most of the time.

By the end of the week it had stopped and the sun had started melting all the snow off of the tree branches and we got to take a few short walks.

I have to admit that it was beautiful.

But waaay too freaking COLD.

What did I do there? Well, that’s a whole other set of pictures.

Happy Birthday Lego – My favorite toy and gift to give.

Apparently yesterday was not only National S’more’s Day but also Lego’s birthday. I start giving my nieces and nephews Lego (Duplo) at about age 2. And a small Lego kit is included in every Christmas socking (Santa is smart that way). Lego’s store in Downtown Disney was recently remodeled. Check out the awesome sculptures inside, outside, and around the store. All made from the standard-size bricks.

See more of my Lego Pictures on Flickr. Including the San Francisco in Lego exhibit at Legoland.

New York Goodies

I lost my camera during this trip so all I have are iphone photos to share. The person who has my camera has the more vivid details of the trip including the BlogHer conference memories. Yet I still love you New York.

I have so much love for New York City that I can overlook its suffocating humidity. I have been adding to my list of places to eat and things to do for over a year and my plotted list ended up looking like this:

With all this on my menu plus all the fun stuff that BlogHer had to offer, I needed at least a month to make a dent in the list. Here are a few of the highlights of what I did manage to squeeze in:

From the @waffletruck – Belgian waffle, strawberries, banana and nutella – fresh fresh fresh and good good good

In the lower level of the Plaza Hotel there is a Food Hall with all types of delectable treats. We shared a trio of rolls: crab, lobster, and shrimp. And then I had a s’more made to order from the Three Tarts counter where their gourmet marshmallows are the stars.

Through the phone booth of a small hot dog shop you can enter a speakeasy style bar with silly taxidermy (jackalope) and specialty cocktails. I had the “mescal mule” a mescal laced concoction with passion fruit puree and house made ginger beer.

I’d be big as a house if I had easy access to the N.Y. Deli quick and delish breakfast of bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll.