I’m up to my ears in craftiness right now! Not only am I sewing Christmas pressies (No I can’t show you! As much as I want to! What if the future recipients are watching?!), I’m also crocheting this little reindeer for potential sale at the Jive Joint, a monthly art-music-improv event thrown by the improv group (“Suddenly Dapper”) that my husby is in.

Mine’s white though — I’m out of light brown wool, so I’m just using what I have. I’m seeing it as a sheep dressed up as Rudolph. Ha!

The show is this Saturday, and I’m going to sing a carol on my uke I think, although I’m not sure which one. Here’s a taste of what to expect at their show! Aren’t they funny?

The proceeds of the art sale go to the Young Storytellers Foundation, a lovely organization that go into less-than-privileged schools and mentors kids into writing little screenplays — they then call in local actors, who the kids cast in their plays, which are performed in front of the kids and their parents.  Cool, huh?

If you’re in LA, come on down this Saturday!  It’s at this little spot called the LabCabin, right next to Jet Rag on La Brea. It’s free if you come between 8p and 9p!  $5 thereafter!

Alright, enough selling.  In the meantime, whilst I crochet the little sheep-reindeer, and sew Christmas pressies, watch this cool video sent to me by my friend Staci.  It’s a woman dedicated to historic gastronomy, especially dishes made by Americans back in the old days!

The Historic Gastronomist: Giving Recipes an Afterlife from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

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aarti