Made a whirlwind trip to New York City yesterday for my niece's wedding... got home late this afternoon. My niece Erin, who designed my little Finnegan Purl blog button, got married at The Mark hotel in Manhattan and while we hanging out outside waiting for the ceremony, a very important guest of the hotel arrived with his very extensive entourage and police escort. He got out of his car about 15 feet from me.
My friend Helen is going to DIE when she hears I saw him because she is into his teachings and wisdom. I, on the other hand, did not know much about him until I did some reading when I got home. I saw the Dalai Lama.
My daughter, Kelly, the history teacher, is also a little perturbed that she did not accompany us to the hotel early and missed the opportunity to see him.
The wedding was beautiful, the bride was gorgeous, the groom was handsome and a good time was had by all. We went to Ground Zero at 2:00am after the reception just to see it. My son said he wasn't leaving without seeing it so we hopped in a cab and went downtown. Needless to say, it's an emotional place.
And, yes, there is knitting news. I got about 6 hours worth of knitting completed on Clapostis III on the drive. The hand painted yarn from MS&W is nice to work with but it's a tiny bit fuzzy and it's hard to get those dropped stiches to run without the fibers getting tangled. I never gave that a thought. And it sheds a tiny bit too. I'm going to have to be careful what I wear it with.
I was just sitting here thinking, I'm so exhausted that half of this probably doesn't make any sense. I'll probably be editing it tomorrow!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
New York City
Posted by Holly at 7:52 PM
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2 comments:
Holly...glad to know you got home safely and that you got some knitting done.
I've been to ground zero and I didn't take pictures. I think it's very sacred and should have a memorial park and not another tower (my personal opinion except nobody asked for it). I used to work two blocks up about 10 years ago. Such a tragedy : (.
Holly,
Notice the guy wearing the scarf in your photo of the Dalai Lama? I've heard it's customary to present the Dalai Lama a scarf when you are granted an audience with him. A woman in one of the knitting forums several years back knit a scarf for her son, a photographer with National Geo mag when he was going to meet the Dalai Lama. The knitted scarf was the only one out of the bunch he stopped to admire. So he appreciates a fine hand knit, does the Dalai. (IIRC it was knit in the Feather and Fan pattern.)
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