le marche st. george is such a lovely little spot; i spent a couple of hours in their pop-up shop and cafe. they have a great space above the cafe that they use for hosting dinners, which i have posted about here, and on saturday they set up shop to sell their beautifully crafted items alongside gorgeous textiles from mexico. the cafe is owned by three members of the larsen family. vancouverites may recognize the name. patricia is the painter, janaki is the ceramicist and klee is the photographer. the latter two along with their aunt, own the cafe.
after enjoying some time drinking a london fog (sadly, no chai on the menu) and eating a delicious sandwich i went home with a few things from the pop-up shop - a cat, a pillow, and a beta 5 holiday chocolate bar with bits of candy cane mixed in; i do love my candy cane!
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this photo and the two images above are from klee larsen
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i also spent time organizing. i bought a few new storage items from ikea and spent most of my sunday re-organizing the closet and cleaning up the outside; it was such a lovely sunny weekend. unlike laundry, i am happy to while away my time organizing the house. i derive such satisfaction from this simple task. there is still more to organize for another day (kai's new bed with storage plus a new cabinet for the entrance way)... i can't wait to delve into these projects!
the boys spent most of the weekend without me but always nearby. kai was building forts, fighting imaginary bad guys, and working on art projects. he did get out of the house for a soccer game and a playdate decorating gingerbread cookies (sam's house smelled delicious and the cookies were so good). although, maybe his favourite thing this weekend was staying in his pjs all day on sunday!
we did get together for a movie and dinner. we were supposed to attend wild rice's first year anniversary party but we ended up at a malaysian restaurant. why? someone who shall remain nameless (not me) read the anniversary invitation wrong. oh well, i did indulge in a nice curried mussel dish with roti that i would not have enjoyed otherwise :-)
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jude liked the fort too!
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and, we watched first position; a documentary about six young ballet dancers, from very different backgrounds, training for the world's most prestigious youth competition. the ballet world is beautiful on stage but wow, so brutal behind the scenes. it was amazing how hard these young people work to achieve their dreams to dance. do rent it.
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