Flagel Knitting Files

My post yesterday left off with Tena and I leaving Beach Basket Yarns in Birch Bay, Washington.  It was time for lunch and I had done some homework before we left using Yelp, Urbanspoon and TripAdvisor to see if I could find an interesting place to eat.  My top selections included the following types of restaurants:  Thai, Mexican, fish, and Peruvian.  We went with the Peruvian called Cafe Rumba in Bellingham, Washington. Cafe Rumba There I had a yam, roasted tomato, spinach sandwich called the Peruvian with emoliente, a purple/blue corn juice all for just over $7.  (If you click on the link you'll note that sandwiches are $5 all day Thursday.)  Tena had a Pollo sandwich which included rotisserie chicken and peppery greens.  We agreed the sandwiches were unique, tasty and helped us feel as if, at least culinarily, we had headed somewhere different.  I strongly recommend checking out Cafe Rumba if you're in Bellingham. Then we took th...

The Pacific Northwest puts together a yarn crawl annually (this year's I believe is its fifth).  For those of you wondering what might be included in a yarn crawl, it is a number of local yarn shops that band together for advertising purposes, offer free patterns, and discount yarn for a set number of days.  This means the yarn fanatic can make a tour of different shops.  Or in short, it's like a pub crawl only with yarn replacing the alcohol.  Here's the post  where I wrote about the event last year. This year I decided it would be better for both of us if I took another yarn fancier with me rather than having Paul sit in the car to wait for me.  I too would feel more at ease taking as much time as I like in each shop.  So my knit buddy, Tena and I have been planning to attend this event for sometime.  But we knew we had to be strategic about the adventure. First it was deciding which of the four days (May 16-19) would be the best to tak...