Hello, again! I have been a very bad blogger, indeed. However, in my own defense, I have had so many wonderful happenings lately that I've had nary a moment to stop and record it on the intermaweb. And I do believe, one of the points of a blog is to blog about your life but not live-to-blog or do-to-blog or whatever. Ya feel me?
Today is the first day in weeks that I've had a moment to sit and write. My dear friend, Joy, came this weekend to celebrate my birthday and she just headed out on snowy roads to get back home to Spokane. I've got the laundry machines hummin' away, a 3 week old Sunday crossword puzzle, and the snow is falling so prettily; it's a perfect time to write.
I took a New Year's Eve trip to Sitka, AK, to surprise Colette for her 40th birthday (4 days late). Thanks to sweet Hannah for being my partner in crime on this. Colette was surprised! We had a fantastic new year's eve!! We went to Winter Skillet, one of Sitka's annual concerts. It was fantastic! Then we walked all over town, visiting lots of adult beverage consumption stations (BARS, yo), one even had a rockabilly band and dancing:
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| Oh my! How cute are Hannah and Colette???
Sitka is a vibrant community, full of interesting people and lovely places:
The Pioneer Home on New Year's Eve; and it's snowing, too!
Russian Orthodox Church in the center of the town, and that mountain!
   
Thar she blows (we saw 2 whales!)
We also enjoyed time a la maison, sitting by the fire, playing games, and...making croissants! The croissants (quaaasahnts!) took 2 days to make, rolling and folding and chilling and shaping and rising and baking, but oh my oh my, were they ever delicious--next freakin' level delish!!!!
    
and roll again
   
Voila!
This may be the tastiest thing I've ever eaten! Totally worth the extreme effort and time commitment. Alls ya need is the Cook's Illustrated recipe, butter, flour, and yeast, oh and about 3 days! But, damn!
What a way to ring in the new year!!
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