Hint of italy on the go

I made a quick visit to my parents today. My grandmother turned 96 on thursday, so I needed to give her a hug.
While I waited for the train, I bought an italian biological lemon-soda. It was so good, and by coinsidence, I was listening to my favorite artist, Mike Patton, singing italian songs from 50ies movies and television-series. Pure italian bliss. I need to go there sometime, I've never been to Italy.

If there was one artist I could choose to work with, it would be Patton. Master of versatility - and probably batcrazy!

Tonight I'm going to see another great inspiration: Sufjan Stevens. Yay!
Hope you've had a great weekend.

Love,
Ida

Senza Fine, my fave off of Mondo Cane

And some Sufjan for y'all.

My moms hidden talents

What seems like ages ago, I bought a crocheting-needle and some cute yarn when I was in Sweden with my funny friend Louise. Remember? 
I never got the hang of crocheting, but one day I was home at my parents, cussing and cursing at the damned thing, and my mom took an interest. Oh yeah, she'd crocheted some when she was an adolescent. So I gave her the needle and the yarn and forgot all about it. Until I got these wristwarmers for my birthday. Pretty good for someone who hasn't crocheted in 40 years!
Now she's totally hooked on crocheting - and knitting, too. She's making socks and what not. Yay. More homemade goodness for me coming up!

Love,
Ida