Jadasclay

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Gooooood Morning SFO

Wowie, I am one lucky gal. We got to the hotel at midnite.. and lo and behold there is a hottub. Hmm.. no swimsuit. Hmmm.. workout shirt and shorts!!! Hmmm.. go down stairs.. pool closes at 10. ;( Hmmm.. key card works.. sneak, sneak and ahhhhhhh long nice soak! What a way to end a travel day!!!
We went to bed around 2am... planning to sleep in and catch the shuttle to Pier 39 where our hotel is for the next 2 nights. Sleeping in is 6am, wide awake.. bummer.. I slumber in and out trying to fall back to sleep. I wake up to a complete bkfst. in bed with a view out the window of the bay. BEAUTIFUL!!
In case anyone is interested... I HAVE THE BEST BOYFRIEND EVER!!
Today we go to the galleries and a nice dinner out. Tomorrow the Terra cottta warroirs.
Love Love Love,
Jada

Friday, April 5, 2013

SFO

WE'RE HERE!

Quick Plane Change

Oh my that was fast. We got off the plane and were escorted outside with earplugs to walk by landing planes in order to catch our plane. We basically got inline and walked on to our plane. I wore my earplugs, Keith wished he wore his but claimed he was waiting to use them tonite to protect his ears from *MY* snoring. Hmmm.. me thinks a snoring video of him might be in order.

Gotta run, but more laters.

Oh, the black bands on my wrists are a life saver for air sickness. So is Vodka Tonic.. ;)

LOVE,LOVE, LOVE,
Jada

San Francisco here we come...

Waiting waiting for a plane. A late plane. :(

We had a wonderful dinner at Agustin Brasserie. It will be hard to top that in San Fran. We shared a cheese plate. I had a very nice glass of wine. My dinner was the market salad-hericot vert, arugula, goat cheese, ocal cherry tomatoes and a wonderful light dressing. I also had a cup of vichyssoise-a cold potato leek soup. I learned to make this soup when I was 14 years old, working for a lady who had MS. I would go to her house after school and get her out of bed and ready for dinner. I would wheel her into the kitchen, and she would explain to me how to make the meals that she and her husband would eat. I learned ALOT of jewish cooking from her. From chicken soup to borscht. She was a precious and wonderful lady who was dealt a bad hand with the MS.

As usual when I travel, I will blog my adventures. I now have this cute little mini-ipad with a keyboard and is makes it much easier to write on the fly...like when you are waiting for a late plane.

I am looking forward to this get-away. We need a break!! I have made a message on my phone that says I am on vacation, the studio is in Kathy's very capable hands(even though it is closed).. and I have left SACA in the Vice President, Linda Baker's very capable hands.

Mini-moon VACATION here I come. (I always feel like I am on my honeymoon with Keith, with-out the trappings of marriage, which makes it all that much better.)

More laters,
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
Jada

Monday, March 26, 2012

It's time for SEATTLE

I leave in the very early morning tomorrow! I am just about packed. I had a nice family dinner tonite with my family. We all went for a little walk out to "the Bench" at sunset it was beautiful. I am currently testing to see if I can mobile blog from my phone, as I have decided not to take my computer. I am traveling VERY light, the lightest ever in my whole life. I take more when I go for a little day hike. I have the rolling/backpack suitcase which has 3 days of clothes and my bathroom stuff. Then I have a regular backpack to carry on which has my sketchbook, raincoat and umbrella in it. I know I won't have enough clothes, but I will do laundry on Saturday. I hope I can make this all work. My last week of work was not too good, so I am glad to be getting away. I think I have figured out how to deal with one of my biggest problems, but it will be good to mull it over for the week.(so I don't do anything rash)
I hope my next post is from Seattle...
See ya in Clay Disnyland.
Love, love, love,
Jada

Monday, March 5, 2012

Preping for NCECA 2012

Tonite, I realized NCECA is less than a month away. Whoosh..this is going to be a blast. I am so ready for some clay stimulation! I bought my plane tickets in December and paid for my Membership in January. The place I am staying takes the money when I get there. I made internet reservations for that in December also. I am going to stay at the Green Tortoise Hostel across from Pikes Place Market. I foresee another one of Jada's Excellent Adventures.

I am still looking for a suitcase. I could go get one second hand, but I am thinking that I need a new one. I have been looking and looking, now it is time to make the decision and fork up the cash. I wanted a back pack on wheels, but I think I won't be backpacking anytime soon. My neck is quite out-of-order right now and I am hoping that after tomorrow it will be on the mend.(Cortisone Shot) So, it will be the quad-roller Samsonite, 21# Carry-on. Looking it up on Amazon now! If I can't make a decision, then I can borrow the boyfriends.

This will be my first NCECA with-out a clay roomate. I am a bit apprehensive about staying in the hostel. What if the hostel is hostel? I have just rechecked the website, and went to traveladvisor.com. So far all looks good and fun. Might be nice to get the real flavor of Seattle. I know that at all NCECAs I have been to, have been almost entirely in the hotel and convention center. I say that I have vistited the convention center, hotel, and airport in the host cities for NCECA. Usually the only times you see the city you are in is if you go on the buses on the gallery tours.