Book Suggestion: Friday Night Knitting Club

Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs

As a single mom in her late 30s, Georgia has her hands full juggling the demands of running the Walker & Daughter knitting store with the challenges of raising her spunky teen daughter, Dakota. Georgia’s regular customers gather once a week to work on their latest projects and chat – and occasionally clash – about love, life, and everything else.

The members of the Friday Night Knitting Club are as varied as the skeins of yarn in the shop’s bins. There’s Peri, a pre-law student turned handbag designer; Anita, a silver-haired uptown matron; Darwin, a somewhat aloof grad student; K.C., an out-of-work editor looking for inspiration, and Lucie, a petite television producer with a few surprises up her sleeve. But soon their quiet Friday nights are shaken up: James, Georgia’s ex, wants to play a larger role in Dakota’s life – and possibly Georgia’s as well. Cat, a former high school friend, uneasily renews her bond with Georgia. And when the unthinkable happens, all of Georgia’s customers are forced to realize they’ve created not just a knitting club, but a sisterhood.

Snow Patrol

http://www.snowpatrol.com/
Check this out. My sister made me a great mix and this great band kicked it off. I had forgotten about them!

Also wanted to plug http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/. She's the artist doing the final song of the last Grey's Anatomy episode of the season. Very cool songwriter.

Wanted to put some lyrics down here for you to peruse as well. A little flashback but I thought you would enjoy:

I'LL BE YOU
The Replacements

If it's a temporary lull
why'm I bored right outta my skull?
Man, I'm dressin' sharp an' feelin' dull

Lonely, I guess that's where I'm from
If I was from Canada
then I'd best be called lonesome

[BTW, I read in an interview that Paul was struck with how some people inCanada used the word "lonesome" instead of "lonely," hence this lyric.]

And if it's just a game
Then I'll break down just in case
Oh yeah, we're runnin' in our last race
Well, I laughed half the way to Tokyo
I dreamt I was Surfer Joe
An' what that means, I don't know
A dream too tired to come true
Left a rebel without a
I'm searching for somethin' to do
And if it's just a game
Then we'll hold hands just the same
So what, we're bleeding but we ain't cut
And I could purge my soul perhaps
For the imminent collapse
Oh yeah, I'll tell you what we could do
You be me for a while
I'll be you
A dream too tired to come true
Left a rebel without a clue
Won't you tell me what I should do?
And if it's just a lull
why'm I bored right outta my skull?
Oh yeah, keep me from feeling so dull
And if it's just a
we'll break down just in case
Then again, I'll tell you what we could do
You be me for a while
You be me for a while
and I'll be you

Home of the Replacements and Paul W. would be the Twin Cities...so here's a shout out to the best ice cream per Bobby Flay after his throwdown:

Ice Cream
Nothing's better than ice cream on a hot summer day, and Jeff Sommers of Izzy's Ice Cream has cornered the market on everyone's favorite frozen treat. Creator of the Izzy's Scoop, a little sample-sized scoop on top of each order, Jeff loves to give out samples and, more important, lots of smiles. Completely run on solar power, Izzy's experiments with great flavors, from its top-rated vanilla to the more outrageous Red Zinfandel. Bobby Flay loves ice cream more than anything else and is always looking for something new.

2034 Marshall Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104