LA trip and 12th night

[isabelladangelo]

First, how many others got to see the isosceles triangle of the moon, Jupiter, and Venus? It was pretty cool.

Second, I bought the airplane tickets for LA. They were a lot less than I originally had thought which is a good thing. I'm going to wait on the car rental. I can get a car for $180 (taxes, everything included) for the week but I want to see if they have any specials closer to the time I'm leaving.

I'm trying to plan my trip. Of course, right now, the LACMA is not showing off there costumes and textile display. (And did I mention this is the week BEFORE the Feb 7th lecture? ::sigh::) I'm still heading over to LACMA and there are a few other places I have planned. I also know my cousins will kidnap me for a few days but...

I don't think I'll go to Disneyland. If I do, it will be for the day and get the ticket at the door. I'll check and see if the office has any discount ticket but, honestly, a one day entrance fee for Disneyland is as much as a season pass to Universal Studios. (I think I might get the season pass at Universal and head down to Florida at least a couple of times later in the year.) So, I'll probably just go to Universal Studios and spend the money I would have spent on Disneyland, on fabric!

I really need to drag the Christmas decorations out. I also need to get five different sewing projects done by the end of the year. Three are really easy. One is half-way done. The fifth is my 12th night dress which might be changing. Now that the Heraldic Garb Competition is on, I'd love to try that. I do have an idea for it. 1490's-1500's Italian in gold with red wings on the upper sleeve. The lower sleeve in black velvet, lined in white fur, with the sleeve slashed. The underskirt in black and white stripes? Maybe in black velvet with some sort of black and white cord as a guard?

I was going to do the Catherine Parr dress, given the theme, and I do have a lot of the fur already laid out but I might put that on hold and do the Heraldic Garb instead.

Comments

[silverstah.livejournal.com]

*nod* I've been thinking about the Heraldic Garb competition as well - considering I was planning on making my 12th Night dress heraldic anyway, just not in time for 12th Night. So - maybe. I'll just have to step up my plans a bit. :)

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Step it up! :-). I'd love to see a lot of heraldic outfits from all the various periods and regions. I know a lot of people are going with the heraldic surcotes, which should be lovely.

[julia0925.livejournal.com]

the sky was very cool last night, wasn't it?? I'm so glad the clouds scudded out of the way so we could finally see it properly! I've been trying to look for the last week--ok, so the isocoles triangle was only last night, but getting it there would have been cool too! Ah for a decent camera.. I'll have to check Astronomy Picture of the Day for the next few days to see if anyone captured it properly...

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

It was awesome to see that. There have got to be a lot of good pictures of it on the 'net.