january and february were really quiet. most of my photos are of the little miss, so i don’t have a lot to show you as she’s not really being shared online.
oh - i do have a PSA to share about stubhub: beware, if you use them for buying event tickets. or, at least be aware that you should filter for “instant delivery” purchases only so that you get your tickets transferred to you as soon as you pay for them. we bought some great seats for a kings hockey game at a decent price to gift the old man for his 30th birthday. we made the purchase a couple of days before the game, giving the seller plenty of time to send the tickets (which, in most cases, they do right away).
of course, this was not one of those times. we were in contact with stubhub trying to get them transferred, and they swore up and down that it would be done before game time. and so the kids got dressed and headed on down to staples center and - yup, you guessed it - the tickets never materialized. because they were already down there, we just bought another pair of so that their trip out wasn’t for nothing, but the seats were definitely not as good as they were supposed to be. and of course, someone was sitting in their original (awesome) seats. the seller must have sold them out from under us to someone else for more money or something, i don’t know.
in any case, the hub had to go back and forth with stubhub for hours before they finally agreed to refund our money. just before game time they’d offered replacement tickets which were nowhere near the ones that we’d bought, so we refused them. they were such a nightmare to deal with, and so never again. NEVER AGAIN, STUBHUB. SCREW YOU.
all this to share a photo that i managed to snap on our tv when we sent them back out on another night to sit in way better seats - they were easy (for me) to spot and had me actually watching a hockey game at home. heh.
and super random: they met jon hamm, who was sitting right in front of them. he apparently was quite smitten by the cuteness of the little miss (duh), disappearing for a bit and returning with a gift for her. i was dying when they sent us this picture:
the bean got their first passport as an adult! i still went with them to the post office for the appointment, but i definitely wasn’t needed.
i loved the show “this is us.” as always, i was on the late train and didn’t actually get into it until the final season. anyway, there’s a rewatch podcast called “that was us” and it’s hosted by sterling k. brown, mandy moore and chris sullivan and it’s one of my favorite things to listen to when i’m by myself in the car. so when they announced that they’d be doing a live episode at the wiltern, i bought a ticket. i’d asked around to see if anyone wanted to go, but i knew i was the only one who’d be interested and so i took myself out on a solo date.
the episode focused on the music of the show, which made perfect sense for a live podcast taping at a venue known for concerts. my seat was pretty good, and i had a ball.
i’d somehow bought VIP parking, which was right underneath the venue, and on my way out i spied chris sullivan’s car (he’s talked about it on the podcast so no, i’m not *really* a creep!).
this was the extent of my crafting for that month: one set of baby shower cookies, a carrying case for the bean’s BTS army bomb, and some fun toys. i made that goose to give to the little miss, who was heading out on a road trip with her parents for valentine’s day.
speaking of valentine’s day, this was ours.
the next day, the bean and i headed out for some KBBQ at ahgassi gopchang in koreatown - which also happens to be where their beloved BTS had dinner one night just last week while they were in town for their l.a. arirang world tour stop. we were just seven months too early.
because we had a little caviar left over, i decided i wanted to try something i’d seen online: using it as a topper on chicken mcnuggets and a filet o’fish. it was delicious, by the way.
no, teddy and cocoa did not get any. in fact, when i told him that he slunk away to pout…in my laundry basket.
i managed to score a nice big order of cookies for the bean’s school’s february class meeting - 400 bags containing either two chocolate chip or heart-shaped sugar cookies. this is how i paid for our BTS concert tickets, heh.
and lastly, i went to the grove for a meet & greet with kelsey swarthout. she’s “ropedropdesign” on instagram, and was the first sewist i’d seen who was upcycling vintage disney bedsheets into cute dresses and tote bags. i used one of her patterns for the dress i wore at tokyo disney a couple of years ago and was super excited to pick up her new book and meet her in person. she’s super sweet and it was fun to chat with her about the fun designs in her book.
