Productive Weekend

[catscradle]

This weekend turned out to be productive. Saturday: Got my move date settled to August 23rd, after I get back from vacation with the folks (God help me). So I took a stroll around the area to get a feel for it. Apparently I've ended up in little Moscow. There are no less than three Russian restaurants in a 1 mile radius. I don't think I've ever seen a Russian restaurant before. Now there are three right by me. Got a sushi bar a short walk away and a couple of international markets. There are several banks, two parks, a community center where you can work out or sign up for arts and crafts stuff. And, as usually, there are about 3 little strip malls nearby.

Went to a Thai restaurant for dinner and found it had been rennovated to include a sushi bar. Surprisingly very good shushi for a Thai restaurant. . .

Sunday: Went downtown to the Cherry Blossom Festival at Sakura Square. Found lots of pretty things I couldn't afford. Watched the drummers for about 20 minutes - they were incredible! Went inside the Buddhist temple and looked at the flower arrangements and bonsai tree display. Then I bought some groceries at the asian market. Completely forgot that I needed a new bambo steamer because mine old one is about ready to fall apart. Thought of it on the way home =P

I completed another rosary - I think this is my favorite to date. It's an aqua millifori Indian glass, sterling silver chain:



I've done some research and found rosaries and meditation beads in just about every religion - Pagan, Islam, Buddhist, Hindu - so I think I'm going to make them for every religion I can find and try to open up a little online shop. Most places I've found them for sale charge astronomical prices - I can cut them by half and still make a modest profit off of it. Provided people buy them, that is ;)

Comments

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I commented last time you posted your roasies but WOW, those are really lovely.

Speaking of rosaries, yesterday at Atlanta Pride one of the things that got tossed at me (in addition to beads, keychains and the like) were little plastic rosaries. This came from a "gay Catholic" church located a couple blocks away and it was funny how in fact they didn't toss them but went around saying "Rosaries for Catholics, rosaries for Catholics!" As if that weren't enough, there was another group that threw out beads with garish crosses attached (never seen those before!)

Typical Atlanta though -- the Pride parade is like half religious groups, quite different from say Boston!

Standing across from a big Episcopal church we saw about four priests and a couple dozen parishioners very agressively pushing water on everybody. The guy who must be the senior priest had on a light blue searsucker suit and was carrying around a big blue umbrella as he went up to hot parade participants.

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I commented last time you posted your rosaries but WOW, those are really lovely.

Thanks! =)

Hmmmm. . . maybe I should make some gay pride rosaries. . .

As for the priests pushing the water - it's nice to see that there are clergy that really do the work of their job description. It makes me happy, and a little less cynical. I've been fortunate enough to meet a number of priests and nuns that really put themselves out there for the people.

[dirtyoldlady.livejournal.com]

Your rosaries are all gorgeous. :) I think your idea of opening an online shop is great!

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Thanks =) Now I just need to find the time to build the site and mae the beads *g*

[vasiliki.livejournal.com]

It's beautiful!

I wonder why do they charge so much?_? I mean, if everybody can buy the beads and make them on his own, who would pay so much to buy them?

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Well, you have to know where to get the beads wholesale, most people don't know. Also, most people don't want to take the time to learn how to do it. It does take a bit of practice and you have to be willing to lose a little money on mistakes. It's like any craft - it's just easier to let someone with more time and patience do it and buy it from them.

The markup on the rosary will depend on the value of the materials and how valuable the person making the rosary feels their time and effort is. Plus it depends on what price the market will bear.