Another day in Paradise

The Paradise Theatre in Paonia, Colorado, that is! Newly re-opened by Jason and Regna Jones, and the coolest place in town. Last night I sat in the projection room, and found it fascinating to watch how the film reels through from giant platters, how the sound works, splicing ... And the popcorn with real butter ain't bad either!

Here's another shot of the building itself, built in the 1920's. They've totally redone the inside, with these great theatre seats that rock back and have cup holders! The plan is to show independent films, some main-stream features, and have concerts. Paonia seems just the community for this type of place -- as one local from a neighboring town said, "Paonia? You goin' there? What are you, hippies?" Oh yeah!



And here's the Colorado sock, started on the plane. I love the colors, but am having a ratzin' fratzin' problem with the gussets. It could, of course, be that I was drinking a local steam ale at the time I was picking up the stitches along the sides, but nah, that can't be true! So what's a little gap or two? Instead of frogging, I'm just going to thread the old yarn needle and close the gap later. And maybe pull out some garter stitch next time I'm imbibing!

No yarn stores yet, but I have a lead on a place in Hotchkiss for today. Hopefully, some hand-spun fibers from local sheep and ... llamas!