Gingerbread returns to Sheraton

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Gingerbread displays returned to the 6th avenue Sheraton in Seattle. The baked and candied masterpieces were scattered through the mall across the street for the last two years as the hotel underwent construction to build a new entrance on the 6th avenue side. This Christmas, though, spectators can get in line to view them one-by-one, side-by-side.

The theme seemed to be something like “Christmas Around the World” (If it was posted somewhere it probably read “Holidays”).

Three of the six:





Anthropology had a sweet store display of snowflakes cut out from mostly recycled paper, and ceiling décor of clear plastic straws. I’d love to have the job of the person who thinks that stuff up. The picture became my desktop background for the Holidays. Nextstore is Urban Outfitters. Dad was opposed to shopping at UO because he once saw a printed t-shirt that read: “Jesus is a really $#!&&y scientist.” – which makes me curious about UO using sarcasm with their “Jesus is my homeboy" and “Mary is my homegirl” t-shirts, that became popular among some Christians the last decade.





I bought my first real purse – real is synonymous to leather or expensive in my case. It is pictured in red leather color, while mine is chocolate. Mom calls it a briefcase. It’s Fossil’s “Executive” bag and I love it because it is Macbook compatible. It happened to be the exact purse Gblock (Pairlee) had eyed at Macy’s while shopping with Howard the same day. Zappos said that people who like this bag have an eye for elegance. Mom thinks it looks weird on my shoulder – information she hadn’t disclosed until the next day after we purchased it (we is accurate, I paid for some of it with my Macy’s birthday gift card from the Collins g’rents). It is elegant, but I don’t mind shabby-sheik until it’s presence becomes appropriate in a business setting.