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Food bazaar
My sister will be opening up her iconic cinnamon rolls to the public for the first time.

We had Cinnabon growing up, and hers have that similar filling, well-rounded flavor but they don't tend to leave you feeling like your number of days have been shortened by much.

She's also preparing chicken sandwiches with dried tomatoes, good ol' grilled ham and cheese, chocolate-frosted cupcakes and punch.
She honestly ruined desserts for me and I'm so proud of her because of how she's been scaling up what she knows—I've been restraining myself from eating too much of her business.

You can have a taste of this stuff this Saturday or Sunday. But if not, I wouldn't mind having a lot of it to myself 😋: https://maps.app.goo.gl/R5oaNttX8Xo9Mb7R6

✨My sister's goodies will be at: https://maps.app.goo.gl/R5oaNttX8Xo9Mb7R6

✨On the menu today and tomorrow at the Linkup bazaar: https://maps.app.goo.gl/R5oaNttX8Xo9Mb7R6 📌

Good evening,

I finally managed to go to Tsion's art exhibition, which my sister highly recommended I see.
I ended up having so much to say about the experience, I wrote a review about it: https://medium.com/@wintaassefa/an-art-exhibition-in-addis-ababa-f7b6e8ba02f2?sk=c49619dbb6965bade65f6e3fb43d1f46.

If you're in Addis until the end of November, I recommend that you go see this young artist's work for yourselves. It's in Studio 11, not far from Medhanialem Church, and they're open from 10 am to 6 pm, from Tuesdays to Sundays (no Mondays :))

I wish you a relaxing rest of the weekend there.
My best,
—w

Making skinny sketchbooks
I made my first sketchbook with my classmates in EIABC. But since then, I have looked up different ways of making sketchbooks (especially ones that didn't involve stitching), and after years of trial and refining, I developed a go-to sketchbook-making method.

That's the method I share in my short Skillshare class. I also show the different 'weaker' sketchbook designs I came up with over the years and how I improved them in following iterations.
I do hope this emboldens you to make your own little sketchbook too (if you haven't already :)
—w

p.s. If you want to just see the intro video, you could head over here:
https://youtu.be/YnFu3Kpo4yE

For the stationery junkies
Hey
I hope the first quarter of '25 had been treating you alright.

If you're keeping an eye out for innovative tools to draw or doodle with, I made a video where I try out & review some markers, pens and a brush pen(!)

I feel like if my friends & I had seen some of these when we were in architecture school, we would've taken extreme measures to get them immediately.

—w

https://youtu.be/iwHsi23W4tU