Friday
Left a little later than we wanted. Dropped off a painting donation to The Museum School. The poor guy has to come back to get it since it’s now 7:30 pm. As he gets out of his truck, we realize he is our across-the-street neighbor from when we lived on 21st street 2 years ago. Odd moment. Cool. Late Dinner with Matt and Margot. Instead of our usual, Turf Supper Club, we went to BJ’s so we could get giant potatoes the size of footballs to share. Sleep with Sparky and Baxter, the two best dogs evah. Baxter licks my toes THROUGH my shoes. That is how doggie his tongue is. Good times.
Saturday
Matt made taco salad for brunch. He has a secret ingredient. Awesome! He also makes the best tuna melts on the face of the planet. Went to Vons to get fish and salad for the BBQ at Jenn‘s house. Bought sushi from the deli for a quick protein punch. Bad idea and did not eat due to bad fishy smell. Had a great time with some old friends and some new ones at the BBQ. Tried not to eat roommate’s dog, Chico. Hard because he is that cute. Party games make me feel dumb. I don’t like to dance for you. I am not your monkey. Or, I am a party-pooper. Or both. Everyone else is having a great time. What is wrong with me?
Sunday
Late brunch with Mickele. Yay! Looks great as always. Smells like lavender. Yumm. Eat a pancake with bananas and whole grain. Very good. No syrup. Go to BBQ at Greg’s home. House infested with reptiles. Oh, wait. Those are pets. Also, ferrets and Skeeter, the best dog evah. We talk about channeling and quantum physics and existentialism. Greg also has a kazzillion cameras in his collection and LENDS ME A ROLLEI for a few weeks!! I get reacquainted with how a film camera works. My brain fizzes. *Pop* We leave late because I can’t stop watching the ferrets trying to hide the toilet brush up under the cabinets. Susan and Doug wait and wait and wait and then finally start dinner at Aqua Blu without us. (They have no choice. It was about survival at that point. Either eat calamari or each other.) Funny story – Aqua Blu is not The Oceanaire. Still good, but not the same. Note to Self – next time, when you make reservations for you and some friends, you might want to make sure you are making them for THE RIGHT PLACE. After a great dinner with S&D, Joe and I drive home in 2.5 hours. Awesome. I sidestep a woman that tries to hit me up for money and a ride at the gas station. We see a huge, freeway closing accident on the south side of the freeway and are so glad we are not going that way. As an after thought, we feel bad for the people in the accident thereby proving we are good people and only 78% dead inside.
I want everything you ate over the weekend. Except for the bad sushi, of course. I can get bad sushi in Utah anytime. I’m particularly interested in the giant potatoes.
But you did so good with the party game!! 🙂 Great to see you guys. My sister thinks you’re both adorable
Likewise with your sister!
We think her sister is pretty rad as well. 🙂
I once drove to Lexington, KY for a wedding. I called our hotel & asked for directions. They said, “Where are you coming from?” I said, “I just got into Lexington.” They kept telling me I needed to take the highway I had just come from and I was very confused. I kept saying, “But I’m IN Lexington!” I finally said, “Where IN LEXINGTON are you?” The man said, “Ma’am, we’re in Louisville.”
I’d gone to the wrong stinkin’ town. Your restaurant story reminded me of that…
you forgot to tell ’em about the martinis. it’s always a good evening when there are martinis & Jack Daniels involved.
I sure hope I didn’t have garlic breath from the calamari. if I did, I apologize. We shoulda saved some of it for you.
Yeah, but now you are not only 78% dead inside, but you also have a camera to use. There are silver linings wherever you look!
1. here in mass/rhode island we have sam’s club or bjs which is a grocery store…sort of. it’s a “club” and everything they sell is in bulk and HUGE. litereally, if you’ve ever seen a bucket of birdseed – they have those, FULL OF PICKLE SLICES. and tubs of ketchup just as big, i kid you not if you’ve never been to one of these warehouses. anyways, when you said bjs & potatoes, i thought perhaps they now carried genetically altered potatoes that were huge and you would take it home, bake it, and then all sit around it eating it like leah peah and the giant potato or something. that’d be cool.
2. i loooooooove taco salad. did it have catalina dressing? because it needs that.
3. i DON’T dance. unless i’m really drunk. then i dance for about 4 seconds before realizing how horrible i am and i slink away. i thought i was literally going to panic myself to death when at my cousin’s wedding her mom dragged me on to the dance floor with her to “come have some fun.”
4. once my mom and i were going out to dinner, and we called my dad to meet us there. it was gregg’s, and we’ve been there a hundred times. well, we got seated and waited and waited and he didn’t show. then he called and said “where are you, i’ve been waiting out here for like 15 minutes!” and we said “we’re already seated, come to the table in the back.” and he said “what? i can’t find you!” turns out he just accidentally went to some other restaurant…chello’s to be exact. to this day we still tease him about it 🙂