Red Bones

Love the BBQ food here! It is one of Scott's favorite places up here! 

You can spin the wheel and then drink the beer assigned to that number! 

Magic Tower

A few weeks ago, I took a bike ride around the area and found Prospect Hill Park and a random historical tower. 

I told Scott about it, but didn't explain it well, and sort of forgot how I ended up there. So he told me that when I figure out where my "Magic Tower" is - we could visit. Lucky him, we got to go! haha. It's actually kind of cool. It's from the 1700's (though there is a 1903 date carved into the stone (?) renovations, maybe?) and part of the whole Battle @ Bunker Hill era. We took pictures, explored a little, enjoyed the grassy knoll nearby, and were history geeks on a Sunday.

Boston

Looks like a sewer cover but it tells the direction of the Old North Church, Bunker Hill, etc.

Scott picked me some flowers :) 

weekend update

Friday, Scott and I went to a fantastic newish pizza place in Davis Sq called Posto.  They have great local brew / craft brews  and a delicious margherita pizza.

Saturday, we went for a hike in the Blue Hills (near work).

Then headed to Earth Fest and saw Collective Soul.

This guy was fun to watch. Unfortunately, I cannot rotate the video :( 

beisbol

Earlier this spring, my dad and I went to a Sox game in the HHCC suite! Even though he is a Yankee fan, I think he enjoys Fenway!

Cheers!

A belated celebration for Scott's new job, and my promotion at DD!

cannot stand

the use of "lol". I know everyone does it - haaaaaaaaaaaate it. sorry!

rawr

My director was wearing this belt today.   FIERCE.

Brussels in Bloom - Flower carpet

This is pretty cool - 
These are flowers that look like a giant carpet. They've been doing this since the 70's! 

MA quirk

I seriously cannot stand when people say "So don't I" when they mean "Neither do I".
Ex. from today:
"I rarely carry cash on me"
"So don't I! I only use my debit card." 

Suggestions?

I'm searching for shoes to wear with this dress and necklace to a wedding in 2 weeks: 

last weekend

Last Friday, I drove to CT to take my mom (and dad) to see Beauty and the Beast in New Haven (Mothers' Day present).
Saturday - Mani/Pedi's at Sun Nails , Car wash, and lunch downtown before heading back to MA. Saturday night, I met my roommate Johanna and her friends out for Johanna's 30th birthday celebration. They had gone to dinner, so I met them at The Top of the Hub  . It was so busy! There was a 30 minute wait to get into the bar. Luckily - since I had friends already in there, they were able to come out and get me. We ended up getting a table, and a delicious cookie dessert!  


Update: 
I finally uploaded pictures!!

unintended effect

There is a 'Wet Paint' sign on a wall at work. Of course, I have the urge to touch it - which clearly the  sign is intended to prevent. 

not ideal

In April, there was lots and lots of rain in MA. Lots of homes flooded, had water in basements, etc. We had a few inches but it wasn't anything too crazy. I didn't think my things were affected - most important things were in plastic tubs. Including a nice batch of summer clothes. Apparently, somewhere in that tub was a crack. Water came in. I'm not sure how many clothes will survive the tragedy that has struck them. The biggest worry is how the heck do I get a tub of soaking wet, potentially moldy clothes out of the basement, to a laundromat to attempt to wash them? ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

MS bike 2010

I think this was my 6th year at the MS Bike, Ride the Vineyard. Finally, after 2-3 years of cold, rainy days - we had a 70 degree, sunny day to enjoy. I'm so grateful that Jen, Colleen, Lori and Beth were able to come with me and help support such a great cause. It means a lot to me to continue doing the ride Heather and I started what seems like forever ago.

Thank you to all my donors , who made the ride possible, and helped raised funds to fight MS! 

Pictures from the weekend: 

Julia Nunes

Sunday night fun. Julia Nunes is a college student in Upstate NY. She started playing the ukulele and creating You Tube Videos for fun, and then for a contest to win a new uke. She acquired a huge fan base, and has since toured with Ben Folds, plays at Bonaroo, and tours on her own. I was so excited she came to the Middle East 
The video above someone else at the show put on You Tube. Below - two of my faves - Into the Sunshine and Maybe I will, and her cover of Build me Up Buttercup.

spring

makes me miss track practice, and meets. Wasting time at practice doing starts in the block, or trains at the end of practice. And being in shape without realizing how hard it would be to maintain when I didn't have Mr. Schulte barking at me to 'Keep Going'. 

New Record!

I'm still checking the updates on my friend Liz's progress in the marathon , but the Elite runners have been done for hours!
 A new record was set for the Boston Marathon - Men's Elite race.

Winner: Elite Men –  Robert Cheruiyot 2:05:51

Winner: Elite Women – Teyba Erkesso  2:26:11

Over it.

A few random things I could have done without this weekend: 
- My roommate taking my computer plug and giving it to her bf because she thought he left it there. Realizing this Saturday night, then, waiting til late Sunday afternoon to get it back. 
- Going down to the basement, and getting locked out of the house by my other roommate who didn't realize I was down there. Then, having to stand at the back door and wait for her to get out of the shower so she could let me in.
- Finding a box of sopping wet CD's and having to dry them off.
- Going to get my bike at the old apt, and realizing that the seat is waaay too high so someone must have ridden it, and that the back tire is so flat it is hanging off the rim. Not ideal.
- Waking up at 12:30 and seeing candles still lit in the living room - on the bookcase and on some wall hanging candle thing we have, and noticing my roommate who lit them all has gone to bed
- Missing Sv on a rainy afternoon where we could have taken advantage of the beer wheel at Red Bones  (*NOT missing painting w/ him in CT! Sorry bud.)

I lucked out with the random roommates I have, but a studio apt in Quincy is looking more enticing. 

weekend

This weekend was rainy, cold and pretty low key. Friday night I met my friend Dave for dinner and wine. Saturday - cleaning, errands, all the fun stuff. That night, I was not inspired to go out at all. I rented 2 movies - An Education and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. I made a delicious dinner of cereal and strawberries. (After a late lunch of chicken tacos.) It was actually nice to have the house to myself and lay on the couch. (Norah is in FL and Johanna was at her boyfriend's house.) 
Sunday - I tackled the basement. We had gotten a few inches of water in the past few rainstorms, and our basement flooded. I didn't 
think my stuff got wet or damaged but some did. There was a box of old notebooks and papers from old jobs (nothing that important) that I was holding on to. Lots of outdated things. I can't shred them bc they are soaked. But the good news is, if you try to ready anything it rips and crumbles and is all stuck together so you can't get any info out of it anyway. An entire hanging folder - glued shut by water. ICK. It was slimy and gross. Also - there was a box with CD's in it. Ok, not too bad right? Wrong. The cases and books of the CDs were SOAKED. maybe 5 were ok. I took out the CD's and threw out the books. I spent a good hour drying them off, and then my kitchen smelled like gross dirty water. I have lots to drag to the curb on trash day! Also - today I finally picked up my bike from my old garage, and since the back tire was flat - I went to the gym to get in some training for the upcoming MS bike.

Cheese or a doily?

This was underneath a bowl of French Onion Soup. A friend of mine (J.O.) ate a portion of it (you can see where it is missing on the right) before realizing it wasn't cheese! It's paper! 

NY

I've spent a bunch of time in NY for work lately, shooting food footage for TV spots. It's way more fun to be in the studio than in an office, but we have really really long days. (12-14 hours) Mostly, we sit in the client area w/ couches on our computers doing work while shots are being set up, or while food is being prepared. Then we watch via monitor, or in the actual studio to make sure the shots are right.

Unfortunately for my waistline, there is a plethora of food available ALL DAY LONG. In the morning, a woman is there to make breakfast, and has a spread of fruit, pancakes, etc out. Then it moves to snack foods - crackers, chips, dips, candy. Then, lunch. Then back to snack foods. Apparently I love dried edamame and chocolate covered almonds.

Sometimes we attempt to go out to dinner, or out for a drink one night. Last time we were there, we saw actor Peter Dinklage  (from the movies Elf, Death at a Funeral, and Penelope) at the Standard Hotel Biergarten.  And, when we were there around my bday - we ended up at Hogs and Heifers which is similar to Coyote Ugly. It was a bit amusing, but mostly kind of trashy and annoying to have bartenders yelling @ you with megaphones! 

best blog of the day

Click below and read this: 


Alot is Better Than You at Everything 


Hilarious. 

5 min delay

Today it took me 5 min to leave my neighborhood. Baffled at the traffic jam - I laughed when I realized it was because a wild turkey was pacing the street, blocking cars from driving. Nice job buddy. 

(not the actual turkey. it is raining today)

best email of the day

Got my hair outfit on today. Yip yip

Funny enough - I have been listening to HAIR all morning! 

slacker

Yes, I know, I said I would blog more and totally failed. But I feel that a lot of people who read my blog read my sister's blog too, and some stuff recently would get redundant. Also - by the time I get home, I haven't felt like turning on my computer bc I've been on one allllll day long, and all the pictures I should be posting up here are on there. Sad times. I know.

I'll try harder.