I forgot all about the old blog and reposting entries here. While I'm on blog hiatus, I'll repost more old blogs:
September 5, 2006
For some reason, my dad has an obsession with, or rather a serious passion for the welfare of, tigers.
I’ve never asked why, so I suppose I should do that.
Anyway, he says he wants to remortage the house and tag tigers in Thailand. My mom and I think that’s a little extreme.
But we’re looking into a trip to a tiger refuge here in the US. There’s one in Florida, one in Texas and one in Arkansas.
It’ll be an adventure.
New Obsession: Long Jersey Cotton Dresses
Rene and I are both quite happy with the flattering new trend in dresses. They remind me of the Regency dresses the chicks wear in Austen flicks, with the empire waist and long length. Only, our modern version is made of jersey cotton and is a little more alluring, if you will.
I now have a sapphire blue and dusky orange halter top floor length dress and a greenish turquoise one with a v neck and rusched (sp?) waistline. I have a violet knee length one as well. Oh, and a baby blue plaid sundress.
Summer is dress season!
A Tour of Maine - Itinerary
Next week is my vacation to Maine, where I have not been since January! Can you imagine?
Sat 3-5: Cc & Nona's Bday Party, Lewiston
Sat 6-???: Graduation & Dance Party, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Sun AM - Alum meeting @ Stonehouse, Freeport
Sun noon - say bye bye to everyone in SC, head up north
Sun 2-6: Steve & Anna (I hope!), Orono
Sun 6 -???: to Emily and her bf, who I finally get to meet, Bangor
Mon AM: head to Lisa's in..uh-oh, what's her new address? Msg via FB, ?St Albans?
Mon 6-9ish: Chris's for dinner, Manchester
Mon night: arrive in Lewiston
Tue: All day back in my old neighborhood in Lewiston
Wed AM: say bye to Lewiston peeps
Wed afternoon: to see Liz, who'se a bit gimpy, she says & gets PTSD from Mad Men but likes the show anyway, Harpswell
Wed evening: to Jenny's - yay! Rosa! Catchup! Good times!, Brunswick
Thu: leave
EIGHT towns in SIX days! Whirlwind! Can't wait!
31 Was a Good Day
Here, open this up in a second tab and play it while you read this post and the acoompanying link.
Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day" at YouTube.
Now, open a new tab and go to this link to a Flow Chart about Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day".
People are funny!
Anyway, I thought of this song because even though DFG's dear grandma Rose passed away and her funeral was in the morning, the rest of the day was very nice and even fun at the end there.
Thanks to Rene for the Wonderful Berfdae cake from Sugar Bakery. Buttercreme frosting is to die for.
Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day" at YouTube.
Now, open a new tab and go to this link to a Flow Chart about Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day".
People are funny!
Anyway, I thought of this song because even though DFG's dear grandma Rose passed away and her funeral was in the morning, the rest of the day was very nice and even fun at the end there.
Thanks to Rene for the Wonderful Berfdae cake from Sugar Bakery. Buttercreme frosting is to die for.
31
31 is less of a no big deal event than 22 - because it least then, you're 22.
I took myself for some shopping and a massage. I think I'm going to be a massage therapist.
Dinner with the family was very good; good food, lotsa laffs, fun times.
I'm still here, just ramping down the weekly posts, as note previously.
Have a good one!
I took myself for some shopping and a massage. I think I'm going to be a massage therapist.
Dinner with the family was very good; good food, lotsa laffs, fun times.
I'm still here, just ramping down the weekly posts, as note previously.
Have a good one!
Books & Boston in The Globe
The Globe highlights 29 books that are set in the various neighborhoods of Greater Boston. A highlight:
WEST ROXBURY
8. “The Blithedale Romance”by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852)
“And, by-the-by, we were favored with many visits at Blithedale [Brook Farm], especially from people who sympathized with our theories. …In their view, we were as poetical as Arcadians, besides being as practical as the hardest-fisted husbandmen in Massachusetts.”
For the rest of the list (and it's quite a fun little read), go to:
http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2009/07/05/literary_boston_neighborhoods/
WEST ROXBURY
8. “The Blithedale Romance”by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852)
“And, by-the-by, we were favored with many visits at Blithedale [Brook Farm], especially from people who sympathized with our theories. …In their view, we were as poetical as Arcadians, besides being as practical as the hardest-fisted husbandmen in Massachusetts.”
For the rest of the list (and it's quite a fun little read), go to:
http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2009/07/05/literary_boston_neighborhoods/
Cape Cod for the 4th
Ali cia had a huge group of people (20 in total) down the Cape this weekend. It was tons o fun and the best was that the sun came up and stayed up for our vacation weekend. How nice!
Fun things to do:
Of course, none of this would be half as fun if it weren't for the company. I have good friends. And they have cute children. T was down with DTC and she's such a cutie pie. Very expressive face and says "Mumma!" and "Hi!" clear as day. So fun. I srsly can't wait until I'm old enough to have one. Hahahahahaha. Ugh.
To wait out traffic, I hit up the Cape Cod bookstores. I wrote about that over at the poetry blog, so if you feel like seeing my latest acquirements, check it out.
Fun things to do:
- bocce - we were doing well the first three tosses then it all fell apart
- grillin' and cookin' - I liek the kitchen there a lot
- making sand castles - esp. since there's a kid nearby and I don't look nearly as silly as if I were alone
- lobsters and steamers - lobster was super sweet and tasty
- ladder ball - a game anyone can play. I love it. I'm obsessed.
- spectatoring for sporting events - Sox finally pulled out a win, Wimbeldon mens was loo-oo-oong (I'm starting to like tennis since Rene is so into it...I think I'd like to try it and be very bad at it) and the hotdog eating contest
- camp fire - there's a fire pit now and we all sat around it at night and had fun playing Would You Rather; I'm also partial to Marry Chuck or F*ck.
- and, of course, my favorite: swimming in the ocean - great waves on Saturday
Of course, none of this would be half as fun if it weren't for the company. I have good friends. And they have cute children. T was down with DTC and she's such a cutie pie. Very expressive face and says "Mumma!" and "Hi!" clear as day. So fun. I srsly can't wait until I'm old enough to have one. Hahahahahaha. Ugh.
To wait out traffic, I hit up the Cape Cod bookstores. I wrote about that over at the poetry blog, so if you feel like seeing my latest acquirements, check it out.
Cilantro - if you don't like it, you're deformed
Summer time brings out the salsa for a lot of folks - lovely, cilantro filled salsa. For instance, Mom and I went to Margarita's yesterday (there's one in Weymouth now but it feels so very different from the one in Orono where I saw Howie Day play on St Patrick's Day in 1999) and their tasty salsa reminded me of this fun little diversionary story about cilantro I once heard on NPR.Apparently, there are people out there who loathe the taste of cilantro. To them, it is like eating poison, or soap. The reporter on the story hypothesized that this was because the cilantro haters had some kind of gene that we non cilantro haters didn't have. Turned out it was the opposite: cilantro haters are missing a sensory of a scent and the lack of this abilty to smell this scent is considered a deficiency! Ha!
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