Things I didnt have saturday that I have today

FOUR hubcaps, TWO sun visors, TWO same color rear view mirrors, TWO cup holders, and a bunch of other frills. Oh yeah, and the brand new hybrid car to go with it! I love it :) call me a hippie if you want, but my car no doubt gets better mileage than yours :)

Dance Stuff at the Kennedy Center

Last night 4 of us went to a performance at the kennedy center. I forget what its called, but it was 19 different acts showing the different types of Chinese dances. Some of them were very nice. My favorite was called the "chopstick zest" dance. Each dancer held a handful of chopsticks in each hand, and as he danced the chopsticks made cool noises. There was one odd thing about this though, most the dancers practice Falun Gong, and they subtly let you know at first, but then by the end they had a dance that kinda was like west side story with dance fighting showing all the injustices they have had to face. I really dont know anything about falun gong and feel like i've only seen one side of the story at this point. I'll have to read up on what has been going on. At least it peaked my curiosity i guess.

Cape Cod Weekend

I spent the weekend in cape cod and had a great time. The main highlight was that i'm awesome at golf. I took 2 lessons and then beat everyone at mini golf! i'd say the lessons paid off.

my flight home was a different story...it was delayed FIVE hours, and since i got to the airport 1 hour ahead of time i sat there for 6 hours alone :( The one highlight of the night was that one of the other travelers got a little angry at the wait and lashed out verbally at the gate agents, which resulted in everyone knowing he was drunk and him getting arrested. so that took up about 20 min of the 6 hours. not bad.

I'm so tired today :(

Weeds is back

The season premier of weeds was last night and it was terrific. They managed to pick up right where they left off and run with it. not that much of an eventful episode last night, but lots of promise for the rest of the season! I'm a little sad it doesnt look like alanis moresette will be in too many more episodes (if any) :( Yay for a new season!

Crush

This weekend for Jessica's early birthday party a whole bunch of us went to a new wine bar in annapolis called crush. It was awesome. At first some of us were unsure about the choice b/c the dinner menu was so small, but once we got there all worries went away. The wine menu was extensive, the beer menu was imported, and the cheese menu was amazing.

I got made fun of for immediately ordering a cheese plate(to share with the table) and a cheese sandwich. I probably could have done without the sandwich. for my cheese trio I got a soft blue cheese, a very ripe Camembert, and some lamb cheese (which was later clarified to be sheep cheese)

For wine I of course got a reisling followed by a "crushito" which was basically crushed fruit, maybe some oj or something and wine served in a highball glass.

For dessert we ordered a plate of truffles, one per person (except charlotte since levi stole hers). I got the peanutbutter dark chocolate one and it was beyond delicious. I think they must have been home made.

The one thing I didnt try since they only offered it for red wine and not white was the tasting bar. You got a pre paid credit card to bring up, and its like being behind the bar. Each wine bottle is pneumatically hooked up to a tap (right jessica?) and it measures how much you pour for yourself. That way you can taste really really nice wine without having to pay for an entire bottle (since they dont usually serve that kind of stuff by the glass). I hope they end up making one for white wines too :)

Odds and Ends

Thanks to Robbie and Jessica I got a great (10 minute) phone call last night to hear something corperate's Konstentine. It was terrific and I was sad that I wasnt at the show too. Next time ;) Hey, if Andrew goes on a touring kick anything like he did with Jack's mannequin they will be back a few more times over the next two years.

I also tried to make my FIRST skymall purchase last night. I love skymall very much, and when I fly the first thing I do is reach into the pocket and peruse skymall, but I have never bought anything before. Well my Ipad arrived last night and I need a case for it to protect it, and in my trip to boston last weekend I saw a pretty case and thought i'd order it. I put through the order and hit purchase and then the page flipped out. I waited to see if my credit card got charged, and since it didnt I'll try again today.

New England Kinda Weekend

So I went to Boston this weekend for Emily's Bridal Shower #1 and her Bachelorette party. We had a lot of fun, and ate so much delicious food, but the part that stands out in my mind the most happened sat night at the bachelorette party. We had just gotten to Grand Canal (bar) to see Bear Fight (awesome cover band). One of emily's bridesmaids really wanted to be in the front row the entire time, so periodically emily would agree to go up with her...one time though something special happened. There was a guy all the way in the front who was focusing really hard on the band, and dancing at them. He wasnt getting their attention and realized he had to pick up his game. It started with him lifting up his shirt for them, that was a little odd. a few minutes later he did the old jump up and fall down trying to do a split. well THAT started getting thier attention. He continued for the entire rest of the song attempting splits, spins, shirt lifts...you name it he did it. It was the weirdest thing i've ever seen. Us girls kept wondering "does he know them and is just being silly?" until the singer, during an instrumental part goes "someone better be documenting whats going on up here, wtf dude"...nope clearly just a random person. awesome

Sunday My mom sister and I went shopping, and we are now the proud owners of stylish clothes such as kakhi pants that zip off at the knee to be shorts, and super lightweight shirts with pockets everywhere. Watch out South Africa, the Safran's travel in style, and we'll be there in a month!!!

my car is falling appart

litterally.

I noticed that some of my tires needed a little air in them recently, but nothing too urgent, and none that stood out more than others. Then on monday towards the end of the day, jim calls me to tell me that my front tire "looks a little low". Yeah yeah yeah, i knew that. Well then at the end of the day when I went out to my car it was completely and totally flat. Chris came out to help me change the tire (since i'm not strong enough to loosen the bolts) and once we removed the tire we noticed something a little off, the entire inner side of the tire was shredded the entire way around. No wonder it was flat! I walked around to the passenger side and that tire was heading down the same path. awesome

So today I went to VW and had them look at everything b/c I suspected while the alignment was certainly off, there was probably something else up. So I got the oil changed and got them to look at all my belts, breaks, etc. an hour later they let me know that my right front axle boot was totally shredded and that the axle was jiggling around. well that sounds good doesnt it? Needless to say I got that changed, bought new tires, got everything re-aligned, and am back on the road! I sure wish my office were closer to public transportation!