Great weekends come in all shapes and sizes

Friday night I attended Eric's "Mystery Band" show.

"What is Mystery Band?" you ask??

Well my friends, a group of underground Worcesterites (hipsters, to be specific) got together and created this really fun community event. Basically, you sign up for it and list your musical talents, then all your names go into a hat, and they match you with other Worcesterites (strangers). From there, your new band gets together weekly to write music and practice, and at the end of what seems like two extra short months, you put on a show for friends and other newly formed bands. I could go on and on about this night, but basically it was awesome. I have never been in such a crowded room stuffed with dirty hipsters. Next time I'll be sure to have a camera that is not in Jamaica.

On Saturday I found that hanging out with kids all day is a great way to keep from going out at night. I accidentally fell asleep at like 10 because I was so beat on Saturday night after spending the whole day with our friend (and housemate) Lora and her three itty bitties. Lora's husband Lucas was in Jamaice with Ben all week for work, so Eric and I jumped at the opportunity to have a fun outdoor day with Lora, Willow (6), Judah (3) and Mystic (1). I should also mention that Lora is approximately 3 weeks away from giving birth to her fourth!

She is the very definition of "Superwoman."

Since my camera was still in Jamaica,

I snapped some pictures with my trusty iPhone.

Enjoy! (click the image to enlarge)

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1. E playing bass at the Mystery Band show.

2. Austin made us some fried oreo ice cream sundaes.

(To make: dip oreos in pancake batter and fry!

It is not even right how good those things are!!!)

3. Judah at a little stream in GreenHill Park.

4. A windy backseat with Willow and some TJ's kettle corn. Life is good.

5. We bought lots of soil for our garden! Yaaaay!

6. Judah is seriously the most coordinated 3 yr old I've ever met.

He's already putting my skateboarding skills to shame.

7. E and I visited our friends, new parents Erin and Josiah and their beautiful baby boy Isaac.

(E's a natural, PS)

8. Mango smoothies and a friendly game of scrabble with E at Nu Cafe.

It's fun being married to my best friend!

Plus, two things making me very happy right meow:

{my new Deena & Ozzy bag from the Harvard Square Urban Outfitters basement.

Originally $68 but on mayyyjah sale for a jaw-dropping $20.}

{A friend of mine had to go to Germany on business and decided to treat himself to two days in Paris. He is a very good friend, for he returned bearing gifts of the latest Vogue Paris and a pack of blacks. Le sigh.} 

This is happening

1. hotel vernon a.k.a. kelley square yacht club. and these guys are just havin fun.
2. i owe pat an expensive shot of whiskey for those tickets.
3. boulevard diner in the middle of the night. worcester is famous because it's got so many diners! wahoo.
4. lyd and i actually didn't have pancakes. we split the french toast. (everybody knows it's the best thing at the boulevard.) paul got something meaty i think.
5. the moon on a cloudy night (not the night i should have been photographing the moon) from my back door.
6. tokyo tramps with jon short at beatnik's. yeah.. they play the blues.
7. i had to post two pictures of the tokyo tramps because they're just so awesome. plus i love the drummer's shirt.
8. roo vs sweater.

..also, this is the best day ever because one of my very best friends just sent me tons of new music as well as a local zine from her home in Seattle. such a huge fantastic score, which explains why i'm up at 1am on a Tuesday. Roo is snoring up a storm next to me, and i should have been in bed hours ago, but i finally just can't stop listening to the newest LCD Soundsystem.

(oh & scroll down in case you missed my very first outfit post! heh.)

I blinked and it was gone, but I've still got the memory.

I'm drinking my coffee way too fast.
It's a rarity. I'm usually one of those people who pathetically nurses one cup of coffee pretty much all day (returning to microwave it several times). Is that gross?


This weekend was a fun one, except I feel like I blinked then it was over.
I got back at it this morning though by sleeping in a little and getting to work by 11:45. Hmph.

Here's a quick little weekend re-cap:

{A bunch of us pitched in to get Lydia the birthday girl this perfume she's been dying for!

(She was so so surprised!)

The rest of Friday night went according to plan.. see here

with one last stop at our favorite dive bar for dollar drafts and peanuts.}

{Saturday morning Eric suggested walking to one of our favorite breakfast spots in Worcester:

Annie's Clark Brunch

It's right on the Clark campus (down the street from our apartment) and it was packed!

I think what I love most about that place is the atmosphere. Annie is such a character & listening her talk to the waitresses and customers made us feel like we were watching a movie or something! Such a good experience.

(Also, amazing vegetarian chili with a pretty good kick.)}

{looking ragamuffinly & le tired. I was playing around with camera settings and with the editing tools the MacBook has to offer.

I hate those little wisps of hair. I look like Buffy or something.}

{One of my favorite parts of the weekend. Saturday evening Eric, Ben & I took a walk to the grocery store & I got to take some pictures of the snowy neighborhood for a photography project I'm starting. I took this picture standing at the top of a gigantic snow mound. The side I walked up had little footsteps carved into it, and the side I was to walk down had a serious slide going down it! Look at these gents. Helping a lady out! I had to capture it. We all went home (Ben lives upstairs) and shared a delicious meal of French Onion Soup & ciabatta bread. I can't get enough of it.}

{The newest addition to our household (on the first floor). Willow got a new kitty, Angel.

I got a phone call from an excited Willow who told me every detail of how said kitty was acquired. And how she is sooo lucky and soo excited and the kitty is sooo sweet and cuddly! Cute!}

To end the weekend, we had our weekly "Hobbit reading group" which consists of 9 of us all meeting in our living room and taking turns reading The Hobbit aloud to eachother, usually over mugs of mead and snacks of cheese and crackers or something else Hobbit-y. Eric keeps telling me to not seem so embarassed when I tell people about our group.

The Hobbit is totally cool.

There. We meet on Sunday nights and it is the perfect end to the weekend/beginning to the week. I fall asleep at night dreaming of hobbit holes and narrow escapes, dwarves in colored hoods and Gandalf the wizard. Though, I should mention that last night's reading finished the chapter entitled "Spiders and Flies".. shudder.

Man. My coffee's gone.
Happy Monday!