time flies

Whoops, guess it's been about two weeks since I last posted. Oh well. Hello single-digit readers! Did you miss me? Don't answer that.

Since I last wrote, I've been...

• Home to West Seneca to see my family and go to the fair! True to name, we're all obsessed with food and enjoyed the annual festival of fried and sugared edibles. It was nice to have pretty much a whole week off and away from cubicles and paperwork, and my parents got me hooked on Dexter and Nurse Jackie - both are lots of fun. Dexter seems like CSI but R-rated and with at least a faux-philosophical dilemma angle, and Nurse Jackie is... like House with a woman (ack can't wait for House on Sept 21!). Too bad I have no time to watch interesting TV. I should bring my laptop to the gym and stream videos on the elliptical...
• To NYC to visit Kara! It was hot - metaphorically and literally. As per usual, my wonderful tour guides took me out into the city, spun me around so I lost my bearings, and tossed me into a bar full of eligible Brooklyn bachelors. Just kidding, nobody spun me. I didn't get to see Elena but my friend Anna caught up with us at a Bohemian Beer Garden - ah, smaz and Pilsner Urquel, breakfast of champions. I enjoyed flipping through Kara's wedding magazines and got a sneak preview of her website - awesome!
• Back in Boston for a few days...then...to Little Moose Lake in the Adirondacks! I have so many bug bites I look like a plague victim but it was a really beautiful place and has lots of memories for the Sig O's family, so that was fun to hear about.

• Last night we went to see Alegria for Mr. Sig O's birthday! We saw this man...

and I was really worried his pants would fall off.
We also saw this young woman do this...


...and I was pretty sure her legs would fall off. But what do I know.
I also subjected Birthday Sig O to my baking skillz, and he humored me and ate a piece of what I have now dubbed Banana FrankenCake (by the way, an excellent name for a pug...)

• Tonight we're off to someplace extra special for another round of birthday fun...which I shall reveal at a later date!