To-do lists

I was all set to write a post about how great my Labor Day weekend was when I peeked back at my last post: I did NONE of what I'd planned for...

But I did have a great weekend. Margaritas and nachos on Friday (the happy hour of champions) and Saturday was great: slept in, got a manicure, and met one of my jet-setting friends for lunch at Petit Robert Bistro in Kenmore - YUM. We later went out for Thai at Rod Dee where I've discovered that my love affair for peanut sauce is alive and well. Side note: this is great as it confirms I have officially recovered from Food Poisoning June 08 - aka Kate's First Day On the Job (Now With Stomach Flu!). Heh... ew... Still reading? Grand!

That night we hopped out for drinks at the Enormous Room in Central where the eclectic crowd vies for the award for Strangest Scene Ever. Something about the MIT bachelors and the Central hipsters made for an odd mix of Trying Too Hard/Trying Too Hard Not to Try Too Hard. Moody's Falafel capped the night, of course.

The next morn I watched Baby Mama...in what will probably be my last dose of cable TV for quite some time. Last year I foolishly signed up for a Comcast triple play deal and bottom line: we pay TOO MUCH for premium channels we don't watch. After (drum roll please) a whopping two hours on the phone with various reps (eye twitch) I was able to downgrade our service to lower our monthly rate without incurring a fee for breaking the contract. Good news? Lower monthly bills. Bad news? No more impromptu Amy Poehler fixes on lazy weekends and I now have to catch all my Project Runway on justforwomen MyLifetime.com (ooh, but they do have that super fun Build-a-Mall game!). Sig O has promised to explore online/video feed options.

After a decadent buffet lunch at Tamarind Bay (ate there with Kara and her parents and it's now one of our fave Indian spots!) we wandered out to mini-golf on Route 1 where I won by a tremendous amount. Because it is my blog and I can lie if I want to. Retail therapy, er, celebrations, followed at Target. And then we had sushi with yet another jet-setting friend.

Ok ok I'm done telling you what I ate this weekend. Yesterday we gave the house a good cleaning and organized a bit, and I need to prep a bit more to consign a bunch of clothes. We also gave the bikes a good workout around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. And then I had tart yogurt. Oops, I mean, I didn't.

Tomorrow? I'll probably eat some more... oh right nope I'm doing an orientation at Boston Cares so I can start signing up for volunteer opportunities. One of my coworkers recommended it and has loved it, and the schedule offers so many options it'll be hard to choose where to start. Hopefully more on that later!

All a-Twitter

Okay - I'm officially obsessed with Twitter. I love it more than rainbows. I love it more than bunny rabbits. I love it more than cupcakes. Don't make me go on.

The news feeds, the topical stuff (GMail down zomg!), the celeb brilliance (much love to @LevarBurton), I want it, I need it, I crave it.

I've been following Favrd for a while now, and love pretentious Twit Wit in all its abbreviated glory.

It's overwhelming but somehow completely managable to follow dozens of active groups posting about restaurant deals, free events, local artists, etc... Especially now that I'm spending the first weekend in Boston since... mid-July? I don't even know anymore.

What to do?! So many options! Willy Wonka in Smell-o-Vision is showing tomorrow night in Inman so that's a possibility... I wanna get in a good bike ride (and it's supposed to be great picnic weather, maybe we could ride to Volle Nolle on Saturday, pick up awesome sandwiches, and eat in the Commons) ... And I've been meaning to get to Drink for ages. And SLEEP. SLEEP IS GOOD. Also, on to do list: watch Inglorious Basterds without fainting.

Is it Friday yet?

Polaroid lives!

This may not be news to everybody, but it is to me.

I've always loved Polaroids, but only ever had one of those tiny mini-polaroids monstrosities in middle school... But what can you do with a 1"x1" picture? I suppose you could illustrate your wall calendar but that's an awfully expensive way to remember Gramma's birthday, no? (cue the guilt as I recall how I begged my mom for one...)

But this is different, I swear.

Want.



P.S. I joined Twitter! Find me @KateIsPeckish ;-)

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!
  

please please please

I'm so close to vacation! Our wonderful and all-too-short trip to Peak's Island was such a vacation tease.

I'm SOOO CLOSE! I'm praying the weather holds for my flight to get out - headed home to my mommy and the Erie County Fair with the delicious food so close I can taste it!

And then Friday I'm flying in to NYC to see Ms (soon to be Mrs) Kara and her man (wish mine was coming, pout) - by then I plan to be very sated on fair food and ready for a wicked weekend.

It is so hard to wait!!!! I need this calendar to help me pass the time.

whaddya mean I can't take of my sweater?! I'm HOT.

In honor of the malaise-inducing summer weather that has FINALLY arrived (June & July, you FAIL), I present to you:

Goths In Hot Weather

It's almost enough to shine some light into the bleak, dismal darkness that is my soul.

Almost.

Pearls Before Swine

I love this strip.