Wow...
Life is going really good right now. I realize that I haven't written or shared anything in quite awhile. Facebook sort of took over that which, I'm trying to ween my addiction to that site.
The past few days have been really awesome. I have had a bunch of firsts and some really awesome friends.
I had never been hiking in the Wissahickon before or to the Chestnut Hill area. I drove to Chestnut Hill to meet my friend Patrice. We had delicious salads, grilled pear and goat cheese for me, at the Chestnut Hill Hotel while gossiping over cocktails. I had a rum drink called Captain's Punch, it was pretty good. The muddle orange kept getting stuck in my straw. Then, we drove to a secluded dead end street and went into the Wissahickon. It is quite beautiful and it was a breezy, mid-80's day. The hike in wasn't too bad, we sat at the Valley Green Inn and had some Strawberry Lemonade Margaritas, cheering to unemployment and leaving education.
We hiked out which was a little more taxing, particularly for Patrice who wasn't thinking ahead and wore sandals. There was definitely sweat dripping down my face.
It was a pretty spectacular day!
The next day, I was finishing up my zine that was supposed to be done in 24 hours. It was not, sorry 24 hour zine thing, I tried and the challenge was fun. I received a text from my friend Rocky, "Do you like lesbians and ukuleles?" So, instead of heading to The Wooden Shoe for a zine reading I opted to go to Helium to laugh my face off. I had never heard of any of the people performing before. It was Stamie Karakasidis, Kate Micucci, and Tig Notaro. I related and laughed most from the 15 minutes of Stamie, she talked about boobs and special needs kids. Seriously, hilarious. Kate Micucci, was adorable and played songs on her ukulele about becoming a nun, the happy song, an imaginary baby, and being a librarian with anecdotes inter weaved. Then, Tig Notaro was ridiculous and told stories, played off the audience, and did ridiculous impressions of inanimate objects. The laughing was infectious and I was glad I went. I consumed some gin and tonics which were pretty delicious, you can't really mess up a g&t.
Rocky, walked me back towards my friend Maureen's house, where I parked my car. Which I wasn't aware that the walk was as far as it was when I parked there. I came in and we chatted about our nights. Her husband vented about work and helping to build a skatepark (awesome!). Then, I made my way home.
I came home to a new Big Digits video on facebook. I love Big Digits and went to see them alot when I lived in Boston. I miss dancing like a fool with Brian and Olivia to them.
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