Monday, October 29, 2007

World Series Champs!!

Celebration in Harvard Square












Sunday, October 28, 2007

A Teeny Tiny Twenty-Nine Forever Party

A fun gathering with friends at Match, a Burger and Martini lounge.

Trio


Brooke, Rob, and Ashley


Rachel and Louis


The following set of pics of the three of us (Stefan, Brian, me) ended up being a comedy of errors as you can see....













Steph wanted me to put this up - it was not my idea. The wind is blowing throughrtdfdvdgeyhyiukioo;luytrsdfwerry7i909'[ythrg through our hair... (and Bree and Steph added the nonsense commentary)


"We're all having a fantastic time!!!"


Ivan, Brooke, and Rob


Brian and his blackened Salmon - blech!!!!


My birthday dessert - pan-seared cookie dough with dulce de leche ice cream. That's me in the left-hand corner.

Old friends - me and Steph




We were trying to have a "serious" conversation, but take note of Stefan in the background.


Brooke, Rob, Ashley, and Louis


Bree, Ashley, and Chris


Louis, Rachel, and Ellyson

Monday, October 22, 2007

"Red Sox Nation"

...except I think I was the only one in the pub not rooting for the Sox. I kept a pretty low profile! I was wearing my OSU jersey kept it covered lest someone realize I was from Ohio.

But now, my loyalties shift - and GO RED SOX!!!!!!!

"Crabernet Sauvignon"

One of the gifts in my "Surviving your 30's" bag from the girls. Michelle created this masterpiece on the wine bottle. I tried to take close-up pics of the label so it's readable.

I also had a baggy of "1977" facts and other musings which we went around the room reading. I'll share some of my favorites:

In 1977... Where were you when the lights went out? A 25 hour blackout on July 13-14 in New York unleashes a crime spree.

In 1977...Final fairwells to Charlie Chaplin, Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx and the King - Elvis Presley.

(On October 17) There are 69 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 82 days till Orthodox Christmas!

In 1977...Last execution by guillotine in France.

1977 is...Silver Jubliee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Your fortune cookie reads:
Don't forget, you are always on our minds.

There are 366 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 31 candles. Those 31 candles produce 31 BTUs, or 7.812 calories of heat (that's only 7. 8120 food calories!) You can boil 3.45 US ounces of water with that many candles!

No ordinary person, full imagination and originality, shy and reserved, ambitious, proud, self-respect, hungers for new experiences, sometimes nervous, many complexes, good memory, learns easily, complicated love life, wants to impress.

Your date of conception was on our about 24 January 1977 which was a Monday.





Friday, October 19, 2007

30th Birthday

What a blessing to spend my 30th birthday (yes THIRTY - AGHHHHH) with these people - and the fun continues next weekend!!! :))))))))))))