Thursday, February 28, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
There will be snow
So, the title combines 2 of my favorite aspects of my weekend so far... lots of snow and the movie "There Will Be Blood". Katie, Brad, and I went to see the movie last night...it was the best movie I've seen since Juno. Good stuff.
Last weekend was a ton of fun...it was a long weekend so we took full advantage of each day... We went to a couple of pubs in Brookline, hung out with lots of friends, and managed to fit in some long runs.
Brad had this past week off from work and undertook a few projects around the house. I'll upload some pictures of his work later in the day. He built some draws to fit above the closets in the bedroom, took our audio system in to be repaired, organized the kitchen closet, purchased an engraved plaque for our front door, watched The Simpson Movie, and did many many loads of laundry. He claims to have relaxed as well, but he has accomplished so much that I'm not so sure he has had much time to relax.
Tonight, two of our friends are cooking dinner for us. Yum. Tomorrow, Brad races the mile at the New England Championship meet. I race the 1200 leg of the Distance Medley Relay at USA Indoor Nationals in the exhibition race. Fun times...
Last weekend was a ton of fun...it was a long weekend so we took full advantage of each day... We went to a couple of pubs in Brookline, hung out with lots of friends, and managed to fit in some long runs.
Brad had this past week off from work and undertook a few projects around the house. I'll upload some pictures of his work later in the day. He built some draws to fit above the closets in the bedroom, took our audio system in to be repaired, organized the kitchen closet, purchased an engraved plaque for our front door, watched The Simpson Movie, and did many many loads of laundry. He claims to have relaxed as well, but he has accomplished so much that I'm not so sure he has had much time to relax.
Tonight, two of our friends are cooking dinner for us. Yum. Tomorrow, Brad races the mile at the New England Championship meet. I race the 1200 leg of the Distance Medley Relay at USA Indoor Nationals in the exhibition race. Fun times...
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Pictures from a sushi date last month
Brad and I went on a fantastic sushi date last month. Well, if I'm being honest, we probably go on a couple fantastic sushi dates per week. This one was especially great. Lots of sake martinis.
An elegant Valentine week
Really. We've had a very elegant week. First, though, lets blog in chronological order.
Two weekends ago, we had a delicious dinner with friends. We invited over a couple of friends and spent a few hours eating, talking, laughing, etc... we ate stuffed mushrooms, Tuscan chicken, chocolate galore... it was incredible. We topped off the meal with some delicious wine and port. Great night.
The following day, a few of us went to the Sports Depot, a local sports bar back in our old neighborhood, to watch the Superbowl. I experienced my first bouts of excitement about 3 hours after I started watching the game - the 4th quarter. What good football! We lost, but we watched a great show for awhile!
Brad and I spent most of this past weekend racing. On Friday night, I raced the mile. I didn't run exceptionally well, but I posted my fastest time this season. Still, I'm a little off my PR (track talk for fastest time). That night, a bunch of us went out to dinner and talked politics, apple-tinis (inspired by Brad's drink), and mental disorders. I loved it!
Saturday, I raced the 1200 leg of the Distance Medley Relay and Brad raced the mile. It was the first mile he raced this season and he was excellent. He ran aggressively but intelligently, which is difficult to do and usually requires a few races under one's belt (in a season) to execute. Brad did it in his first mile race of the season. He's so dreamy.
The highlight of the weekend was a romantic Sunday brunch at Cafe Fleuri, a restaurant smack in Boston's financial district. Brad took me there to begin our Valentine week celebration. We were there for about 3 hours and ate everything from quail to lamb to crepes to boar to very smelly cheese. I got a little carried away at the chocolate fountain table.
Last night, I took Brad to Sel de la Terre (http://www.seldelaterre.com/) and we had the Valentine Day meal. It was a 5 course meal with wine pairing - delicious. For the main course, Brad had veal and I had lamb (I love lamb!). For everything else, we had a bunch of French stuff that I can't pronounce. We ended the night with a cappuccino and some outstanding chocolate blob.
Even though today is Valentine's Day, Brad and I are spending the night at the track for our Thursday practice. We'll top off the night with some champagne martinis in our Valentine martini glasses my mom got for us a few years ago. They're awesome!
I'm happy we both experienced an indulgent week. We've had a series of bad news over the past month or so and we have both been feeling a little emotionally worn out. This week served as a really kind way to take care of ourselves during a pretty troubling month.
Go Obama!
Two weekends ago, we had a delicious dinner with friends. We invited over a couple of friends and spent a few hours eating, talking, laughing, etc... we ate stuffed mushrooms, Tuscan chicken, chocolate galore... it was incredible. We topped off the meal with some delicious wine and port. Great night.
The following day, a few of us went to the Sports Depot, a local sports bar back in our old neighborhood, to watch the Superbowl. I experienced my first bouts of excitement about 3 hours after I started watching the game - the 4th quarter. What good football! We lost, but we watched a great show for awhile!
Brad and I spent most of this past weekend racing. On Friday night, I raced the mile. I didn't run exceptionally well, but I posted my fastest time this season. Still, I'm a little off my PR (track talk for fastest time). That night, a bunch of us went out to dinner and talked politics, apple-tinis (inspired by Brad's drink), and mental disorders. I loved it!
Saturday, I raced the 1200 leg of the Distance Medley Relay and Brad raced the mile. It was the first mile he raced this season and he was excellent. He ran aggressively but intelligently, which is difficult to do and usually requires a few races under one's belt (in a season) to execute. Brad did it in his first mile race of the season. He's so dreamy.
The highlight of the weekend was a romantic Sunday brunch at Cafe Fleuri, a restaurant smack in Boston's financial district. Brad took me there to begin our Valentine week celebration. We were there for about 3 hours and ate everything from quail to lamb to crepes to boar to very smelly cheese. I got a little carried away at the chocolate fountain table.
Last night, I took Brad to Sel de la Terre (http://www.seldelaterre.com/) and we had the Valentine Day meal. It was a 5 course meal with wine pairing - delicious. For the main course, Brad had veal and I had lamb (I love lamb!). For everything else, we had a bunch of French stuff that I can't pronounce. We ended the night with a cappuccino and some outstanding chocolate blob.
Even though today is Valentine's Day, Brad and I are spending the night at the track for our Thursday practice. We'll top off the night with some champagne martinis in our Valentine martini glasses my mom got for us a few years ago. They're awesome!
I'm happy we both experienced an indulgent week. We've had a series of bad news over the past month or so and we have both been feeling a little emotionally worn out. This week served as a really kind way to take care of ourselves during a pretty troubling month.
Go Obama!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Friday Rainy Friday
I'm on a U2 kick. Hence the title.
Life has picked up speed. I have been reading the last 40 pages of Love in the Time of Cholera for the past month because I've been a little busy doing other stuff. I've thrown myself into classes and really caught on to the concept of biofeedback...I've been reading everything I can about it recently. Fascinating stuff. I also have a pretty substantial teaching load this semester so I've been spending a lot of time with 18-20 year olds. Brad is rockin' & rollin' over at Brookline High School. He just started teaching the unit on the diversity and the continuity of life. Pretty important stuff.
The political world has taken us both by storm. We've been following the candidates pretty closely and I'm pretty sure I'm head over heads for Obama. The verdict isn't completely in - Clinton is a pretty incredible woman - either way, this could be a phenomenal year for our nation. At the very least, we're getting rid of the status quo, thank Zeus for that.
I've attached a couple of cute pictures from December. Its been so frigid cold lately that I've been getting a little bummed at the temperature without the Christmas excitement; therefore, I decided to revisit some times that made me happy.
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