monday:
-met & wooed the owners of the showroom i work at.
-ate dinner with coworkers/vendors/owners at a fancy french restaurant called bistro margot in old town.
-tried mussels and like them, sort of. the texture is hard to get past for me.
-drank wine on the roof and did not go to bed on time.
tuesday:
-woke up at 5:30 am to pick galen up from the blue line.
-tried to eat breakfast at chicago diner--but those hippies don't open until 11 am.
-ate green eggs and ham at melrose instead. i love breakfast food-so delicious.
-went on an architectural boat tour of the buildings on the chicago river. learned some neat facts.
-ate a portobello quesadilla.
-took amtrak to michigan.
wednesday:
-went to a farm in holland to help clayre pick flowers for the wedding. she picked peonies, baptesia, and pepper grass.
-ran some wedding-related errands.
-gave joe & clayre their wine rack gift. a bottle for year 1, day 1, and today (the bottle we shared a toast with)
-sat outside erin & peter's barn & got thousands of mosquito bites.
-talked about music, sex, porn, and the crc. i would love to copyright that book title. stayed up way past my bedtime.
thursday:
-was awoken by dad yelling, "hey 5am!"
-got my nails done. the chick there told me i had the worst nails she had seen in 15 years. thanks lady, i appreciate that.
-rehearsal dinner at pietro's in gr. bossed waitress around for not bringing out vegan food. spilled my first sip of beer on my dress. gave a funny toast.
-had a beer with lohman at new holland brewery (still lame, sorry to report)
friday:
-brother wedding day
-made 17 or so flower arrangements for the wedding ceremony/reception.
-took a nap in a closet at the uica
-had a small meltdown outside, recovered. (thanks karis)
-went on a super great wedding walk & made it through the ceremony without crying (shocking) even though clayre whispered "sister" in my ear when she hugged me.
-gave a toast. cried a ton. spilled wine on galen. talked to a bunch of family/friends. barely tried the food, forgot to eat wedding cake, forgot to sign guest book.
-hung out on the porch at squaw's & crashed at my brother's house. wrote "meat is fun" on their fridge.
saturday:
-begged joe to come pick us up & went for breakfast at real food cafe
-drove to holland & had 45 minutes to get ready for phil's wedding
-went to phil & roxy's ceremony at riley trails
-saw a billion people i love at their reception at the arts council
-took a cab home from skilles because i felt like death
sunday
-went to 8th street grill for father's day
-took nelly for a walk at castle park beach
-met up with peter & malis at the sandbar
monday:
-amtrak
-this blog
-roof
hope you like this. hope you come visit me soon. you know who you are.
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2 comments:
I almost cried reading about your brother's wedding, and I've only met Clayre once and a half. What a nice thing to whisper to someone.
When I was a vegetarian, you told me "But--meat is GOOD" until one day I ate a hamburger. And now I'm making ham in the crock pot. Damn you and your persuasion.
Did I or did I not strongly urge you to put on the right-by-the-door insect repellent?
If you think mussels are a challenging texture wait until you and I go for raw oysters on the half shell. Bloody Marys if it's the morning or Vodka Martinis if it's night.
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