rain drops keep falling on my head...

Booooo...vacation is over. Back to the grind now...with good memories of the awesome Pixies movie LoudQUIETloud from the Independent Film Festival in Boston and NYC! New York was a whirlwind of shopping, seeing and eating.
Here are the highlights:
Cupcakes at the Magnolia Bakery, Gluten free pizza at the Risotteria, Peanut sushi at Monster Sushi, ABC Carpet, The Met's Kara Walker and Sevres porcelain shows and candy strawberries (strawberries dipped in the candy apple syrup). SO GREAT!
And I've also included a picture of my cousin's beautiful baby Violet at her baptism.

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Not much going on...trying to enjoy vacation and make the most of the time. SO far I have not done much. Nonetheless... some cool stuff coming up. Tomorrow night is the Pixies movie at the Somerville Theatre!
Also...very important....Saturday April 29th is the Global Night Commute being held in Boston to benefit Invisible Children. If you havent checked it out...you need to...you will be moved and changed.
And finally....hopefully on to NYC this weekend!

"Grey skies are gonna clear up...."

I am just moments away from being on vacation....nothing really exciting planned but, just not being at work! I am, however, trying to plan a trip to nyc with the girls...but it's really expensive. And I also have just purchased a ticket to the Pixies movie to be shown at the Somerville Theatre during the Independent Film Festival....woohoo! So I guess, yes, I do have some fun things planned. And rest..and painting...maybe I'll even paint some pots...it's been awhile!
And I am off...with the Go-Go's song blaring in my head....Vacation's all i ever wanted....had to get away....

God Bless America

I don't have a lot to say this morning except a little about the lovely irony I heard this morning. NPR is a beautiful thing. To end a story on protesters and immigration they played Celine Dion singing "God Bless America"..... now that is just perfect. Everyone knows I have a love for the people and culture of Mexico. Can I just make one comment about immigration? We let her in the country? But not all the hard working Mexicans that actually contribute to our society?!!!!
In a less serious note...I also heard Crazy Train which made me very happy on my way to work.

reunited and it feels soooo goooood

I wish I had something funny or insightful to say today...but I don't. It's cloudy and there's still a bit of a chill in the air and I am tired and waiting, waiting, waiting for vacation. I did however find this old picture ....lately I have been finding old friends and reconnecting. It's great to see how far people have come since our silly, dumb college kid days and all the wierdness that goes along with that. Nine years later we are all different people....crazy to see where life takes us...in such unexpected directions.

vacation's all i ever wanted....

What a fabulous Sunday I had! Good food, good friends, good, good, good.... we started off with Irish breakfast at the Burren, then went down to Symphony Hall to see Ira Glass and Terry Gross and finished up with curry fries and a mars bar toastie at the Squealing Pig. Ira was amazing of course! He's the greatest and I can't wait until there's a This American Life television show!

But now I am back to the grind...trying to be positive on this lovely Monday...only 4 days of work until vacation though!

In your eyes...

I got new glasses....finally I can see clearly!!

Tales of a 4th grade nothing....sort of

Ok I am having one of those "i-wish-i-could-quit-my-job-and-run-away" days but the good news is that there are only 3 days until I get to see my radio boyfriend...Ira Glass...with one of my radio superheroes Terry Gross!!!
I also have a confession to make....last night I saw The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. That is not my confession though. I was so enthralled with it that I actually heard my innner 8 year old girl say " I wish I had a unicorn." To which my friend, Jay, replied, "No way! Pegasus is way better!" And I knew at that point I had hit nerd rock bottom.

Spring is in the air?

I was trying to be positive today but now I am one krabby pattty. I'm sitting here at my desk cursing my ancestors for settling down in the bloody northeast! Why, oh why, is it snowing ....in April!!??? And all day?! Come on now! THis is ridiculous.... Why couldn't my great grandparents have seen New England from their ship coming from Italy and thought..."Hey, it's looking pretty cold there, let's keep heading south"?!!!

you're the birthday, you're the birthday...

boy or girrrrrrrl! It's Kathy's birthday! Woohoo!
Happy Birthday Kath!
thanks for 13 years of amazing friendship!!! Wigdome yeah!

"...your dreams are your ticket out"

You know it's going to be a strange day when you wake up with the Welcome Back Kotter theme song in your head. I always think that there will be some kind of message in the song that's in your head when you wake up or the song that's first on the radio in the morning. So we shall see what Mr.Kotter teaches me today, it's Monday, it's going to rain and it's only 50 degrees today...hmmm.

And here are last night's postcards...

home sweet home

good news! two of my pieces have been accepted into the Small Works show at the Attleboro Arts Museum! woohoo! and these are some new little pieces i did last night and today.... i've decided that they are all postcards and titled under the umbrella title "wish you were here: postcard prayers"
im off to dinner at fire and ice....later.