catching up

I’ve been a bad, neglectful blogger. So to the few of you who actually read the blog and wait for new stuff, I apologize. Here is a bunch of new and unrelated stuff that has been going on around here:

Coach Graeme has made his long awaited debut back here in our house. We picked him up at the airport on Wednesday evening and have been having lots of fun (and eating) since he arrived. This is the poster that the boys made for Graeme, which we brought to the airport. No pictures of Graeme yet, but he promised that I would get to take some sometime soon…

Really, the boys couldn’t be any happier that he is here (sorry, Nelson).

Today I had the pleasure of taking pictures at a surprise 70th birthday party. It was for (see if you can follow this one…) Patrick’s teacher from first grade’s father. It was a super party, great location (and great light for me), super weather, and he was really surprised. Working on the post processing so look for those later this week.

I went to Robin’s bachelorette party Saturday night in the city. Had a great time and it was really nice to meet some of the other wedding party girls. Had dinner at an awesome restaurant in the Lower East Side called the Stanton Social . They have a great concept there. All the dishes they offer are pretty much appetizers. So you just order a ton of different dishes for your table and they keep coming out and you all just pick and try everything. Love eating that way. I highly reccommend the edamame there. It was so delicious.

After dinner we saw a show called Absinthe at Speigelworld which is at the South Street Seaport. The reviews called it Cirque du Soleil on acid. It sure was! Crazy, crazy stuff going on in that tent! Quite ummm…provacative, funny, naughty, wild, gasp out loud kind of stuff. I think my favorite was the rollerskating act. They were flying around and around that 4ft circle so fast. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Although the boxing guy was quite lovely to look at too. The girls who did the (I don’t even know what to call it really) high wire acrobatic twin act were so incredible. They were so strong and graceful but the music and the whole thing were enough to give you the creeps a bit. Ok, a lot a bit.  And it took me all the rest of the night until we hit Jamaica on the train ride home to figure out the name of the Rocky Horror character that the main stage hand guy looked like…RiffRaff. A fun night in the city. I think Robin had a good time too. She and two of the girls were going out dancing after the show but I had to bail. I made it home at 1:30am as it was. Wish I had the occassion to do that kind of thing more often. I really like going into the city. Just the people watching alone is enough to keep you amused for days on end.

And for two days in a row, I left the beach before anyone else. Drove home alone. Came home to a completely empty house. Took a shower in total peace. Only carried a teeny tiny bag. Only did stuff for myself for a few hours. Weird. But oh so nice. I really cannot remember the last time I was home in the house totally alone. Don’t know when it might happen again either.