{October 11, 2008}   go you huskies!

what do you do when mel gibson invades your little town to film “edge of darkness“?

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look, it’s jaz! going about her townie business on her bike. (as seen on masslive.)

you fire up plen aire and the fire pit for some s’mores, hot chocolate and a viewing of state and main, of course.
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why? watch this:


visit videodetective.com for more info

as it turns out, people will show up for a mamet-fest after all.



{September 05, 2008}   countdown to twist

packed up and ready to go:
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see you there!
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{September 01, 2008}   plen aire

last night we had our second back yard movie night. this reminded me that i never mentioned our first back yard movie night!

canvas + pipe + tie-downs = movie screen:
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nominations were made, votes were cast, a film choice was made.

as everyone arrived, the concession stand (our kitchen, filled with delicious audience contributions) opened:
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with goodies in-hand, sweatshirts on, and the fire blazing, we got settled in for the first show:
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raising arizona
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{September 01, 2008}   tanglewood

the boston symphony orchestra just happened to decide to perform beethovan’s 9th symphony at tanglewood on katy’s birthday last week. so, of course, we all packed a picnic and made a day of it.

the weather was amazing. it was possibly the most perfect day of the summer.
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(l to r: tom, me, gl, andre, eleanor)

get us all together and you are likely to find:
pimm’s cups
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(the birthday girl enjoying the tasty beverage)

lots of food
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(clockwise beginning upper left: tom, me, gl, eleanor, chris, molly, josh, pete)

yarn
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technology
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(andre)

and laughing
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(l to r: traci, audrey, pete)

not a bad way to spend a day.

need more picnic-action? go here or here.

thanks, jaz, for filling in some of the pictures



{August 22, 2008}   what did you do friday night?

uh huh. interesting…

what did i do? oh, thanks for asking. well, i went to the demolition derby!
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it was crazy fun. in fact, it was way more fun than it should have been.
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the initial crash was disconcerting, but after that, it was just hysterical.
and inspiring to all the little girl derby fans in the crowd (the girl sitting in front of me was super into it):
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a young woman came from behind and won the derby! yay!

the demolition derby was actually part of the cummington fair. so, tom, me and some friends spent the evening having a grand ol’ time wandering around before and after the derby.

the fair was pretty nice, and there was lots to be seen. totally worth an evening out. (sorry, jeffy and eileen, apparently we took you to completely the wrong fair! next time we’ll time it a week sooner and go to this one instead.)

but there was something slightly…off…about the whole thing. there were lots of ride and game knock-offs. for example, instead of whack-a-mole, there was:
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instead of the scrambler, there was:
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and instead of skee ball, there was:
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the examples were everywhere!

another thing that was everywhere - super tasty carnival food.
among many other things, bill partook of jack’s buns:
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snicker, snicker

as it turns out, you only need some cars being crushed, a cool summer evening, good friends and fried dough to have a fabulous friday night. who knew?



{August 15, 2008}   i’m fighting things i cannot see

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the picture says it all. we went with friends tonight to see suzanne vega at the iron horse.

what more can i say?

oh yeah:

dear suzanne vega,
you are awesome.
sincerely,
me



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