Obligatory weekend recap
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figmentVery full weekend.
Friday we went to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
springbok1's for gazpacho and hanging out. It was low-key and lovely. And I learned that iris-flavored gin is really neat!
And then we went and saw Inception, so we have caught up with most of the world on that, and am now only behind on not having seen Scott Pilgrim yet. But a movie! We seldom see them in theaters any more. And this was a really good one, puzzle-y and left me thinking and talking about it days later.
Saturday we went to the farmer's market, and I made chocolate chip cookies, and stuff for a while. It was relaxing and pleasant. I had some time to myself during the day, and made some nifty accessory-type items that I may try to make more of and sell at the Art Crawl. It was nice to do something creative. The evening was much busier. We went to the Riverview where we got to spend a nice little time withgingerpook and gunthar. (I surprised myself by not crying.) It was really good to see them and I'm glad others were there to be supportive and friendly.
We didn't stay there to watch the movie, only for the social time; we moved on to Leora's birthday party. That was fun in a similar vein of pleasant, fairly low key, etc.
From there we went home, andqubit and xatharine came to stay with us, and we went out to the nearby wine bar. It's pretty good! I had some interesting wines I hadn't had before and enjoyed being able to get a flight of anything I wanted to sample. Later, I remarked to xat that while we have all known each other since college, we don't regress to college level when we are hanging out; I think this is because we have managed to continue to be in touch and be part of each others' lives on a regular basis since then. This is good.
All gatherings, for me, fell into the category of "good to see people who I haven't seen in a while".
Sundayqubit had to go to the airport in the morning, but after xatharine got back from dropping him off she still had time to spend with us. So we went to Pizza Luce for brunch, with bonus r0ckc4ndy and her fella! And then eventually made it to the Lake Nokomis beach where floaty things were deployed to excellent effect. Xat had to go to the airport herself, eventually, and then we went home, where we had enough time to clean ourselves up a bit before going to alisgray & her fella's place for dinner. Crab legs! Yum. What a nice dinner that was. And then we got to play most of The Danger Board-game. We almost made it to the gig but then we got sidelined (isn't that always the way?), and I had to go... because the final punctuation of my weekend was a co-op meeting. It went okay but I was not in a good mental space to listen to pontification (however gentle and well meant) about how we all need to work together in a co-op. That's why we were all there! We didn't need it explained. Oh well. The good part is we did get some things done. Now to follow up... but I gave myself permission to wait to follow up until today.
Oh hey, but today my cousin will be visiting! Maybe the follow up work won't happen until tomorrow. We'll see.
Friday we went to
springbok1's for gazpacho and hanging out. It was low-key and lovely. And I learned that iris-flavored gin is really neat!And then we went and saw Inception, so we have caught up with most of the world on that, and am now only behind on not having seen Scott Pilgrim yet. But a movie! We seldom see them in theaters any more. And this was a really good one, puzzle-y and left me thinking and talking about it days later.
Saturday we went to the farmer's market, and I made chocolate chip cookies, and stuff for a while. It was relaxing and pleasant. I had some time to myself during the day, and made some nifty accessory-type items that I may try to make more of and sell at the Art Crawl. It was nice to do something creative. The evening was much busier. We went to the Riverview where we got to spend a nice little time with
gingerpook and gunthar. (I surprised myself by not crying.) It was really good to see them and I'm glad others were there to be supportive and friendly. We didn't stay there to watch the movie, only for the social time; we moved on to Leora's birthday party. That was fun in a similar vein of pleasant, fairly low key, etc.
From there we went home, and
qubit and xatharine came to stay with us, and we went out to the nearby wine bar. It's pretty good! I had some interesting wines I hadn't had before and enjoyed being able to get a flight of anything I wanted to sample. Later, I remarked to xat that while we have all known each other since college, we don't regress to college level when we are hanging out; I think this is because we have managed to continue to be in touch and be part of each others' lives on a regular basis since then. This is good. All gatherings, for me, fell into the category of "good to see people who I haven't seen in a while".
Sunday
qubit had to go to the airport in the morning, but after xatharine got back from dropping him off she still had time to spend with us. So we went to Pizza Luce for brunch, with bonus r0ckc4ndy and her fella! And then eventually made it to the Lake Nokomis beach where floaty things were deployed to excellent effect. Xat had to go to the airport herself, eventually, and then we went home, where we had enough time to clean ourselves up a bit before going to alisgray & her fella's place for dinner. Crab legs! Yum. What a nice dinner that was. And then we got to play most of The Danger Board-game. We almost made it to the gig but then we got sidelined (isn't that always the way?), and I had to go... because the final punctuation of my weekend was a co-op meeting. It went okay but I was not in a good mental space to listen to pontification (however gentle and well meant) about how we all need to work together in a co-op. That's why we were all there! We didn't need it explained. Oh well. The good part is we did get some things done. Now to follow up... but I gave myself permission to wait to follow up until today.Oh hey, but today my cousin will be visiting! Maybe the follow up work won't happen until tomorrow. We'll see.
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Date: 2010-08-23 03:33 pm (UTC)K. [glad you had a lovely weekend]
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Date: 2010-08-23 06:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-24 12:03 am (UTC)I know Ginger misses having the energy to put the kitchen through its paces and would enjoy waving the baton (mixing spoon?) while engaging in some social baking.
Ginger despairs of the food prep skills of her family members. Ginger loves the creative process, while older sis just wants to keep her family alive and full and mom doesn't like spending time or money on stuff you just chew and swallow.
Sharing kitchen shop talk with is something she's never been able to do much of.
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Date: 2010-08-24 02:18 pm (UTC)