in boston, part 2

The next day, Angie took me to Newberry Street.


(Lots of department stores and boutiques. Everything was very, very expensive. I did not buy anything.)

We went to a sweet art-jazz bar called the Beehive.


(This is what i look like standing next to the Beehive chalkboard.)

We ordered some wine, and i noticed there was Chartreuse behind the bar. I asked the bartender about the spirit, and he says:

"Here, i will let you taste some." He fills a rocks glass with ice and pours me a double shot of yellow Chartreuse. (there is a green Chartreuse as well, according to THIS WEBSITE the yellow is milder.)

And here i am drinking Chartreuse.


(it was awful. this was all Quentin Tarrintino's fault. if you've ever seen Death Proof that's why.)

we took pictures of ourselves.



(damn right, we're cute.)

Later, we went out for beer, which is also very expensive in boston. It was Valentines Day, so we decided to celebrate by going to a dive-y place called the Silhouette.


(7$ pitchers of PBR. We had 5.)

We met some of Ange's friends, and walked over to her favourite bar called Deep Ellum.


(not to be confused with Deep Ellum, Texas.)

The biggest difference between the Silhouette and Deep Ellum was the cost.
Silhouette: 7$ pitchers.
Deep Ellum: 7$ beers.


(by this time yours truly was a very happy girl, and needed to rest her very happy eyes. which i did. about 20 minutes after this photo was taken.)

day 2 was awesome.

in boston, part 1

this is ange.


(visit her blog, see her artwork HERE)

she lives in boston:


(thats in massachusetts)

i flew there. it was scary. i hate to fly.


(i call this: clouds with plane wing)


she goes to SMFA. this is what she looks like when she poses for me in her studio:



(master at work)


she took me to a place called The Squealing Pig:


(art students call it "the pig")

we took trains and busses all over the city:


(because public transportation is actually FUNCTIONAL in boston...)

night one ended in much joy:


(and a hangover the next day)

i am baaaaaack

hello!!!!

i am in boston (it is my last night)

pictures coming soon- and details to follow. i have been a bad blogger, i know- BUT

i plan to redeem myself full throttle

check itout

i am silly on wine-

EveRYONE!!!!

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN????

bars, bad moods, boston

yet again today found me in another terrible mood.
it was lightened, however, when a bar guest asked for a captain and coke-
his wife stops him and says

"or- wait- did you want the 151?"

he asks

"well whats the difference?"

wife replies

"they're the same thing."

hah.

***

in completely unrelated news i am going to BOSTON to visit my angie.

i couldn't be more excited, although this trip might constitute an entirely new winter wardrobe.
cincinnati is at a balmy 23 degrees, while ange informed me the "high" in Boston today was 0.

it's cold. also...

i mean, really freakishly cold.

***

the parking brake in my van broke- i think the brake itself is fine
but the spring in the lever which you pull in order to engage the brake has come apart
and NOW i drive with my emergency brake on constantly.

(well, i haven't really driven anywhere- my van made it home and isn't leaving til i find a shop.)

i need to do this soon. the people i have been relying on for rides may start to get sick of me.

luckily, i was awarded my W2 today from my employer- and i HEART $.

so if anyone wants to reccomend a good auto repair shop and/or CPA i am ALL ears.

sad news for a friend

a young boy who used to work as a busser for me at the restaurant was involved in a terrible atv crash over the weekend.

he is now entirely paralyzed on the right side of his body. the doctors are saying they aren't sure if it will be permanent or not.

regardless- this kid is only 17. i feel very sad about this- for him and his family.

i have organized a small donation effort- i would like to send his family some flowers on behalf of the reataurant. i feel this would be an appropriate gesture. this has had to be devestating for everyone that loves him. my heart certainly goes out.

i hope y'all will keep him in your thoughts as well.

evidently i have an enemy

whilst working this afternoon, a phone call came in from a woman who asked to speak to:

(ahem)

"...that stupid, slut-bag mandy."

my bartender approached me, perplexed, holding the phone to his chest and said

"someone on the phone isn't very happy with you."

i never found out forsure who it was since they hung up almost immediately.

***

damn.

i guess not everyone in the world thinks i'm as awesome as i do.

i will try not to get on prozac over this...