this evening, jeff and i did an unprecedented thing. we left the office before 6pm. okay maybe it was right at 6pm, but still, we left the office before a lot of other people, and this is rare. especially for jeff. the reason for our early departure? carolyn! she's got a contract gig in the city, and we all thought it would fun to hangout. we started across the street at metropol where we had a refreshing glass of wine outdoors, and then moved on. We were originally going to go to tropisueno, but it was a 30 minute wait and we wanted to continue our memory lane/where are they now? chatter, so we headed to the grove. we had a good time chatting, and the best part was that it was so nice, we could sit outside the whole time. sf you're the best when you're like this!
Arms Length
getting the ol' gang back together
Couch surfing
Michael cera and go see Scott pilgrim. If you have ever loved a video
game and haven't seen it, you are truly missing out. Sure there are
plot holes and sure you have to completely suspend belief, but it was
haaawwesome. KO for Edgar wright and team!
This evening chris asked us if we wanted to go see it -- we were
actually thinking of going the night before, but Randall felt sick,
today he is better, so the timing was perfect. We had spent the day
running domestic errands and a fun outing was definitely needed.
The day itself was actually pretty good. I picked up the drycleaning
and then my glasses. The lenses had been crafted and I am now
officially a glasses wearer. I am not sure what I think. I don't love
the frames as much as I did before (let's just say they look really
different depending on how clean my hair is) but they're still fun.
Plus we went to three more glasses shops today and I didn't see
anything I liked more, so I guess that's a good thing. Randall however
did find new ones (he's the reason we went to all those shops). He
almost got a pair of enchanted reindeer horn frames (seriously this
particular line of frames is blessed by a Swedish grandmother or
something like that), but ended up deciding they looked too similar to
his current frames. He went a direction I did not anticipate, but the
lenses are being crafted, so we'll leave that story for another day.
They're good though.
Afterwards we had late brunch at chloe's cafe (cinnamon croissant
French toast with fresh strawberries) and then went to room and board
were we test drove couches for way too long. We finally decided on the
one to get (new couch has been on the list for almost three years)
only to come home and measure and realize that it won't really fit.
*insert gripe about how if only I had 1 more foot of space in each
direction here* Guess it's back to couch surfing for us.
Ps. Chris pointed out that my shirt (a chow shirt with a bunch of
knives on it) was highly appropriate for the film. I wonder if it's
coincidence or if the chow designer was a hardcore Scott pilgrim fan.
(there is a character called knives chau - pronounced chow, get it?)
Summer in the city
that are so rare I can count them on two hands (maybe one). Generally
speaking, I love them (although I wish our office had that only needed
a few times a year climate control thing). Mostly because I love
walking around in the evening without wearing fifteen layers. In fact
this evening I was only wearing a tanktop. Amazing.
Sidenote: Randall and I had a nice impromptu date night!
Airport wine series: NYC red eye edition
In related news, it's been 10 years since I've been to ny. This time
there will be no couch surfing, but I do imagine there will be some
late night hijinx. Stay tuned!
Ps. If you're going to blogher, stop by and say hi! I'll be there
pimping out onsugar and shopsense! And if that's not enough to get you
out there, then all the treats we have planned should definitely
entice you. Wr have so many tricks up our sleeve!
the return of pomelocat.
i got my hairdid yesterday, and once again laura worked her magic. originally she thought we'd go choppier bangs, but in the end i made her round them out. what i can i say, i can't seem to get enough of that pomelocat.
Starting the weekend right
happy hour. Most of the office took off way early to soak up the sun.
I couldn't get out that early, but once my side of the office was
empty, I decided to split too (sorry development team!). To my
surprise Molly, Karli, Shannon, Lauren, and Becky were still hanging
out at metropol. So dk (who left when I did) and I joined them. It was
a nice way to start the weekend indeed.
Hope you all have a good one!
hello? are you there? no? yes? okay. tomorrow? tuesday? wait, do what now?
the past week has felt like an odd game of telephone. every time i think i know what's going on, someone says that's not what was said. actually they don't say that's not what was said, they just say something slightly different. it's like we're all on the same page, but reading from a different paragraph. i think we've just about got it sorted out, but well you never can tell.
all i know is that's making me frustrated. i hate it when things are difficult when they clearly don't need to be.
in other news, the shopstyle team apparently had a huge success last night. they're a rocking team, so i'm glad to hear the whole event went down as planned! randall even represented by stealing my stolen hat. go team shopstyle!
ps. this is what randall thinks i'm like when i get home talking about work he doesn't care about. also, he had my dinner held hostage on the grill and homegirl here was hungry. and talking about herself as a homegirl in third person. obviously.
i was supposed to have today off
instead, i found myself in the office sorting out items and dealing with ridiculousness. it's not exactly the day i had imagined. but well, whatcha gonna do?
in other news, both harry potter lego and fat princess pirates and ninjas came out today. nerds.
Material girl
down there worked for the project I have in mind. Some people would go
to the store for more supplies. Some people would leave all this in a
pile and never get around to doing anything. Guess which option I'll
take?
Ps. Did you feel the earthquake this morning?
