Pearl Jam

What a wonderful way to end our weekend! On Sunday night, Chris and I went to the Pearl Jam concert at the Verizon Center. It ROCKED, or shall I say, Eddie Rocked! An amazing concert and Chris lucked out with fabulous seats. We were right behind the stage but front row and could see everything that happened on stage. Plus, whenever Eddie took breaks he was less than 50ft from us and totally interacting with all of us. He played 2 encores! I normally hate encores at concerts, but this was AWESOME.

I was thinking during the concert, "I used to have a crush on this guy when I was 12, that was 16 yrs ago!" WOW! Still love 'em. Here are some pretty crappy pics from our camera phone.

Bethany Beach

Saturday morning, me, Chris, Deena and Dean drove up to my Aunt & Uncle's beach house in Bethany for the remainder of the weekend. It was beautiful weather and with me moving to COLORADO, I know my beach time is limited so I am soaking it up. Even did a little windsurfing at my favorite bayside locale, New Hope Road in between Bethany & Dewey. Got Deena and Dean both out there. It was Deena's first time, she did pretty well. Must run in the genes ;)

Dad's 65th Birthday Surprise!

Happy Birthday to my dad who turned 65 and to my brother, Shawn, who turned 39 on Friday, June 20th. For my dad's bday Deena and I surprsied Dad with a convertible rental for the weekend. We had it parked in the driveway at 6am on Friday morning and rang the doorbell while we waited in the bushes for him to come out. He loved it. He says it's about time he treats himself to a cool car. He's been on the market for a convertible for some time, something fun and zippy. This gave him a little taste!


Later that night we surprised him again with a family barbeque at my parents house. He was totally surprised. The highlight of the night was him setting off his bday fireworks. He LOVES fireworks. As a kid he would light them in his mouth to entertain us ;) Luckily, he didnt pull that prank on his 65th.


Happy Birthday Dad & Shawn!

Jackie D & Todd's Wedding

Congratulations Jacqueline & Todd! My little bathroommate, aka: Cherry, tied the knot on Sat. June 14th at the Dulles Hyatt. Good times had by all!

Cousins Night in Gtown Waterfront

Friday night was a great catch up with my cousins, Lenna, Nyla and sister, Deeny. We started out early at Tony & Joes for happy hour, dinner and then mingled over to Riverside Grill for post dinner drinks. Here's some of our model shots, I think Nyla wins!

Happy 30th Lilia!

Here's a pic from Lilia's surprise 30th birthday party last weekend. Her husband, Bill, did a fabulous job of planning and scheming to completely surprise the birthday gal. I had a great time catching up with her family, my pal Scott from USA Today and his girlfriend, and all her friends!

Looking good at 30! Happy Birthday Lilia :)

Pulled Over Twice in One Weekend!

1) It's a rare occassion for me to CRAVE ice-cream the way I craved it Friday night. But with a craving like that I knew that we had to go to Milwauke's Frozen Custard. So did 5 million others. I was on an ice-cream mission. So after leaving with a huge waffle cone and chocolate frozen custard we were on our way back home. The exit from MFC is a little awkward, they dont allow you to turn left so you have to turn right and make a u-turn somewhere up ahead. Unfortunately for me, I decided to make a u-turn at a no u-turn intersection, I realized it while doing it. 2 seconds later, I was being pulled over. Luckily he was the nicest cop I've ever been dealt and after I explained my craving for ice cream and my silly mistake of making an illegal U, he gave me a warning. WHEW.

2) Sat night was my friend Lillia's 30th surprise bday out in Haymarket. It was a blast, her husband Bill, planned the whole thing and it was a great surprise for her. It was seriously like their 2nd wedding reception, a steak and crabcake seated dinner. Anyhow, I had a blast drinking with my old USA Today pal, Scott and his girlfriend and Lillia's friend Tony, who I last saw at a nightclub in Beirut, Lebanon. Yes, I drank a bit too much wine, but didnt realize it until the car ride home. Chris was driving and I apparently fell asleep. Or at least until 1/4 mile from home when I woke up and told Chris to stop the car. He did, it was right on Reston Parkway across from the Hyatt, in a turning lane. I jumped out and the puking began. Not a good one either, all over my new Elie Tahari dress. We drew attention. The police pulled up behind us. It was a female officer and she asked Chris what was going on, if I had just had too much too drink? YES. She checked his license and registration and luckily told us to get home safe. WE WERE LUCKY, Chris had definitely had a few himself. WHEW.

I spent half the day on Sunday moping around. I cant recover like I used to!!!

So I dont know if I'm behind the ball on this one or not, but have you guys heard of Tucker Maxx? I'd picked up his book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, a couple of times at the airport when I was searching for something to read and this book has always cracked me up. I guess the title piqued my interest!

Anyhow, last weekend at the airport, we ended up buying it. Well, the book is terribly graphic and you really feel sorry for some of these girls. Basically, he's a total man slut and the book documents all kinds of drunken hookups and encounters.

I have to say though, I was a little nervous when I got to the chapter called "Everyone Has That Friend." The part that I'm referring to starts on page 31. And guess where it takes place???? CLARENDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read it yourself. But seriously it talks about how he meets this hot blonde chick at the bar who has a hot upper body but elephantitis lower body and then how her friend invites Tucker and his friend back to their house to use non other than their....HOT TUB. The whole time I'm reading this, I'm like, "shoot, do we have any blonde friends with HUGE lower bodies who were visiting from OH (apparently that girl was from out of town) that would have brought 2 guys back to our place?" For a hot second, I was pretty sure the place he was describing was TROY Street, but lucky for us the date that this event occurred was between 1999-2001. I think we are in the clear, whew!

Of course, this made me think back to all the crazy random stories and nights we had at that place. WOW, I'm surprised we all survived!! Hey and btw, he totally stole my idea, remember how I wanted to have a coffee table read of all our funny drunken moments?! TG we never made one.

Denver Weekend

This weekend I was out in Denver with my mom and Chris to find a place to live. Neither of them had ever been there and both really liked it. We got most of our work done on Saturday (signing the lease and picking out furniture) and were able to do some outlet shopping in CR, tried out a cool Japanese steakhouse, went to church on Sunday in DTC (the church is like 5mins from my house) and then drove up to Boulder and Estes Park. Both are gorgeous areas. Boulder has the cutest little outdoor street mall, very similar to Charlottesville. Then we drove up to Estes Park-- the drive was stunning. You are slowly climbing in elevation and driving through windy mountainous roads and then as soon as you get into Estes you start seeing snow covered mtns (really up close). We drove to the entrance of Rocky Mtn Natl Park but it was $20 to enter and with my temporary disability, I wouldnt be able to do much hiking. I am definitely ready to go back out there to check out the park. We saw these HUGE elk driving through the town, they just appeared out of no where. Incredible.

The Toe Lives!

Proud to report that after one week of bandage and flip-flop wearing, my big toe is on it's way to a successful recovery. I was finally able to remove the bandages yesterday and walk around comfortably, the skin is toughening in the nail bed and the cut from the accident is starting to seal/heal (it kept cracking and bleeding). No sign of a new nail yet, I really hope I wont forever be toenail-less, I already have strange looking feet. I tried my running shoes on for the first time today and the toe is still really painful for closed toe shoes, but it's making progresss. Tomorrow I go back to the Dr. for a follow-up and by next week I'm hoping to be wearing closed toe shoes again. I'm dying to get out there and start running again.

Prognosis: GOOD