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December 18, 2012 · 10:30 AM

HEY ROBE GUY, LET’S BE FRIENDS!

There are a few odd folks that live in my area. One of them talks to chipmunks and feeds them peanuts. He does this while sporting an orange sweatband across his long locks. There is another guy that decided to take a dump in the back patio of my apartment. I blame “Dump Guy” on my upstairs neighbors, that thought it would be a “good idea” to party with him. There is also the “L Street Mechanic Guy”. He can be seen on most weekdays with his long spindly legs sticking out from under his 1995 Honda Civic along the bend of our narrow street. How this man still has legs, is a mystery to me! Moronic college students like to play chicken while driving 50MPH down the street. He also has an impressive (what I like to call) Bald Eagle Mullet. Lastly, there is Robe Guy. Robe Guy is my favorite! 

As soon as I moved in, I spotted him on his front porch. He was sporting a red flannel robe while totting a large bottle of whiskey. This was at 11AM. It turns out that Robe Guy is a cab driver! Next time I need a cab, I’m going to call his company and ask for Robe Guy. I just want to be friends with him, so we can get hooked up with cab rides when we’re in a pinch. I imagine us calling the cab company and getting connected with Robe Guy. We’ll chat and laugh during our 3 mile commute and become BFF’s. Perhaps he will be a cool dude and give us a free ride once in awhile, we’ll be sure to tip our friend generously. So Robe Guy, will you be our new BFF?!

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December 9, 2012 · 6:06 PM

DRAGON ASS

The next couple of weeks will be draggin’ ass. I have 11 days off from work coming and it will be no fun waiting for stupid time to hurry it’s ass up so I can pretend I’m a teenager for a little while and just eat and sleep. Oh yeah, and also enjoy the holidays with family and friends. I haven’t asked for any “big ticket” items. I think I’m all set as far as the latest electronic gadgets and whatnot. I guess that makes me a terrible at pretending to be a tech blogger from my last post? My niece made an elaborate gift matrix for things she wants for Christmas. I wish I was that organized at that age! I also wish I took a picture if it, I was impressed.

Anyway, on to my usual weekend recap!

Andy and I decided to have a date night. I was going to try Hailo, but they failed us. I booked a cab and they confirmed only to call me when they were supposed to be arriving to cancel. So we decided to walk to the main road and hail one, and we were lucky enough to find one. I didn’t realize there was a tree-lighting happening around the corner. Once we were on our way, we tried Red Bones in Somerville. It was pretty good, but I definitely wish I got the steak instead of pulled pork. Oh well, I know better for next time. We also went bar hopping afterwards. Makes me sad the weekend is over, but I’m slowly on my way to 11 days off (PLEASE GET HERE FASTER!).

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Loverly couples shot

Beer time!

Beer time!

Red Bones interior

Red Bones interior

Dranks

Dranks

Pulled pork

Pulled pork

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Super pumped it's banana bread beer season!

Super pumped it’s banana bread beer season!

I also darkened my hair a little. Feels more "me"

I also darkened my hair a little. Feels more “me”

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December 5, 2012 · 11:25 AM

#BostonBloggers RECAP POST

I wasn’t feeling great last night, but glad I was able to head out to the Boston Bloggers holiday party. It was worth sitting on the hotter-than-hell bus to get there! At least I got to cool off for 10 minutes by getting lost trying to find Audubon Circle. Once there, I had a good time meeting bloggers! I missed the past couple of meet ups, so I was definitely happy to make it to this one. 

 I ran into Ginny, Jen, Kristin, Katherine, Lea, Phil, Lindsay, Janee, Greg, Khris, Allie, and lots of other awesome folks. We had lots of conversations about, gym memberships, cats, giant Christmas trees, bike vandal kids, and fashion bloggers. There were lots of really well-dressed fashion bloggers at the meet-up.

I always envy fashion bloggers because I lack the patience, dedication, and lots of other things to be one. I went to school for fashion and still wouldn’t dare become a fashion blogger. I work in a casual environment and I get up early. I lack the morning-personess to get up any earlier to find a cute outfit, put on make up, and take a picture for my blog (Deja-Vu?). Major kudos for those that do! Not to mention, Andy has grown an aversion toward being forced into taking pictures. He also manages to make them look blurry (possibly on purpose).  I don’t think I need to worry about offending him, he doesn’t read my blog (I hope)!

Anyway, I was a little out of it at the meet up. We were supposed to grab colored stickers to put on our name tag that corresponds with our blog-type (i.e fashion, tech, lifestyle, etc). I accidentally grabbed blue, which was tech. It was stressful to pretend being a tech blogger, I don’t know much  about gadgets or the iPhone 27! I also kept calling Phil, Greg. Sorry, Phil-Greg! At least I’ll never forgot that you not Greg.

As the evening went on,  my headache was slowly creeping back in. I decided to be prissy and take a cab home instead of the bus. I didn’t feel like bursting into flames on the bus and getting sued by the unfortunate Hipster-person next to me for burning his copy of Infinite Jest. Sorry for not giving my blogger-friends a proper good-bye! 

Big thanks to Alison and Kate!

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October 9, 2012 · 2:30 PM

I COULD USE MORE LONG WEEKENDS AND SCALLOPS

I had a fun long weekend which basically consisted of consuming mixed drinks with Red Bull and eating loads of scallops. We had some delicious Golden Temple food on Thursday. I’m still drooling for their fried scallops! I worked from home on Friday, which was good because there is always inexplicable traffic the Friday before Columbo’s Day. Anyway, that night was date night for the boyfriend and I. We went to a few bars in the area where we got tasty food and pumpkin beer tasters. I just love pumpkin beer!

Delicious drink!

Fried pickles

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Philly cheese steak mac and cheese

Pumpkin beer taster

Tried some Dirty Blonde at Sunset after


On Saturday, we stayed close to the area for some more Chinese food and darts at a local bar. I made myself pass on scallops, shocking.

We don’t really even know how this happened, but it did!

I actually passed up Dexter on Sunday to head out for dinner and sake with my friend. We went to a great place called FuGaKyu in Brookline. We got a private room and gobbled up some tasty food! This time, I didn’t pass up on the scallops. I had a delightful spicy scallop roll. I just want to eat sushi everyday. I don’t care about all the mercury, I’m sure it’s fun to be mad as a hatter. I could only manage to do some shopping and watch Dexter on Monday.

Mango fried ice cream

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October 1, 2012 · 10:47 AM

ODE TO SEPTEMBER

I’m always surprised at how quickly summer passes. I had to quit flip flops this week, it’s so sad! September was a busy month with my birthday and all. Since I was sucky at blogging most of the month, I’ll do another bulleted recap with pictures. Oh my!

September: 

  • Spending Labor Day with my BFF by the beach and pancakes from The Pancake Man. I posted some pics in my August recap.
  • Quality bowling time with my #VEDA-rans. Patrick made an awesome video of this! #VEDA- Day 38?

This place hasn’t been updated since the Reagan administration.

Myspace duck face shot

Can’t own boring bowling shoes

  • My sister surprised me with a massive amount of lawn flamingos for my bday. BEST.DAY.EVER!

  • I met Wakefield from the Sox. Super nice guy!

  • Headed to Maine for some bday fun that involved outlet shopping, seaside dinner, and seaside drinks. I have better pics on my Nikon, but I’ve been too lazy to upload them. 

Good nomz

Dinner view

Perkins Cove

Delicious drink

Testing out my attachable iPhone fisheye lens.

I just love Maine…

  • I had a (mostly) lovely bday outing at Yard House. I’m glad my friends were able to make it and the food was good. We did have a bad waitress though. I complained to the GM and she worked with us to be sure we were happy. I wrote a Yelp! review on it and I’m over it already. I just hope she finds another career path, for the sake of other patrons!

  • Andy got me an Xbox Kinect for my bday with a dancing game. My BFF stayed over after my bday outing and we DANCED OUR FACES OFF most the following day to the gift she gave me, Michael Jackson: The Experience. It’s seriously the best game ever!
  • We had some adventures with creeper dog.

  • Andy and I had a pretty chill past weekend. We went to party, got some more Kinect games, and WATCHED DEXTER!

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June 25, 2012 · 11:54 AM

BBQ BEACH PARTIES, HALLOWEEN, AND AN ABE LINCOLN

I had a busy weekend and I’m sad it’s over! I think the only reason I was in a pleasant mood this morning is knowing that I’m going away this weekend (HURRY UP FRIDAY! ). On Friday, Andy and I went to the Phantom Gourment BBQ Beach Party. Oh man, it was awesome! I’m bummed I’ll have to wait another year to re-visit the BBQ masters. Once we were extremely full of beer and BBQ, we rolled ourselves around to various watering holes in the area. I welcomed the opportunity to use an actual bathroom, and not a portapotty (YUCK!).

A friend also had a summer Halloween party, and I was super excited to go! Halloween is my favorite holiday. I actually already thought of a costume for this year, but wondering if I should save it for next year? Thankfully there was enough notice that I was able to think up a costume and order it online. I went as Teen Royalty, Gretchen Weiners. I even wore hoop earrings, TAKE THAT REGINA!

Now for pictures, try not to drool on your keyboard over the BBQ images!

Best pulled pork sandwich, EVER!

This shelia very much enjoyed the shrimp on the barbi


Myself and Aztec Gino. Sorry for the blur, Andy took the picture

I found this giant mac and cheese noodle on the way. How awesome and random is this?!!

Party time…

Andy wearing my wig with Abe Lincoln’s beard. Apparently honest Abe isn’t honest about having a beard.

G for Gretchen ;) SO FETCH!

Again, sorry for the blur. Andy has many talents, and picture-taking isn’t one. Not even my fancy new camera can help!

Good ol’ Abe Lincoln wearing my wig.

S’MORES!

I probably shouldn’t have my flammable costume this close to a fire.

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June 4, 2012 · 7:28 AM

24 HOURS

It feels like I went through a long weekend in one day! I got a new computer at work and it’s a laptop. I think it’s exciting because it opens me up for travel and I’ll be able to work from home on occasion. My co-worker and I attended a work meeting in NYC on Saturday. My co-worker left from his night job to the airport. I guess he got a little lost trying to find parking, and missed our flight out! He took a later flight and GOT THERE BEFORE ME! My flight to NY was pure hell! We were stuck on the plane for over an hour because there was something wrong with like the left phalanges.  O_o What should have been a 40minute flight, took 2 hours. At least the weather was nice in NY, I was glad to get away from the rainy Boston weather! We missed some of the meeting, but were able to get the work done that was needed. Once we were done for the day, we had lunch at the elusive Burger Joint. It’s a little hard to find, since it’s hidden behind a red curtain in 5star hotel. It has a cardboard menu and writing along the walls. They warn that if you don’t know your order when  you get to the cashier, YOU GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE! I was pumped to try out this soup-naziesque place.  It didn’t disappoint.

View from work

Burger Joint sign

Burger Joint menu

Inside the Joint’

We did a bit of walking around and exploring before leaving the city. The street vendors were the best part. I have no self control and I got some iPhone cases and sunglasses. I also got to use my new prescription sunglasses from EyeFly. I was bummed to head back to the airport in the late afternoon, but I had a #BiSC date with Terra and Bob. I guess you can’t have a proper NY experience without an encounter with a socio-pathic cab driver. I hailed the cab and got inside before speaking my destination, apparently cabbies HATE bringing people to the airport.  Boy, did he let us know he wasn’t thrilled, by driving 100mph and hitting EVERY SINGLE POTHOLE KNOWN TO MAN AND SOME THAT WEREN’T EVEN INVENTED YET!  I wish I could say the flight back went smoothly, but it didn’t! LaGuardia airport does have nice seats outside the terminal, too bad we were stuck inside the plane on the tarmac for an hour. This time, it was the crappy Boston weather preventing us from taking off from sunny NYC. 

Ribbon building

Street vendor time!

Sunglasses time!

Headless lady fountain

I swear that every time I go to NY, I ALWAYS take a picture of Radio City Music Hall. I probably have at least 50 pictures of it on my computer. It’s basically a tradition at this point.

I wish that was the Cash Cab behind me!

Hello, lover!

GTL time, all the time!

I was exhausted by the time I got back to Boston. But I got a second wind, showered, and grabbed the bus for a mini-#BiSC reunion. We had a little too much fun with the GIF Boom app, and I’d Cap That. It was also decided that we need a karaoke night ASAP, and I need to bring my spirit hood. 

You know you’re exhausted when the delirium checks in. I was thinking “haha, airplanes have buttholes, and THEY LIGHT UP! #OMGLOLOLOLOL”, when I took this.

Animal House!

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April 25, 2012 · 7:05 PM

LIVIN’ ROOM ON THE EDGE

I’m finally getting around to posting my living room pictures. I attached my fish-eye lens for most of these.

Hello? Is it me you're looking for?

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April 11, 2012 · 7:59 PM

#BostonBloggers-THE RECAP POST

This post is long overdue! After all the fun I had at the Boston Bloggers meet up, I’m finally getting around to the recap post. I was super excited to attend this meetup, especially since my awesome new glasses from EyeFly arrived at my doorstep.

I quickly got ready and ran out the door to catch the bus into downtown. While on my way, I made plans with Lea to share a deep-fried Mars bar at The Lansdowne Pub. Man, did deep-fried Diabetes taste good! Special thanks to the Lansdowne for hosting us, they did a great job with tasty apps. I mean, THEY SERVED GRILLED CHEESE! That is a direct line to my heart. 

Once the party got started, I met some new bloggers and reconnected with some I met at Blog Bettah Boston. It was great to see you again, Sara, Jen, Carley, Katy, Amy, Alison! I connected with some awesome new people like, Penny, Katie, Ann, Natalie, Sarah, Melissa, Amanda, and Kurt. Sorry, if I left anyone out, my brain is a bit foggy!

Myself, Natalie and Melissa of BostonDayBook. Special thanks to Ann for the picture!

I was sad when the night came to a close, but was pumped that Uber sponsored the event and I got a ride home! I will definitely be using them for the Boston Beer Summit. As always, I want to thank the lovely ladies that helped make this event happen,  Katy, Amy, Alison!

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March 26, 2012 · 8:39 PM

#WICKEDPISSAH #BBBOS #WEEKEND (#HolyLinkageBatman!)

Weekends are just too short! I woke up early with anticipation on Saturday to attend Blog Bettah Boston (#BBBos). Let me tell you, it was nothing short of AMAZING! I was a little nervous because I didn’t think I would know anyone. But I came armed with my new fancy business cards and matching outfit. Yes, my outfit unitentionally MATCHED my business cards! How utterly psychotic am I?! But, I did intentionally match my layout to the new business cards. You likey?

I met some amazing people, Lindsay, Sara, Erin, Emily, Lindz, Jen, and loads more! I also ran into Lea, after I was certain I wasn’t going to know anyone! While was reserving a row of seats, during the awesome free lunch from AuBonPain,  I saw her twitter handle scroll by the projector screen. I yelled “holy shit” aloud, and avoided the odd looks from people. I did find her eventually among the masses of people, and was bummed I missed her panel on monetizing blogs. :(  

There were so many awesome panels and workshops, and I wish I could have attended them all. But I did take photo editing, traffic and community, blogging basics, and blogging with brands. I also took some pics and will have show the awesome #swag bag. Oh yes, special thanks to ScarvesDotNet for the cashmere scarf I won! I wore it out this weekend.

 

Intro from the awesome organizers Alana and Amy. THANK YOU SO MUCH! <3

Photo editing with the amazing, Kristyn

Roster booth, thank you for the t-shirt!

Blogging basics panel. You did great, Kate! and @SparklingSteps @CharChronicles

Thanks AuBonPain

Blogging with Brands. Thanks @Shoeline @PaperFashion
@MommyNiri

Pretzel Crisps are good nomz!

Traffic and Community. Great job, @Katy_Rose1 @BostonBrunchers
@TheSkinnyScoop

Line for cupcakes. We Bostonians love cupcakes...

Thanks Eventbrite!

Lovely ladies! Sara, Erin, and myself. :)

Food Photography. Thanks Kristin!

KICK ASS SWAG BAG AND CARDS FROM THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE I MET! THANKS!

Thanks again Think Tank, for hosting our awesome after party!

Groovy lounge

#AWESOMENESS with Emily and Sara!

Last but certainly not least, my BFF came over on Sunday and got to see my new apartment. We hopped on the bus intotown and had a fantabulos time walking around Boston, seeing the Hunger Games, and SUSHI! I’m glad to have some much needed time with besty, I haven’t been able to see her in awhile. :(

#Nom #nom #nom

Oh yeah, I also owl-ized my mantle. It's a real hoot, eh? ;)

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