i used to buy a new cd or song every tuesday on itunes. since my mac has been down for a while, i haven't, but buz got me a itunes gift card for my birthday, and i thought i'd get something new for my trip to insanity to take the test of insanity. so i caved. i bought kings of leon. and i am obsessed.
listen for yourself.
i also realized buz has her own tag. she must be pretty cool!
Showing posts with label buzby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buzby. Show all posts
October 01, 2009
April 17, 2009
ev-an-ston, revisited.
i spent the weekend with buz relaxing in evanston. we had big plants to visit the jelly belly factory and go outlet shopping, but got sidetracked. ( :
on friday night we went to the bean at cloud gate, and then tried out a tapas restaurant, cafe iberico on the north side, that apparently everyone and their brother wanted to go to! the food was typical spanish tapas, nothing extraordinarily exciting and creative, but not super pricey either. we split an entire pitcher of sangria, which i drank way too much of before eating ( ;
saturday was spent shopping & relaxing. we spent nearly 3 hours at the mexican shop, a little boutique with everything from jewelry to small home decor from the cheapy cheapy to moderately priced. they don't have a website, but they do have some write-ups on yelp.com. the people who own it spend half the year traveling the globe aquiring their treasures. i can't help myself at ayla's bead shop either!
after a quick lunch at my favorite evanston restaurant, blind faith cafe (i got amazing eggs mornay), we got facials from students at the local beauty school, pivot point. my facial was amazing (i had erica), and with a coupon from the internet (50% off), i spent a whopping $17. then i was convinced to buy some of their products, the twice daily bar from bioelements (definitely worth it)!!
we took an afternoon nap & then did a little bar hopping in downtown evanston. first to prairie moon where we had some shitake quesadillas & specialty beer (scrimshaw pilsner-excellent), then to buz's favorite, tommy nevin's, an irish pub where they were STILL serving green miller lites!
sunday morning was brunch w/ all of buz's local friends at golden olympic... she has met some really cool people here! we got lazy because of the rain and decided to forgo any exciting plans we had to visit museums and travel, and go see 17 again. this was followed by at least an hour of oggling over zac efron's pictures online. disclaimer: he is 21 years old. it's not that bad, right?
then i had my second catholic mass experience. living in italy, i've spent more collective hours in catholic churches than any other places of worship combined. but my first full mass (i passed out during one when i was 15) was with buz and her family last christmas. buz's friends were getting confirmed at a beautiful church, madonna della strada, at loyola university on sunday night, so we all went. i really enjoy the mass- especially the beautiful singing & the organ!
...and now i'm off to pennsylvania for a few days before heading to north carolina and back to richmond at the end of the week! bon voyage!
on friday night we went to the bean at cloud gate, and then tried out a tapas restaurant, cafe iberico on the north side, that apparently everyone and their brother wanted to go to! the food was typical spanish tapas, nothing extraordinarily exciting and creative, but not super pricey either. we split an entire pitcher of sangria, which i drank way too much of before eating ( ;
saturday was spent shopping & relaxing. we spent nearly 3 hours at the mexican shop, a little boutique with everything from jewelry to small home decor from the cheapy cheapy to moderately priced. they don't have a website, but they do have some write-ups on yelp.com. the people who own it spend half the year traveling the globe aquiring their treasures. i can't help myself at ayla's bead shop either!
after a quick lunch at my favorite evanston restaurant, blind faith cafe (i got amazing eggs mornay), we got facials from students at the local beauty school, pivot point. my facial was amazing (i had erica), and with a coupon from the internet (50% off), i spent a whopping $17. then i was convinced to buy some of their products, the twice daily bar from bioelements (definitely worth it)!!
we took an afternoon nap & then did a little bar hopping in downtown evanston. first to prairie moon where we had some shitake quesadillas & specialty beer (scrimshaw pilsner-excellent), then to buz's favorite, tommy nevin's, an irish pub where they were STILL serving green miller lites!
sunday morning was brunch w/ all of buz's local friends at golden olympic... she has met some really cool people here! we got lazy because of the rain and decided to forgo any exciting plans we had to visit museums and travel, and go see 17 again. this was followed by at least an hour of oggling over zac efron's pictures online. disclaimer: he is 21 years old. it's not that bad, right?
then i had my second catholic mass experience. living in italy, i've spent more collective hours in catholic churches than any other places of worship combined. but my first full mass (i passed out during one when i was 15) was with buz and her family last christmas. buz's friends were getting confirmed at a beautiful church, madonna della strada, at loyola university on sunday night, so we all went. i really enjoy the mass- especially the beautiful singing & the organ!
...and now i'm off to pennsylvania for a few days before heading to north carolina and back to richmond at the end of the week! bon voyage!
March 26, 2009
smalltownville with a great beer list.
while i was in milwaukee, buz & met up in between her town & mine for a quick bite at firkin in libertyville, illinois. first off, libertyville was super cute, even in the pouring rain, with bricked sidewalks and cute shops everywhere (albeit in the middle of nowhere, next to the six flags).
we started off with the fried asparagus with chipolte sauce and then we both had the delicious fish tacos. i had a glass of affligem blonde, a sweet, highly carbonated belgium beer, and buz had a red eye, a coffee-infused rich porter. quite impressed with small-town illinois. ( :
September 16, 2008
and... we're back!
okay, it's volume ii. i was sick of posting on iweb, so we're going to give this a try.
after spending over a month traveling all over the country (dc to aiken to dc to cincinatti to detroit to chicago to reno to tahoe to dc to richmond), i was ready to do my bi-monthly "shift" in southeast dc. while the project doesn't happen to be my favorite, i generally enjoy the people i work with and working in the city in general.
i love lunches in eastern market & coffee at peregrine and walking around everywhere and randomly dispersed farmer's markets and conversations with the vendors selling streetsense and people watching. in general, i love the city.
however, i couldn't be more excited to be moving to a new neighborhood with a front yard & a back yard & two sets of stairs & painted walls & old tile. i was in chicago a few weeks ago at an absolutely amazing coffeeshop w/ buzby and they had this clever little notebook with a question of the day. the question that day was, "if your life was a movie, what would be the title/subtitle?" our answer: country girls debate life in urban jungle. we've adjusted well, at least for now. ( :
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