I currently have 2.5 hours of music in a playlist that needs to be 4 hours long.
So, without right now discussing what's already on it...
What songs should I add to the wedding reception playlist?
Suggestions can be anything at all that you like, in any genre, so long as if there are any non- kindergartner-and-grandma-proof words, they come and go really quickly. ;)
So, without right now discussing what's already on it...
What songs should I add to the wedding reception playlist?
Suggestions can be anything at all that you like, in any genre, so long as if there are any non- kindergartner-and-grandma-proof words, they come and go really quickly. ;)
So, a warm weekend, but a good one. Friday night, We had a positive all-employee meeting at work, so I went home in high spirits. Amanda did some food prep for her saturday night visitors while I lounged on the couch with the cats.
Saturday, I got up and headed over to the Newton Community Center to load the truck with set stuff. A good amount of people showed to load, which was great. I like working with all these nice people. We loaded the truck and then met it at MassBay to unload into the theater. Again, tons of people showed up, so the unload and set build went really well, despite the heat. I got to work with the chopsaw cutting the pieces for the sewing machines and then bolted casters onto some platforms. I had a lot of fun and the cast was full of hard workers. The Gustafsons brought their puppy Moxie, who was super-tiny and cute and we all got to play with him. The downside of load-in was that it coincided with my brother and sisters birthday BBQ in Maynard, so I had to miss that, but I don't feel too bad, because they knew I couldn't go, but proceeded with plans anyways. Oh well. I headed home around 4 for a shower, and then Rasta and Amanda returned from wedding dress shopping. Later, Meg and newborn Kathryn came by, and once the girltalk started, I hid upstairs watching movies for the rest of the evening.
Sunday, the three of us went to Jeffrey's for brunch. Rasta took off for Kingston after that, we did some errands, had dinner, and then walked out to Harvard Sq for frozen yogurt! So good, we enjoyed our treats on the church steps before grabbing the bus for home.
Saturday, I got up and headed over to the Newton Community Center to load the truck with set stuff. A good amount of people showed to load, which was great. I like working with all these nice people. We loaded the truck and then met it at MassBay to unload into the theater. Again, tons of people showed up, so the unload and set build went really well, despite the heat. I got to work with the chopsaw cutting the pieces for the sewing machines and then bolted casters onto some platforms. I had a lot of fun and the cast was full of hard workers. The Gustafsons brought their puppy Moxie, who was super-tiny and cute and we all got to play with him. The downside of load-in was that it coincided with my brother and sisters birthday BBQ in Maynard, so I had to miss that, but I don't feel too bad, because they knew I couldn't go, but proceeded with plans anyways. Oh well. I headed home around 4 for a shower, and then Rasta and Amanda returned from wedding dress shopping. Later, Meg and newborn Kathryn came by, and once the girltalk started, I hid upstairs watching movies for the rest of the evening.
Sunday, the three of us went to Jeffrey's for brunch. Rasta took off for Kingston after that, we did some errands, had dinner, and then walked out to Harvard Sq for frozen yogurt! So good, we enjoyed our treats on the church steps before grabbing the bus for home.
Hi everyone!
I need a recommendation for a dry cleaner, preferably located in Fayetteville. I have a handmade quilt that my grandmother gave to me before she passed away, and it's very dear to me, so I'm a little nervous about putting it in someone else's hands. Does anyone know of a dry cleaner that they'd trust with this kind of thing? I've never really used one before.
Thanks for your help!
I need a recommendation for a dry cleaner, preferably located in Fayetteville. I have a handmade quilt that my grandmother gave to me before she passed away, and it's very dear to me, so I'm a little nervous about putting it in someone else's hands. Does anyone know of a dry cleaner that they'd trust with this kind of thing? I've never really used one before.
Thanks for your help!
Summer is wedding season!
We're off to North Carolina at crack-of-dawn o'clock tomorrow morning, to reach Wilmington in time for a 4:00 (or is that 4:30?) wedding. I'm taking advantage of Summer Fridays* here at work today to jet out at 1 and go buy a card, iron Matt's dress shirt, get a manicure, etc.
(I am trying to force myself to be bold and get a mani/pedi. I have never had a pedicure in my life and I've only had three manicures and they were all![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
cinquefoil's doing, because she made me go. But I'd really like to try out this place, which is conveniently very near my apartment, because if they're good I'd like to see them the day before my wedding. So I might as well do it now, right?)
All of a sudden, Virginia Summer has struck. Really, I can't complain too much because I do, after all, live in metro DC, but after two of the most perfect summer weeks in the history of weather recording, suddenly it is 80 degrees and 100% humidity at 7:00 a.m.. I know it'll break into storms today, so I'm really, really hoping that the rains come before and after my hour of walking around outside.
Our honeymoon is officially booked. We're going to be at Disney World from December 5 - 10. :D
Oh, that job interview? The HR interview turned into a Round 1 interview; Round 2 (in which one would meet the actual hiring manager) won't be discussed until mid-August since pretty much everyone in the company is on vacation for at least a week between July 20 and August 7. In fact, I'll be in North Carolina (again) from July 26 - 29.
And that, as they say, is that. The only reason I am even in my office today is because I don't want to use a half-day of personal time. There's little to do and my boss is out and I'm out at one YAY.
*Not really time off; the company always has flex time but in summer pretty much everyone whose job allows it is allowed to use flex time to take Friday afternoons off. I worked 9+ hour days Mon-Thur.
We're off to North Carolina at crack-of-dawn o'clock tomorrow morning, to reach Wilmington in time for a 4:00 (or is that 4:30?) wedding. I'm taking advantage of Summer Fridays* here at work today to jet out at 1 and go buy a card, iron Matt's dress shirt, get a manicure, etc.
(I am trying to force myself to be bold and get a mani/pedi. I have never had a pedicure in my life and I've only had three manicures and they were all
cinquefoil's doing, because she made me go. But I'd really like to try out this place, which is conveniently very near my apartment, because if they're good I'd like to see them the day before my wedding. So I might as well do it now, right?)All of a sudden, Virginia Summer has struck. Really, I can't complain too much because I do, after all, live in metro DC, but after two of the most perfect summer weeks in the history of weather recording, suddenly it is 80 degrees and 100% humidity at 7:00 a.m.. I know it'll break into storms today, so I'm really, really hoping that the rains come before and after my hour of walking around outside.
Our honeymoon is officially booked. We're going to be at Disney World from December 5 - 10. :D
Oh, that job interview? The HR interview turned into a Round 1 interview; Round 2 (in which one would meet the actual hiring manager) won't be discussed until mid-August since pretty much everyone in the company is on vacation for at least a week between July 20 and August 7. In fact, I'll be in North Carolina (again) from July 26 - 29.
And that, as they say, is that. The only reason I am even in my office today is because I don't want to use a half-day of personal time. There's little to do and my boss is out and I'm out at one YAY.
*Not really time off; the company always has flex time but in summer pretty much everyone whose job allows it is allowed to use flex time to take Friday afternoons off. I worked 9+ hour days Mon-Thur.
I'm not dead.
I got two kittens. They are pretty goddamn adorable. As evidenced:
They are tortoiseshell and half-tort respectively, and they are cute and dumb and fun and sweet and clumsy and oh my goodness! Kittens!
I have been pretty withdrawn. That is the sort of time it's been the last month or more. I'm insanely lonely, but I'm doing it to myself, so who can I blame for that, really?
Sunday I got so crazy from being in my apartment all the time that I up and went on a random. I took the T to an arbitrary stop. I got off, picked a direction and I walked and walked and walked. Ended up down near the Prudential. Walked and walked and walked and ended up at the Public Gardens. Walked and walked and ended up back at the Common.
I sat on a hill and listened to a piper play for more than an hour. Sitting back in the sun, listening to bagpipe music, people laughing and walking.
Side notes: I saw a trio of goths, one of whom was legitimately using a parasol to prevent sun exposure. I also saw two kids, very obviously high out of their minds, try to dance to the bagpipe music in a spastic, trippy sort of way, then violently wrestle one another for 10 minutes.
I finished watching the entirety of Star Trek: Voyager and the two seasons of Dead Like Me, which I rather quite enjoyed. I've listened to a mess of music but I'm too muddle-brained to list it all out.
Work drains me out, and right now is one of those times.
I never sleep.
I got two kittens. They are pretty goddamn adorable. As evidenced:
They are tortoiseshell and half-tort respectively, and they are cute and dumb and fun and sweet and clumsy and oh my goodness! Kittens!
I have been pretty withdrawn. That is the sort of time it's been the last month or more. I'm insanely lonely, but I'm doing it to myself, so who can I blame for that, really?
Sunday I got so crazy from being in my apartment all the time that I up and went on a random. I took the T to an arbitrary stop. I got off, picked a direction and I walked and walked and walked. Ended up down near the Prudential. Walked and walked and walked and ended up at the Public Gardens. Walked and walked and ended up back at the Common.
I sat on a hill and listened to a piper play for more than an hour. Sitting back in the sun, listening to bagpipe music, people laughing and walking.
Side notes: I saw a trio of goths, one of whom was legitimately using a parasol to prevent sun exposure. I also saw two kids, very obviously high out of their minds, try to dance to the bagpipe music in a spastic, trippy sort of way, then violently wrestle one another for 10 minutes.
I finished watching the entirety of Star Trek: Voyager and the two seasons of Dead Like Me, which I rather quite enjoyed. I've listened to a mess of music but I'm too muddle-brained to list it all out.
Work drains me out, and right now is one of those times.
I never sleep.
Today I got a free Black Lantern ring for purchasing Blackest Night #1, so even if this "event" that I just dropped an inflated 3.99 for sucks I have the consolation that I got some swag out of it. Tragically the ring is super large, probably with the stereotypical 40 year old male comic reader in mind, so unless I can squeeze the band down tonight I won't be wearing it to work tomarrow.
Summer Squash and Corn Soup with Garden Tomatoes
Starting With Ingredients
pps 1030-31
3 lb yellow summer squash, grated
1 1/2 lb white onion, grated
1 qt water
2 T salt
3 lb tomatoes, diced (reserve liquid as well)
10 c corn kernels and milk (about 10 fresh ears)
1 qt heavy cream
2 bunches basil, chiffonade
Pepper to taste
Combine first four ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add in tomatoes and corn. Return to a boil. Kill the heat and stir in the cream, basil, and pepper. Serve hot or chill over ice and store (probably would even taste good cold!).
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This cookbook has NEVER failed us. This soup was no exception. Admittedly, for a 1000+ page volume we've only done about a dozen recipes but that's more than just about any other cookbook I own. Since this was only for two, I halved the recipe and still had copious amounts left over.
I believe the corn milk is pretty much juicy bits left from the cob. After stripping the kernels I just gently ran the cobs over the large holes of a grater.
A food processor with a shredder disc is definitely the easiest way to grate all the onions and squash, but it's obviously not absolutely necessary (just less painful and time consuming).
I don't see any reason why this recipe couldn't be veganized with an unsweetened soy or nut milk, maybe a touch of thickener (though I suspect it would be fine left a little thin).
Starting With Ingredients
pps 1030-31
3 lb yellow summer squash, grated
1 1/2 lb white onion, grated
1 qt water
2 T salt
3 lb tomatoes, diced (reserve liquid as well)
10 c corn kernels and milk (about 10 fresh ears)
1 qt heavy cream
2 bunches basil, chiffonade
Pepper to taste
Combine first four ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add in tomatoes and corn. Return to a boil. Kill the heat and stir in the cream, basil, and pepper. Serve hot or chill over ice and store (probably would even taste good cold!).
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This cookbook has NEVER failed us. This soup was no exception. Admittedly, for a 1000+ page volume we've only done about a dozen recipes but that's more than just about any other cookbook I own. Since this was only for two, I halved the recipe and still had copious amounts left over.
I believe the corn milk is pretty much juicy bits left from the cob. After stripping the kernels I just gently ran the cobs over the large holes of a grater.
A food processor with a shredder disc is definitely the easiest way to grate all the onions and squash, but it's obviously not absolutely necessary (just less painful and time consuming).
I don't see any reason why this recipe couldn't be veganized with an unsweetened soy or nut milk, maybe a touch of thickener (though I suspect it would be fine left a little thin).
- Mood:
pleased
i always forget to check this!
perhaps i am becoming one of those busy adults or something.
perhaps i am becoming one of those busy adults or something.
So, this was a really fun weekend! Friday night, I joined Amanda over by the BSO for drinks at this dup called Our House East. They advertised a happy hour with free hotdogs and tacos, but provided popcorn and weird pasta. The bathrooms belonged in the movie Saw, and the whiskey was served in plastic (PLASTIC!) "glasses". Amanda was there for like over 4 hours. We chatted with Sabrina and Rumi, Amanda's coworkers. From there, we walked across town to the North End for arrancinis, pizza, bread, and desserts from Bovas. Yes, we walked out with a grocery bag full of good food. Took the train home, ate dinner at 10pm.
Saturday, read for a bit before heading to Grafton to do battle with a great bush that needed uprooting. The bush did everything it could to preserve life by burying it's roots deep into and under the rocks. It was crazy. I went at the stump with an axe and still didn't get the damn thing out of the ground. Afterwards, Amanda, Mum and I went over to Denise the florist to discuss flowers for the wedding. We really like her and the price is pretty good, so that was reassuring. We headed home after that for more arrancinis.
Sunday, slooow start, bits of cleaning and errands. We walked out to Darwin's for breakfast, then into Harvard Sq. where I picked up a collection of the Die Hard movies, all on Blu-Ray. I've seriously been searching for that collection forever, and now, IT IS MINE! Whole Foods, Pet Smart. We tried watching "The Wackness" but it was mega-boring, so we finished off the fourth season of The Wire. Burgers on the grill for dinner!
Saturday, read for a bit before heading to Grafton to do battle with a great bush that needed uprooting. The bush did everything it could to preserve life by burying it's roots deep into and under the rocks. It was crazy. I went at the stump with an axe and still didn't get the damn thing out of the ground. Afterwards, Amanda, Mum and I went over to Denise the florist to discuss flowers for the wedding. We really like her and the price is pretty good, so that was reassuring. We headed home after that for more arrancinis.
Sunday, slooow start, bits of cleaning and errands. We walked out to Darwin's for breakfast, then into Harvard Sq. where I picked up a collection of the Die Hard movies, all on Blu-Ray. I've seriously been searching for that collection forever, and now, IT IS MINE! Whole Foods, Pet Smart. We tried watching "The Wackness" but it was mega-boring, so we finished off the fourth season of The Wire. Burgers on the grill for dinner!
Always wanted to know why you're being charged $X for X service?
For my blog, I'll be conducting vendor interviews. I'll be asking some of the industry's best florists, photographers, wedding planners, etc.
Some questions I'm planning to ask:
Why is ______ worth the money?
How do you know when you're getting quality and when you are being overcharged?
When it comes to _____, where should you not cut corners?
Let me know what kind of budget-related questions you'd like to add to the list. I'll repost the most informative interviews here.
For my blog, I'll be conducting vendor interviews. I'll be asking some of the industry's best florists, photographers, wedding planners, etc.
Some questions I'm planning to ask:
Why is ______ worth the money?
How do you know when you're getting quality and when you are being overcharged?
When it comes to _____, where should you not cut corners?
Let me know what kind of budget-related questions you'd like to add to the list. I'll repost the most informative interviews here.
I know I can't be the only person who does this when she reads good books. Share some of yours with me!
This is fun!
- Lately, Harrison Ford has lodged himself in my head as Sir Samuel Vimes.
- I go back and forth over Vetinari all the time. Can't make a decision there.
- I cannot dislodge Johnny Depp from his position in my head as Jack Shaftoe, no matter how I try. (Although that's more true of The Confusion than of younger-Jack or old-Jack.)
- Although, I have replaced one former Johnny Depp role in my head (and we will not speak of the mess that is reality around a possible filmed Good Omens); I think that possibly, Richard Armitage would make a smashing Crowley.
- And of course, Ian Holm as Aziraphale.
- Come to think of it, while I'm on the subject, Ian Holm wouldn't be a half bad Daniel Waterhouse either. Well, System of the World-era Daniel.
This is fun!
- Mood:
silly
I may be in need of a photographer soon, to take some photos of myself and my toddler twins. These would be portrait photos, but not the standard staged ones, I am looking for some "fashion" ones and "etheral/ magical" ones. I know I am not describing this very well, but in essence, I am looking for something a bit out of the ordinary. Photographer would have to be willing to come to Rogers to take the photos at my home/ in my neighbourhood, and sign a copyright waiver as the photos may be published in a UK magazine that I write a small column for. I was thinking maybe someone from the Arts part of UoA in Fayetteville, but am open to any suggestions!
Gropecunt Lane
Gropecunt Lane (pronounced /ˈɡroʊpkʌnt ˈleɪn/) was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it....Streets with that name were often in the busiest parts of medieval towns and cities, and at least one appears to have been an important thoroughfare.
My amusement in learning of such a phenomenon is nearly matched by the knowledge that so many other innocent wiki users have learned of it as well today.
Real Simple has an article on using supermarket flowers into beautiful bouquets.
The key? Color gradation. The colors range from light to dark. There's no strong contrast of vibrant red and vibrant purples and oranges. There is a smooth gradation of color, with one dark shade that "pops" as an accent.
Photos: Lucas Allen
AVOID this:
Also a good find: http://www.freshroses.com. Recommended by Real Simple's article, and other respectable publications.
x-posted from LBB.
The key? Color gradation. The colors range from light to dark. There's no strong contrast of vibrant red and vibrant purples and oranges. There is a smooth gradation of color, with one dark shade that "pops" as an accent.
Photos: Lucas Allen
AVOID this:
Also a good find: http://www.freshroses.com. Recommended by Real Simple's article, and other respectable publications.
x-posted from LBB.
Okay, I've been really lazy and remiss.
I'm sure I'm forgetting lots, but I'm done anyway.
- June 27th, we had a great BBQ at my parents' house in Rhode Island. A few pictures, such as they are, are on my Facebook account. (Pictures of real, identified, tagged people tend to go on Facebook rather than on LJ. I'm guessing you can all understand why.)
- The past two weeks of commuting have been hell, and they're not getting better for a while. Instead of 50-60 minutes each way, I'm now averaging 90 - 120. That's adding up into 3 or 4 hours per day, and it's affecting my sleep and eating and working and everything.
- We got our wedding bands! I was supposed to meet Matt at the jeweler on Monday at 5, but, well, best not to discuss how a supposedly 21-minute Red Line ride took me 90 minutes to accomplish. Suffice it to say that I was right royally pissed off! But the rings are pretty and after Bertucci's, free champagne (from the jeweler) and some Haagen-Dazs special edition Dark Chocolate ice cream, I felt much better.
- The ring pictures, as well as a few other things, are in the wedding planning photo gallery, which you are totally welcome to peruse as long as you are NOT macnbc. Please note: any perceived yellow or golden tint on the rings comes from their having been photographed next to a west-facing window about an hour before sunset. And I couldn't be bothered to run anything in that gallery through Photoshop for color correction.
- Working for a living blows. Let's all go to Tahiti.
- I've gotten myself really hooked on Fallout 3. As far as I'm concerned, the Metro deserves what happened to it! (Not so much the rest of civilization, though.) It turns out that by playing Fallout 3 the same way I play many other games -- stealthily, and with a sniping weapon -- I've done quite well for myself. Actually, one of the most interesting things about the game is that Matt and I are about equally far into it (we're within an hour or so of the same gameplay time), but have played very differently and accomplished different things. He's farther along in the main storyline, but I've uncovered a lot more map and taken out some mobs that he hasn't. We have completely different playing styles, and I like that the game supports them both. And I'm really glad that Bethesda's gotten past the really awkward NPC facial expressions and distortions of Oblivion.
- Speaking of games, MONKEY ISLAND MONKEY ISLAND MONKEY ISLAND.
- Speaking more of games, I need MONEY so that I can finally re-purchase my stolen SCUMM engine classics!
I'm sure I'm forgetting lots, but I'm done anyway.
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