The Swell Season

This is me Happy! And why am I so Happy? Well . . .

. . . because of these two!

Last Friday I got a call at 7:30p.m. from my awesome friend Liz who had an extra ticket to go to their show. I love, love, loved their movie, Once and can't get enough of their music. I was so excited! I ran as fast as I could to the T station jumped on the train, switched to another train and about 40 minutes later found myself sitting in the arena enjoying one of the most powerful kinds of music, raw emotional folk! If you don't know their music, go check out the soundtrack to Once. I am positive you will love it!

The day was pretty hectic, so when I got home at 1:00a.m. and realized I hadn't eaten anything since 12:00 p.m. I decided to order some pizza. My roommate and I were up until 2:00 a.m. packing for our big camping adventure (see next post).

I love how into the music he gets! It reminds me a lot of Damien Rice. Oh, and one of the greatest parts of the concert was when they brought a guy up on stage who they saw singing for money out on the street. The guy was so good and was absolutely thrilled to be playing for such a large crowd.

Buy me some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks. . .

This past weekend, my good friend Liz invited me to go with her to a Red Sox game! We had such a blast! Liz had won tickets through a work lottery, so our seats were awesome.

We sang "take me out to the ball game" and "Sweet Caroline", ate a fenway frank, drank a coke, and even did a little dancing. We had so much fun, even though our team lost big time! 8 to 1 Blue Jays. Boo!

I learned a new and interesting thing at the game to. Jacoby Ellsbury (a player for the Red Sox) is in my ward. Okay, so he's not active and I highly doubt they have all of his information, but he is in our ward directory.

After the game, Liz and I wandered down Newburry street to do a little shopping. We hit up all our favorite stores and had an absolute blast. It was a day well spent!

A Long Weekend

To kick off the long weekend, some friends and I decided to celebrate with a little pizza from this fantastic place in Charlestown called Figs. They had the most amazing pizza and so many different kinds to choose from. We ended up trying 4 different kinds (you could do half and half pizzas), the egg plant being my favorite (crazy, I know). We had so much fun rocking out to the 80's music that was blaring overhead, eating our delicious pizza and laughing together.




On Saturday, Kristin, Kenley, Cora and I all went to the Red Sox game! We had some difficulty getting to the stadium because of a disabled train but once there, the weather was perfect and the Red Sox won! What more could you ask for?



Cora was so funny, she loved dancing to the music that would come on and even had a little cheer of (picture her with her fists pumping) "Go Guys, Go Guys!" It was a great night at Fenway Stadium!



On Monday I ventured out with my friend Emily to try out a new beach. We jumped on the commuter rail, which is exactly like the trains in Europe, and made our way to Manchester by the Sea to go to Singing Beach.

The beach was beautiful and the water was so clear! I really could see all the way to the bottom. There was only one small problem . . . the water was so COLD!!! Emily and I jumped in and two seconds later came running out screaming! Our bodies were bright red (not from the sun) and we were tingly all over. It was pretty funny. I ended up going back in later and really, once I went completely numb it wasn't so bad.


This picture doesn't do a good job of showing it but there were sail boats everywhere. It was absolutely beautiful!

Look What I Can Do

Okay, so we all know that the greatest pie maker ever is Shelly. She really does make the most beautiful, most delicious and most amazing pies ever! The only problem is that I don't live near Shelly any more. So, when I was craving one of her amazing pies and couldn't get any I had to do the next best thing, try to make one myself.

I had a bunch of blueberries (because that is all I eat it seems), a recipe, and Juliet to help me out. We had a bit of a problem when it came to putting the crust on top (and bottom for that matter) and then realized, when we were about to put it in the oven, that we had forgotten to put the butter on top of the fruit before putting the crust on. We died laughing as we cut the crust open and inserted the slices of butter. Our pie looked horrible, but with a little corrective surgery I think it came out looking pretty good. It tasted great to, which I guess is the important part right!?!