Return from the Dead

Or from a week off from blogging. ;)

I didn't do it on purpose - I swear. It was just a busy week & nearly every night was spent out with friends or preparing for my weekend trip. But I'm back now & I have pictures!!!

I met my dear friend K. in the Newark airport, with a much more awesome destination ahead of us. We were off to Edinburgh, Scotland to see the Scottish bit of the world & learn how to understand weegies. And stop in a few pubs, as she once said, "just to see what they look like."

Now she's all growed up & the very happy bride of a very wonderful woman, C. They were married over the weekend on Lake George in the Adirondacks. Here are a few photos from the wedding weekend!





Aren't the last two awesome? The couple rented a photobooth for the reception, stocked it with great props & we all had a fantastic time taking the most outlandish photos we could. :)

I know you're all probably sick of this . . .

but seriously. My nephews are awfully cute. :)

And awfully big! Thing 2 is just over four months & Thing 1 is just over two years. Just look at these bruisers:

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot

It's so hot, you guys . . .

The only things that saved me from a complete meltdown today were a medium coffee coolata, a drive around 1B to catch the sea breeze, and a half-hour on a cool granite bench on Peirce Island.

How did you beat the heat?

Also, GO CELTS!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Did you guys know that "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" features a female? Actually, did you know that the song has other verses besides the chorus? ;) My point, however, is that arguably the best known baseball song in America is about a female named Katie Casey (full lyrics below).

I love this. Naturally, being a female baseball fan. In honor of the song (which turns 100 this year), go check out these baseball blogs written by females: Babes Love Baseball, Basegirl, Center Field, Cursed to First, and Papel-Blog.

Enjoy them & the full lyrics to the song!

Katie Casey was baseball mad.
Had the fever and had it bad;
Just to root for the home town crew,
Ev'ry sou Katie blew.
On a Saturday, her young beau
Called to see if she'd like to go,
To see a show but Miss Kate said,
"No, I'll tell you what you can do."

"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."

Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knew the players by their first names;
Told the umpire he was wrong,
All along good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song.

The Randomness of Life

Thought I'd share this random, quirky life moment with you all. During my lunch hour on Saturday, I walked down to Prescott Park to enjoy the view from the river. I walked out onto one of the piers & realized that the three guys on the neighboring pier were singing "The Gambler."

Still don't know why, but hey - it made me smile. :)

Sox/Celts

So I should have done this sooner, but . . . congrats to the Celtics for winning the Eastern Conference Finals & advancing to the NBA finals for the first time in 21 years! :)

I'm definitely more of a Sox fan than I am a Celtics fan, but I do like the men in green. In imitation of Center Field, I'm posting a pic of a Sox player at a Celtics game to bridge the gap. The pic is of Lucky & David Ortiz, courtesy of Center Field.

In purely Sox news, Jacoby Ellsbury is a stealing MACHINE. The boy has stolen 27 bases this season, 7 of them in the last 3 games alone! I would love him no matter what, but he's doing especially good things for my fantasy team's "stolen bases" category this week. ;)