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June 28, 2006

A Very Busy Weekend

This past weekend was EXTREMELY busy for me and included a trip to New London to see Cathy's new apartment that she'll live in during the school year, an amazing Red Sox game that Geoff took my dad, Brent, and me to, and a wonderful trip to Martha's Vineyard to visit Brent and his family. There are loads of pictures, so don't scroll too fast!

First, a couple pictures of the beach:

Isn't it beautiful? I love Greenwich.

Friday night after work, Cathy and I drove up to New London to see her new apartment and hang out with some of her friends from school. Cathy's apartment is about 300x the size of my dorm room next year and I'm very jealous. Her roommates, Meghan and Aliza, are both really nice too, and thanks everyone for having me up for a night!!

The living room (they haven't gotten furniture yet):

Beirut:

Aliza and her boyfriend Pat:

Cathy and Pat (a different Pat, obviously):

Cathy and I re-enacted our ghetto dance from our Senior show in high school which included an odd variation of the "booty shake" that we modified for this amazing picture:

The roommates!

By a crazy coincidence, Meghan actually went to elementary school with Brent and sold him his dog, Gruffy, which bit him in the butt and got returned.

More pictures:

Cathy cut her toe:

More beirut:

We signed the table:

Aliza, Cathy, and Meghan:

Meghan and Me:

Beer tower:

Cathy and me right before going to bed, setting up our stuff to sleep in her room:

The next morning I woke up at 5:26am to get ready and drive to New Bedford to pick up Brent at the Martha's Vineyard Fast Ferry port. It was a long drive after a late night, but Brent is worth it! After I picked up Brent, we drove to Boston to see the Red Sox game against the Phillies. I didn't actually print out directions to Fenway Park because I'm stupid, but I found it by looking for the famous Citgo sign! I'm so clever.

Brent at the Citgo sign:

Bubbles:

Brent and me in our Red Sox gear:

Right outside Fenway:

Tickets:

My dad in his new Red Sox hat:

Tall man:

Little green monsters:

Davey getting hot dogs:

Geoff with the shirt he got Brady:

Hot dogs (so typical of the kind of pictures I take):

Fenway-- The Disney World of Boston:

Geoff and Dad:

Brent and Me:

Some little kid left his beloved Red Sox lunch box in the seat next to Brent and asked him to look after it for him:

Me looking awkward and making a weird face as I try to take pictures through the hood of my super-cool poncho:

Me later discovering that my poncho does, in fact, have sleeves:

Time to roll the tarp up and get the game started!

Brent watching the game:

The one and only Green Monster:

Fenway is a glorious place:

What a fan:

All right, for all you Red Sox fans, here are a ton of pictures from the game. I'm sharing credit for these with Brent since we switched on and off with my camera. Check it out:

Trot:

"Rapid-shot" Batting:

Where's Manny going?

"Rapid-Shot" Pitching:

"Rapid-Shot" Batting:

It was the bottom of the tenth inning (we went into extra innings) and the score was tied 3-3... David Ortiz steps up to the plate and...

Red Sox win!

Sweet Caroline (whoa whoa whoa):

It was just such an amazing game! Thanks again Geoff for an amazing birthday present!

After the game, Brent and I got lost in a place we've concluded was "Southie." We made it out and found our way back to the highway and headed to the ferry in Cape Cod to go out to Martha's Vineyard. We didn't get in until very late and went to bed early.

After one day of light rain, the weather was beautiful and I had a lovely weekend, as always. I got to meet Brent's cousin, Jenny, who I unfortunately do not have a picture of to put up on The Blonde Excuse, but she's really nice and it was great getting to meet her. She's working at the beach club by Brent's house and spends a lot of time with Brent and his family. Brent's mom also had a couple friends visiting from Trumbull, where they used to live, and it was very nice meeting them, as well. Here are some pictures from the Vineyard.

My amazingly handsome boyfriend:

"Large Balls" For Sale (We're immature and very easily entertained):

While at the Vineyard, Brent and I saw a couple movies together. We saw The Lake House and An Inconvenient Truth. I looooooved The Lake House. In the tradition of the movie, The Lake House is to 2006 as The Notebook is to 2004. Go see it! I'm undecided on my feelings about An Inconvenient Truth. I do think global warming is an important issue, but I don't think Al Gore is all that important. If you go see it, you'll know what I mean. It could probably be re-titled "Al Gore for a Better America 2008" aka we're all paying to see his lengthy campaign commercial (even though he claims to not be running). Anyway, it is an interesting movie about an important issue... polar bears drowning because their icebergs are breaking up. Do it for the polar bears, people.

After one of our movies, Brent and I went to "Back Door Donuts" which was perhaps one of the most ingenious ideas ever. Late at night, people can walk up to the back door of the bakery and pay $1 for a warm, fresh out of the oven doughnut. Brent and I both had chocolate... mmm....

The next day, Brent and I got sushi for lunch at The Net Result which has really delicious fresh fish... and lobsters.

I loved the sign "Beware of Attack Lobster:"

Back at Brent's house, we took a couple more pictures:

"Do I have anything in my teeth?"

Back in town... Make up your minds! Is it 24 hour parking or a tow-away zone? We decided to park there despite the confusion:

On the Vineyard, there's an area of really adorable brightly colored houses called "The Cottages." They're all so cute but I especially liked this rainbow one:

Seagull in the harbor:

Brent's mom on the left with her two friends from Trumbull:

After an amazingly fun trip, I had to go home. I was sorry to leave, but I had to get back to work. Here's my adorable boyfriend waving goodbye to me as the boat left:

Goodbye Vineyard!

Clouds over Cape Cod:

What a great weekend with awesome people. A quick sidenote... Lindsay Lohan was on Greenwich Ave. today and walked right past the boutique I work at! No, I didn't stalk her for the blog, although I wish I had. Oh well, next time....

Posted by lauren at June 28, 2006 08:47 PM

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