Weekend Update

What a great weekend! Friday night was very low key with me just whipping up some tomato basil pasta sauce for the two of us.


Exercise and haircut Saturday morning. I have naturally wavy hair, and a lot of it. I like the way it looks long, but it weighs so much that if I let it go too long without professional attention, I get triangle head like Roseanne Rosanna Danna. My hairdresser Boy took about 2 inches off while I looked at his wedding photos. He and his boyfriend got married in Vermont this May. The tulips at the inn where they were married were so tall, both of them looked like little kids when the stood in front of the flower beds! Saturday night, we were in Baltimore to see Brian Regan at the Improv. He KILLED. He's always so funny, and he doesn't work blue, like some comedians where every other word is "F". Not that I have anything against saying "F", but I think that someone who expresses themselves for a living should put a little more work into their performance. It's like instead of saying "um" or "er" they use a curse word. Anyway Lisa (my best friend), her husband Brian, Gavin and I were completely howling with laughter. I've loved Brian Regan for years, and always see him when he's in town.


After the show, we all went to Pazo, a new small plates restaurant in an old warehouse space. It's gorgeous inside; and the patrons were uber-trendy. Sex and the City meets Charm City, hon. The food was excellent, and the Spanish red we chose complimented everything perfectly.

Sunday, we were lazy, taking our time waking up and getting ready. We went to Glen Echo to ride the restored carousel. You can find out more about it here: http://www.glenechopark.org I wanted to ride the rabbit, but there was already a baby on one, and we wanted to ride together, so I chose a palomino, and Gavin got to ride the donkey, which I thought was funny. I kept saying, "Nice ass" and we would both crack up. The ride was only .75 each! Can you believe it?

We went into Chevy Chase to do some shopping where I picked up a guide book for Miami and Key West and the new Cheap Eats issue of the Washingtonian. We are cheap eaters, and knew a lot of the places listed, and found out about some new places to try. Then we stopped in to one of our favorite cheap eateries, Urban Bar-B-Cue for some take away. They have a concoction there called Urban Delight which we decided to try. It's Fritos with barbecue beans, smoked brisket and smoked sausage slices. The guy taking our order asked if we wanted cheese on top. Well, duh! When we finally got home and dug in, we knew we were in trouble. That Urban Delight is so good, I think it could make peace among warring nations. With a masterful effort of will, we restrained ourselves from devouring the whole serving, and concentrated on the platters that we had brought home. Collard greens (I add Tobasco), corn bread, smoked brisket, pulled chicken and macaroni and cheese. All for less than $30. Dee-lish!

We stayed up late to try to catch Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Adult Swim http://www.adultswim.com/shows/index.html, but it was just an extra episode of "Tom Goes to the Mayor" which neither of us gets. Nuts to that! It was after midnight and bedtime for us.

Infant Avalanche

Baby fever seems to be erupting all around me. One of my best friends is pregnant with her first child, another friend of mine had her second son recently, ANOTHER friend of mine should be having HER first child any day now, even my Jazzercise instructor is pregnant. I'm the weirdo who doesn't pine for a baby. I don't dislike babies or children, but I don't go ape over them, either. Certainly not the way just a picture of a kitten can melt my heart immediately.
I have friends who say that they would like to adopt, that they want a child, but don't want to be pregnant. I think I would like to try for a child of my own. It's such an awesome responsibility. It's very daunting to think about. But I guess I do think about it since I'm writing it all down.
My good friend will find out whether she's having a boy or a girl at her next appointment. Babies everywhere.