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Yesterday a bunch of us got together to throw our friend Ali a surprise graduation party. She's just finishing up nursing school and definitely deserved an awesome day of fun. We decided to have it at Tydings Park, which is lovely and right near the bay/boardwalk... and conveniently only 2 miles or so from my apartment. Here's the view from our picnic table:
All day long it was looking like rain, and when Jane and I ran errands to pick up the cake and other party goods, it was misting. We didn't really have a plan B for rain, but it eventually all worked out, and the sun even came out for a while. We grilled burgers and chicken:
We also had salad made from lettuce my mom picked from my parents' garden, kimchee and chicken fried rice made by Jane's mom, buffalo dip Lisa made, guacamole that Jesse made (Jane's mom loved it, and also -- he just happened to have a molcajete -- how awesome is that?), and fruit salad Fred made. I'm sure I'm missing something, but I know I tried and loved everything we had. The cake was awesome too:
It was an awesome time. After some bocce and clean-up, Jesse, Ali and I walked the boardwalk. Ali headed home, and Jesse and I kept on trucking... straight to Bomboy's for some ice cream. Ha ha. Later that night, all of us went to see a friend's band play, and I had a few gin and tonics. Jesse and I fell asleep on my living room floor.
Oh, and Friday Jane, Ali and I took my Mom to a Shins concert! It was my Mother's Day gift to my Mom this year. It was sooo soooo good. It was at a smaller venue, Ramshead Live in Baltimore, and we got front row, right in the middle. The show made me love the Shins that much more, and I also love how much the singer looks like Kevin Spacey (photo stolen from Jane):
It's been an awesome weekend. I've lost 8 lbs. since last Monday doing Weight Watchers. I read a whole New Yorker, cover to cover, for the first time since... last summer. I finished up another semester of grad school. I've been knitting -- a lot. My next blog will likely be about all of the yarn I got from the Webs sale... and a few FOs.
