Haven't written in a while since work has been hectic this week and I'm working on my present for Karen's and Mike's early August wedding. But I had a very pleasant weekend, which balances out the stress of these past two days.
Friday night we threw E Bars a surprise birthday party. The guest were supposed to show up in "half formal attire" (e.g., tux top and biker short), but I was pretty much the only one to do so. I wore dress pants, with one sock-Teva combo, and the rattiest t-shirt I own. Thus, I looked ridiculous enough for people to immediately realize that I didn't dress like this on accident, and was, in fact, following the directions on the e-vite. Bit of a Bridget Jones/Elle Woods moment, but a fun party nonetheless.
Saturday included three action-packed affairs. The first soiree was a send-off for Jenna, who is now working at an organic farm. The party fare was vegetarian and organic, and I strayed from the reservation a bit with my tasty, though store-bought, key lime pie. The next celebration was a toast to the recently-married Colleen and Miroslav--we gathered at Loriol Plaza and others went out dancing, while I traveled to my third engagement of the evening.
Driving a couple miles downtown, I joined Allison's and LaBolt's apartment-warming party near midnight and stayed til about 2am. Met some interesting people, including one who works in Leader Reid's office. There were also some very drunk people, and the police apparently arrived earlier in the evening to quiet everyone down. A successful evening.
Sunday, I took some time for myself (to appease the introvert in me) before attending Eily's condo-warming gathering. We had a nice view from the roof of a crazy amount of police activity--they had closed off part of the East-West Hwy in fact. Many of Eily's guests were grad students, and they shared their stories as I took mental notes in preparation for my Princeton adventures.
Tuesday, I cut out of work early (only to return later) to attend the Bris of Rafi, son of Eva and Issac. Unfortunately, I did not arrive in time to see the snip-snip part of the affair. There was quite the large MIT Hillel presence at the party, and we got caught up in each others lives. After a humorous speech by Isaac (as we've all come to expect), we benched and parted ways. But, NJ seems to be in the middle of the Boston-NYC-MD Jewish corridor, so I have a feeling I'll be seeing these people again in the near future.
Tonight: Maya's birthday dinner. Tomorrow: DC United vs Chelsea.
Today's LOTD is socks and teva themed
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