Category: Friends
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Settlers
The battlefield Game night was switched to avoid the croup, So we made do with a smaller group. We ate Thai, (insert cream cheese brownies and something that rhymes with Thai) and racked up views of Ms. Jackson’s floppy “oops.” The evening was better than my limerick. Broke out a new game, Settlers of Catan.…
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Slims
Green pea soup, garlic, herbs “A restaurant with no telephone, no credit cards and communal tables” – That’s how Slim’s (in Northside – a community of Cincinnati) is described. The door says, “5:30pm ’til the food’s gone”. I met Wendy and Tom outside not knowing what to expect, other than Kate said we’d like it.…
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Farm Day
Here’s mud in your eye garbage bags covering your shoes Spent the day wading through mud and eating tasty vittles.
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Art heads in
I stayed up too late cleaning my house, then Art’s flight got delayed. Female announcer: Don’t you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for unloading. Male announcer: Look Betty, don’t start up with your white zone shit again. There’s just no stopping in a white zone! Female announcer: Oh really,…
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More mirrors
“I know you, I know you” (Said in Martin Short / Harry Shearer synchronized swimmer voices) So today I met up with Anne, Wendy, Tom and Baby at the antique store where my mom now works. She has been at this job for the past two weeks and it suits her much more than the…
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a Hot DVD Package
I like people who like music
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Stupid Creatures
That is, if stupid means really effin great So my friend Tom was all like, “These stupid creatures are great. You send in your socks to this dude and he makes a stuffed monster out of it. And it’s like cool.” And I was thinking, yeah, whatever. Socks are good for two things: keeping your…
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Europe: Day 10 – Relaxing
Inside the Dom in Aachen Our last day in Europe and we decided to take a day and relax at a spa. Not just any spa, but a fancy one about an hour away in Aachen. This gave us the opportunity to visit a Christmas Market without the crowds and enjoy some Frühwein Glühwein together.…
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Europe: Day 7 – Shoppin and ice cream
The streets of Cologne A lull of a day, planted in the middle of the trip after we’d experienced many sights, sounds and tastes. We took some time to explore the city and wander through shops. Holiday decorations were going up all around and the Christmas Markets were planted in every square. As touristy as…