Vancouver girls, grinds and grills

28 07 2008

7 years ago, my randomly assigned freshman-year college roommate met me in Raleigh totting a bottle of wine and dreams of the future. We talked about what that future might be and took a stab at writing it down. We sealed those winey predictions in an envelope and vowed to open them the year we turned 30 on a girl’s trip to Greece.

2 states and 3 moves later, the envelope found itself unearthed from New York City and en route to Vancouver. Yeah, we’d still like to go, but finances and families made it a bit difficult for this year. Work helped — an award for me + a guest paved the way for the two of us to escape again to a balcony with a bottle of wine for the opening of our time capsule. Check out the Flickr feed or the photos from the sidebar to see pics from the trip.

Cheers to you Melissa for achieving so many check marks on your vision of the future. Heck, you even penned some goals for both of your sister which also came true :-)

Thanks also to Conrad for so graciously giving up his seat for this girl’s trip. This cup’s for you lover:





Heard on the street: W 125th Street.

28 07 2008

Walking down 125th street is a step back in time — hawkers and snake-oil salesmen are elbow to elbow with “authentic” DVDs and Gucci handbags. Most of the time the sellers are talking to eachother … and sometimes to some hot young (or not so hot or not so young) thang walking down the street. Here’s what we heard today:

YO. YOU GOT FEET!

I GOT SOCKS!

YOUR FEET HURT?

GET A T-SHIRT.

Awesome.

Note: We got neither socks nor a t-shirt, but a blog-worthy effort to be sure.








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