July 22, 2006

Bike Riding for Access!







Ben, Phillip, Teresa and I rode our bikes alongside some wheel-chaired people in the 4th of July parade in Lexington. Easy Access, all the way!!! (also riding in wheelchairs: lady liberty and uncle sam, prepared by the fabulous wonder of 3rd St. stuff.)

July 17, 2006

Brunch



House/dog sat for Marcia, and made use of her amazing kitchen one morning. Ben and I with a few friends from Louisville had an equally amazing brunch. (Lauren and Ben are psyched!)

June 22, 2006

Boulder Colorado






Spent the whole week there not just for Chelsea's wedding/baby shower! Other fun: Ben with Snoopy and Woodstock, lots of good food (as represented by the picture of vinny hugging chelsea at Foolish Craig's, a local yummy eatery) , bouldering at mt. evans with Dave Hume and Nick Rueff...

Chelsea and Vinny's Wedding






Across the board, people said it was their favorite wedding ever. "If more weddings were like that, I'd enjoy going more often!" said Nick Rueff, my college roommate who was visiting for the weekend. They had a Buddhist ceremony during which Chelsea giggled constantly. The reception was held at the nightclub where Vinny is bouncer--they had all their friends play sets rather than hiring performers. I loved that aspect! Mom and I performed a few bellydances; one I've been honing and have performed 3 times now, a veil peice by mom, an improv duet, and an Urban Tribal choreography-inspired peice by me. Also Dad played guitar and sang (as did many of their friends). At the end of the night, a friend showed a slideshow of pictures of Chelsea and Vinny growing up (lots with Caroline who was out there to celebrate with us!), with hints and tips on marriage/love/parenting (recorded from random people on the street) dubbed over the slideshow. As they cut the cake, Chelsea claimed, 'We're GOOD at this marriage thing!"

Baby Shower







Not my most comfortable situation to be in (around a bunch of oohing and aahing women who talk about babies and go giddy over baby things...) but it was really fun anyway. We made a plaster cast of Chelsea's belly and bust. And did some henna.