Baltimore!

"Okay Hon, let's gO deown teown, see dem O's, grab some Natty BO's, gO Over ta Pick-uls, ya knOw, balmer styl, Hon. "

"What is she saying?" one might ask. Well I'm speaking "Baltimorese." Oh, it's a language. Full of the exaggerated "o," slurred consonants, and always ending in "Hon." If you're going to go downtown in Baltimore, be ready to hear it.

Adi and I went to Baltimore on Saturday in the Fiesta--along with Julie.

Let me explain who Julie is.

Julie is my voice activation system in the Fiesta. I refuse to name the Fiesta (most likely it's name is "The Fiesta" because it's inanimate and I am NOT changing my mind about it being dumb to name a car. --if you name your car, you're not dumb. It's just an opinion for my life.) but I was fine with naming the voice in the car. Her namesake is Dame Julie Andrews, for whom I have a fondness due to her extrordinary work in Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady (London Production then Broadway), and, of course, The Sound of Music. The voice is British, soothing and stubborn. I have to alter my accent in order to get things done--always fun!

"Do-Re-Me-Fiesta!"

So we all made our way from Salisbury to Baltimore.

I had told my family memebers in Easton and along the way to Bmore about the Fiesta, so of course, they all wanted to see it. Adi said she was game for whatever, so we ended up visiting my Aunt Cristy and Uncle James and their kids, Aunt Ame and Uncle Matt and Henry, Grandma, Adi's Dad, Aunt Evie and Uncle Chris and their kids, then on the way back, Jodi and Ethan. Overwhelming; possibly, but we wanted this trip to be exciting.

In Baltimore, we went to Towson, which is north of the city. My Aunt Evie, Uncle Chris and their daughters (Holly, Annie and Julie) all live in a really pleasant neighborhood, full of people who wanted to see the Fiesta. We stayed there for a while, sitting outside in the fantastic weather.

Had some food, chatted it up, jumped on the trampoline and then had to be on our merry way.

Big congrats to my Aunt Evie who is starting up her own tutoring business. She already has a bunch of clients and it sounds like this is a dream come true. For that... I post a dreamy pic of the Fiesta.

We went to the Royal Farms on the corner of Joppa and...I'm not revealing, and Adi had cupons galore! So I scored a free 32 oz drink! Perfect for the rest of the ride!

We made our way down 83 and headed downtown. Smooth driving until we hit massive traffic in the city.

We hadn't realized that there was a home Oriole's baseball game starting at the same time we were navigating the Inner Harbor (on land of course). There was also some sort of festival going on in the Inner Harbor, so we drove around, got honked at by angry dudes in Mercedes and rocked out to some Lady Gaga

Writer's Block

I have writer's block and I am trying to get through it. I want to tell you guys all about my Baltimore trip--but I'm having trouble articulating what happened--anyway--as I figure this out. I want to share two videos with everyone. They're KICK ASS songs as well as KICK ASS videos! 

I love this Skeleton Boy song and video!!



Devo's new song!



These songs are motivating me to relax and let my creativity flow instead of forcing something that won't happen under pressure to happen. I will write about Baltimore--I will...I just need to find how.

Gif of Me by Adi

Check out Adi's blog! 

More to come from our Baltimore Adventure in the Fiesta! 

I Drink Your Milkshake

This weekend was a ball. I stayed in Baltimore with Adi and Jeff. We met up with Leah and Charlie and also Jeff's friend Mike.
We went to the Baltimore Museum of Art and saw an exhibit featuring artists who contributed or who were inspired by circus life.



It was borderline amazing. There was also dress-ups and drawing time at the end of the exhibit.



I long to be a ballerina. I think I have a similar picture at my parents' house, only I'm 6.



Sexy, Can-can I?
(Also the t-shirt I wore... it says Cannes on it. I LOVE IT)

Jeffrey is a clown...a French clown... Bravo!
The Modern Art Section of the museum was an adventure. Adi and I had a blast making the old men who stand at the exhibits nervous.




Helen Keller style...R.I.P. H.K. I <3 style="font-style: italic;">Miracle Worker and H.K.)

Video of Me high 5-ing a piece of art that has hands sticking out of it like a tree.


Front.


Back.



Here I am standing under a piece that was like walking into a kaleidoscope spaceship. It was a light refracting dream. The piece behind the thing I'm standing under is a Warhol.

I can't seem to find any pictures of Adi during these adventures in Modern Art... so here is a picture she took. She made a comment about my blog one time in her blog, she decided to say that I use pictures to say things... well I do. So do You! hahaha! <3 href="http://parenting.ivillage.com/tp/tpdevelopment/0,,devtrkr_9rpg,00.html">Check out Adi's blog here)



^-- Adi
If you listen to the very beginning of this video... you'll hear Adi!



It was straight up Farris Buller's Day Off in this joint.
We had a terrific time, as did the boys. Mike and Jeff wandered off...but basically went to the exact same exhibits.



"So now I come to you, with open armmmmsss" opposite band SNL = "So now I don't come to you with closed legs" - LMAO.

Later that day-- We went to see Two Lovers. I have been waiting since last fall to see this movie. As you might recall, Adi, Jeff, Byron and I went to NYC in Feb. to see the film but it was sold out and we saw the city instead. Though that was fun, the movie was long overdue.

I enjoyed the film. Isabella Rossellini proved to be a crazy lady once again and I'm definitely in the process of writing her a letter. She is one of my heroes, fo-sho.
Anyway, the Charles Theater was freaking boss. That's right, boss. They show indie/foreign/festival films. The tickets are cheap, the tips basket said "There will be tips."

I would like to now, quickly, shout out to a freaking awesome movie that I was made to watch and now love There Will Be Blood. Thank you Adi for making me watching this. It made an SNL Skit funnier and "I drink your milkshake, I drink it up. I'm finished." I <3 style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjwoRs99-b9pEcKJTXmeEKSAK48eUpKa_XKtLaNIGkDyfLGGUGGGzMNpcuxhkV52ExoZsH946z9rlX4q0K4qAydiGPuXMeZWqfPDfcRc3gcZsK27kj4zjO9AViLV183KtRuM2v6QSeR6n/s320/camera.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311419361024165586" border="0">

Later that night, we went to Carney (a suburb of Bmore) and met up with our good friend Leah Dyson. Though she is but a nugget, and this hard hitting vegan is no one to fuck with. She also has a blog... Thrifty Business.


The food was good for most of us, Mike's chicken was undercooked and I thought the waitress was going to kill him. He posed for a funny walrus picture.

Aww... sad walrus.

That was basically it for the weekend. We rode home and the past two days have had glorious weather, so I have neglected you and your eyeballs/brains.

OH WAIT!
I found a picture of ADI!!! AHAHAHAHA! I love how we torture each other via the interweb. Visit her blog Pickled Beetnik to see further embarrassments...


Hanging ladies! LOOK OUT!

:)

Beautiful Day!

So due to the AMAZING weather, "ford fiesta flick" editing and my long weekend in Baltimore... a new blog is going to have to wait until Dark.

Hope your weather is AMAZING too.

Blogging will happen soon! :)