Happy Birthday, Chris!
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!
Matt and I have been enjoying watching the Red Sox come back from a 3-1 deficit in the ALCS series. World Series, here we come! Our shouts of jubilation from the apartment only create a mild disturbance in our normally quiet B-building. I was glad to finally see J.D Drew contribute in game 6. He still needs to prove himself to me. And I was also very pleased to see Jacoby Ellsbury out there in center field. I like Coco, but he just wasn't producing.
oh and what WAS Papelbon wearing during the after-series celebration? (my comment on this is delayed, I'll admit...but the broadcasters have been making a habit of showing Papelbon's dance during each game of the current series). It was disturbing to say the least. The combination of the tight biker shorts and the funky leg-lifting line dance was enough to make any faithful Sox fan wonder if the world was coming to an end. But they say he's a free spirit...
A house down the street has recently set up a strawman football game display. The pictures just don't do it justice.
We had a full house this past week. Not only did we receive a visit from the Moran family (who knew that you could have so much fun in a hotel?!), but we were also visited by Dusty, Morgan and Eponine Ledden and Erica Murray- rec therapist/ropes course extraordinare. :-)
The Morans experienced first hand the joys of driving around the North Shore and the exhilaration that comes with regaling the parents with Andy Griffith memories, riding elevators and enjoying continental breakfasts.
The Leddens experienced first hand the horror of visiting Matt and Laurel when they have no food in the house and the delicious delights that can be found at the Depot Diner.
Erica experienced first hand yet another sharing session with Laurel (yay!) and the joys of sleeping on our comfy couch with the lumpy pillow.
Good times. :-)
This week Matt and I traveled to the nearby town of Essex- a tired, quaint old town with antique shops, boats, and Woodmans - the fried food palace.
Matt and I both got dinner plates:
Top layer: fried onion rings
Middle layer: fried clams/fried popcorn shrimp
Bottom layer: fries
Anyone up for sampling such a healthy fare? It's open year round.
The Fall colors are in full force right now- making the picturesque scenes of the North Shore even more picturesque (seemingly not possible until this week).
Thanks to this oddly warm Fall, Matt has been enjoying more rounds of golf at the local courses. And after enjoying and utilizing his first reading week, Matt has been busy conquering Greek (he is very diligent!) while I have been busy conquering the irate customers at the bank.
Non-irate customer of the week:
Frank- The 75ish short Italian man who wears polo shirts unbuttoned to show his big gold necklaces and his profuse amount of chest hair. He chews a pipe (quite vigorously at times) and wears black glasses (with silver rhinestones on the edge). A cool eccentric type and very endearing- especially when he calls us "toots" (who knew that word was used anymore?!)
We are highly anticipating a visit from Mom and Dad Hoffman this weekend!
1 comment:
the pictures of the straw men is hysterical! how do they get them to stay up like that??? that someone would put so much effort into something like that is amazing! =)
i enjoy reading your blogs... it sounds like you guys are doing well and enjoying life out there!!
--aimee ditucci--
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