Nye's Polonaise

Oh what a night! Well another stellar night in my life! My friend Sarah decided to throw together a night of fun and frivolity at Nye's Polonaise Polka Lounge http://www.nyespolonaise.com/. This place is like something out of a GoodFellas movie. Polish Gangster Style and I absolutely love it there! So Sarah and I went out to eat beforehand at Bon Xai and had delicious Pad Thai. We eventually made our way over to Nye's and had a martini and waited for more friends to show up. Eventually Kyle and Kelly came, then Ellen, Jeanelle & Steve. And then more of Sarah's friends showed up too. Even Bonnie made a late night appearance. Kyle and I ate pickled herring! MEOWRIFIC! And I had 2 delicious Oatmeal Cookie Martinis! MEOWTASTIC!

Nye's also has a polka lounge for dancing and a piano bar. Basically like Karaoke, but with a lady who plays the piano and you sing along. Sarah did some amazing Patsy Cline renditions, Kyle busted out King of the Road and Ring of Fire, and Bonnie and I did a very appropriate song for my life, I WILL SURVIVE!! All in all it was so much fun, great to be around good friends and laughs a plenty!

Ladies Night

On a typical Thursday night, I get together with 2 very awesome women. Tabitha, Bonnie & I hang out and talk about life and relationships and everything in between. Last night we went to Snuffy's Malt Shop because it was just too darn hot to cook in my AC deficient apartment! Great food and great conversation! I love you guys!

A Night at the Airport

Kelly and her Cheddah Weenah!

Last night I received a text message from Kelly... saying she was eating Jalepeno Cheddah Weeenahs from Big Steer.... The next thing I know, Kelly & Kyle show up at my house along with my very own Weeenah.... and we are off. We planned on going to McGoverns for a brewski and to catch the Twins Game. Unfortunetly, Nelly Furtado was playing at the Xcel, so St. Paul was insane. We then cruised on down to another bar in Highland Park... but alas, that place was packed. So against Kyle's wishes and Kelly's assurance she could get us to Champs in 10 minutes, Champs it was. The next thing I know Kyle is busting out his drum solo with his electric drumsticks.... Kelly must have been lost in Kyle's talent on the Snare that she went the wrong way. And low and behold where did we end up: The MSP Airport! We made a quick loop through check-in, a stop in Sacramento, then back on the road. Kelly's joke was... "The National Threat Level is at Orange. Orange ya glad I didn't say Red!" Brilliant!

We eventually did make it to Champs. The Twins swept the Braves. And Silva is a stud in my book!!!!!!

I (heart) the Dewey Decimal System!

I am a librarian. I am not an old-maid. But sometimes I dream of wearing pencil skirts and cardigans and cat eye glasses and kitten heels.

My Favorite Poem

Portrait of a Girl

This is the shape of the leaf, and this of the flower,

And this the pale bole of the tree

Which watches its boughs in a pool of unwavering water

In a land we never shall see.

The thrush on the bough is silent, the dew falls softly,

In the evening is hardly a sound.

And the three beautiful pilgrims who come here together

Touch lightly the dust of the ground,

Touch it with feet that trouble the dust but as wings do,

Come shyly together, are still,

Like dancers who wait, in a pause of the music, for music

The exquisite silence to fill.

This is the thought of the first, and this of the second,

And this the grave thought of the third:

"Linger we thus for a moment, palely expectant,

And silence will end, and the bird"

Sing the pure phrase, sweet phrase, clear phrase in the twilight

To fill the blue bell of the world;

And we, who on music so leaf like have drifted together,

Leaflike apart shall be whirled

Into what but the beauty of silence, silence forever?" . . .. . .

This is the shape of the tree,

And the flower, and the leaf, and the three pale beautiful pilgrims

This is what you are to me.

~Conrad Aiken

BIRTHDAY GIRLS!

Today is the birthday of two of the coolest girls on earth!

Shannon D, and Liz P....



Shannon and I have been friends since Jr. High... we've had lots of insanely fun times including: Stalking her 500 boyfriends, skipping school, listening to Easy-E, and a crazy road trip to Osakis!!! Happy 30th Tweaker! Love Beaner!!!!



Liz and I met when we were teaching in China! Playing Peanuts for hours (including in the middle of Tianamen Square), endless touring and shopping and eating tons of Jiaozi! We also traversed through Spain, Italy and France... eating crepes to our little hearts content! And most recently a fabulous vacation to Palm Springs and Vegas!!! I can't wait to come visit Liz in San Antonio!! Yee Haw!!! Much love LEEZA!!! Love Saaaalinas!
The things you can do on top of the Arc d'Triumph!

One Art

One Art

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
---Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
-- Elizabeth Bishop