berkely springs, wv

photos from spring break.
taken by danny mostly.


sunset at the top of the mountain where we had dinner


our view from the our table at the restaurant.


my butternut squash ravioli


we went bowling at the bowlerama.





we also went hiking but didnt get any pictures of that. good times.

april come she will

so after feeling like complete hell all day long from lack of sleep i had a great friday evening. i got home and slept for 2 and half hours, and when i woke up danny had brought me dinner from one of my favorite restaurants and had it all set up on the table in my room. so we lounged in my room, munching on green mango salad and eggplant curry from mandalay.


then we just sat around listening to simon and garfunkel records. the only one we didn't have has wednesday morning, 3am. and it was wonderful. and every song was amazing.


then we emerged back into the world and ended up watching 'you me and everyone we know.' and it was all pretty great.

oh hell yes.

so what's going on

alright.

so last night i saw joanna newsom.


and tonight i'm seeing basia bulat.


not doing too bad in the amazing female singer/songwriters who are blond and play some sort of harp.

indie vintage artsy christmukkah

so danny has two friends who live in berlin and were here this weekend unpacking a storage unit that they have in bmore. they can't take their stuff back to berlin, so they pretty much just gave it all to danny.

one of his friends was a dj so we have 7 crates of vinyl in our living room. books and clothes and music equipment. it's nuts.

and i got a new record player. and it's totally sweet.

fooood

mmm quinoa chickpea veggie casserole and roasted garlic and brussel sprouts.

i love food. and cooking.

just another night

this is one of my very favorite songs. i remember putting on the scratchy album and listening to it in my living room in pittsburgh (above) on sunny, young spring days like today. it was a good feeling.

nom nom nom

it's so good to have time to cook again. so last night i made a big yummy vegan dinner. seitan, brussel sprouts, sun-dried tomatoes, and kale braised in veggie broth and red wine. with brown rice. i love cooking. with a glass of wine in my hand. with danny playing me david bowie youtube videos.

danny posing as we're about to eat dinner. and yea that is a naked woman in the background. it's from a playboy from the 60s.

wye oak and jana hunter

so last night danny took me on a surprise trip to frederick. he didn't tell me why we were going, but when we got there he told me that the only theatre still playing avatar in 3D in the state of maryland was in frederick. so i was thinking, uhhh ok i didnt know danny wanted to see avatar so much but ok... so we're driving around looking for the theatre, so i believe. it's 9:45 and he tells me it starts at 10 but if we get there 15 min early we get special edition 3D glasses. okaaaay

so we park and as we're getting out of the car he says, ok actually jana hunter and wye oak are playing a show and we're going to see it.
so unbeknownst to me he took me to an awesome show at an awesome cafe in frederick. and it was totally sweet.

new phosphorescent live session videooos

holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit

2 more stephen colbert videos for you

maybe it'll cheer you up after a disappointing exam too...

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bbq pringles do not have salmonella..they are carcinogenic though.

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i hope you have all seen her video. if not, it won't cheer you up, but you should go watch it right now.

the story of stuff

sigh

god i love them both

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Tom Hanks Pt. 2
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the chosen beer

picture and knowledge credited to emilo

on the road

i have this very deep desire to be driving around the country. discovering it all. finding special little places. and interesting people.

listening to folk music.

lazy people

it really really annoys me when perfectly-abled people press the handicap automatic open door button in order to walk into a building. i mean what the fuck! have we really gotten to such a point on the lazy scale where we think reaching forward and pulling to open a door is exerting too much energy?? jesus. first it's using stairs. now it's opening doors. we'll just have electricity do it all for us. gaaahhh.

ok. pet peeve. now you know.

warpaint

ok everybody needs to get into warpaint now. they are amazing.
their drummer is so sick. their harmonies are so sick. their songs are also sick.

www.myspace.com/worldwartour


and for a more mellow on the street version: