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Back to the Grind

fireworks.jpgWell...not really.  Because I'm not actually working.  Right.

I spent the better part of the long weekend at the beach.  We had gorgeous weather.  All I did was lounge around, take in the sun, read, sleep, and eat good food.

One of our bestest friends, Troublekiss, joined us for the better part of two days.  We also met up with some friends in Atlantic City for dinner and a little post-meal gambling.  We won about twelve bucks.  All in all, not too bad.

We came back last night for a rousing display of fireworks on the Parkway in Philly, prefaced by none other than Lionel Richie as the musical guest.  Troublekiss hosted a little pre-show shindig at her place.  At about 10:20 we headed on down to join the festivities, decked out in neon accessories (some of you might remember the story about how T's roommate had bought glow sticks in bulk off of the Internet last year, with the intention of selling them at Live 8, only to later realize that Live 8 kicked off at noon.) 

The rain started to come down just before the finale, signaling an abrupt end to the blissful weekend.

Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at 10:43AM by Registered CommenterPopscholar in | Comments9 Comments

Reader Comments (9)

Sounds like a fabulous weekend. I miss the beach already! Look forward to catching up soon!
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterkrizmic
Say you, say me...say it together, naturally.
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterbearette24
Lionol Richie-- how cool are you?
Glad to hear that you had such a good weekend.
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterbeastmomma
yay! kris is back! and a had a fine forth. and my kitchen is painted this limey green/yellow on the top walls and salmon/orange on the bottom which given the risk came out great.

happy summer a.
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterkj
i am SO cool with the lionel richie. ;) luckily we only got down there in time for some old commodores stuff, so it wasn't too terrible. the soundtrack to the fireworks was actually worse, if you can believe it...

kris -- glad you are back from the week away! i got your email. we'll catch up soon.
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterPopscholar
Sounds like a fantastic weekend!

And winning 12 bucks is great when you consider you could have lost a lost! :)
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterElsa
sounds nice! I considered driving to our family's cottage, but figured it would be bombarded with other family members....and I didn't want to leave the kitties, lol. Didn't go to see any fireworks this year, but I sure heard plenty.
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered Commenternichole
hooray A and K are back! Love the fireworks shot, A! I'm glad you had a super time -- you deserve it. :) Our power went out on the Fourth ... dang thunderstorms ... so we made burgers over a fire in my inlaws firepit. So fun and tasty!!
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered Commentermelissa
Thanks for the fireworks shot! We had rain this year... so none of us ventured out for the fireworks. Believe it or not, they DID shoot them off. Too bad they couldn't have waited one more night... Cool and clear and lovely!

Glad you had Happy Fourth!
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterhopeful

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