oldies but goodies

I spent Friday night with one of my dearest friends. Holly, who I've known for forever, is moving to KC before her wedding this October. I hung out with she and Reggie on Wednesday and, although I love Reggie, I was excited to get some alone time with my girl. We spent some time looking at her new house and meeting her new neighbors, cruising around my 2009 neighborhood (it's becoming a favorite hobby and also, I feel, good for positive visualization!) and ended up at Bobby Baker's Lounge in Waldo. It's a total dive, but that's my favorite kind of place. We had fun catching up and sharing war stories of our social service jobs. Amazingly, after a night of many, many drinks our tab came out to just $15 a piece! There's nothing better than that!

Saturday was a lovely day. It started with a 9:30 spinning class with my friend Kim. Okay, first - she goes to the most gigantic gym I have ever seen in my life. It was like a small city, I swear to you. Second - I'd never been spinning before and I LOVED it! They had these screens and you pedaled along watching a "Coach Cam". Yesterday we cycled around the pacific northwest which is one of my favorite areas of the country. Anyway, it was kind of fun to be sitting in suburban Kansas City and make-believe I was somewhere else. After spinning, Kim and I chewed the fat at Starbucks. The Starbucks we went to was like, infested with spiders. They were everywhere! It was a beautiful day though and really, they're just spiders, so we toughed it out. :) Oh my gosh! Isis has become a real dog! After Kim time I went home and played outside with the dogs. Isis started chasing after the tennis balls and even brought them to me. I was one proud mama!

The family pottery was ready Saturday, too. And this is the end result. Cute, huh!?
Anyway, back to Kim. That night we went to Barley's Brewhaus on 119th. It was close by and delicious. They had so many great beers. Our waiter tried to get me to drink some banana beer but it was gross. The initial flavor was tasty... and then there was way too much banana-y aftertaste. Kim and I probably could have talked all night about everything and nothing. I love that girl. So, overall it was a great night.