he's sneaky!

Two weekends ago, Mikey and I were out with Dan and Katie. As we were walking from one tourist infected area of the city to another we passed by Lush. As soon as I mentioned I had never been inside, Katie immediately turned us around leading the four of us back towards the store.

Like any other girl I like my overpriced soaps and bath products (but at least these are handmade from real ingredients!) As I was picking up various soaps to smell them I would make an either I love it or a oh hell that's awful comment. I ended up not buying anything, despite seeing things I wanted.

Fast forward to last friday. I picked Mikey up from the train station and he handed me the Lush bag shown here. To my surprise, everything I said I loved was in the bag. That sneaky bastard was taking pictures of things I liked with his iPhone! Also, I should mention that he had to go to 3 different stores before he found one that was open at 8:30 pm. Aww. :)

/sappycute post

hauling her cute ass around the city, a prologue

submitted below for perusal by interested parties is the current, unordered list of activities and events in which to be indulged upon dr candy's return to the new york area. thank you for your participation in this program.

1. return trip(s) to serendipity3.
2. an adventure to sundaes & cones, the most aptly named place in the city.
3. arcade fire & lcd soundsystem @ uh, somewhere. mikey forgot where.
4. ben harper @ radio city, assuming mikey can get over his aversion to getting anally irrigated by ticketmaster.
5. central park picnics! wooo
6. six flags (no seriously this time, it's all planned out with people)
7. koronet.
8. lots of flickring around the city.
9. attempting to duplicate popeye's biscuits.
10. more museum days! WE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH PHARAOHS PEOPLE
11. maybe coney island one day? whatdoyathink, candy?
12. chelsea market, home of the fat witch bakery.
13. ice cream run scavenger hunt!
14. watching every john cusack movie we haven't seen.
15. shake shack (hopefully on some sort of chocolate custard day!)
16. flipping through every used record shelf on st mark's.
17. dinner and dessert evening in little italy

quick recap of mikey & candy taking on chicago

the biggest mozzarella sticks you will ever see, leaning tower replica, giordano's and his first taste of chicago pizza, giant shiny bean and millennium park, creepy face fountains, best view of chicago there is to offer, a red moon, dark silent lake, lcd soundsystem -> deaf ears, candy is unable to use a battery hand held fan, long el rides, chocolate covered strawberries, first fights, aquariums and museums, parking fees, more chicago pizza, top of john hancock building, superbadass movie, dinner with parents, skirts, picnic on the beach (we're the best at these).

cupcakes are like hugs with icing

Mikey told me I should blog about the odd dream I had last night:

The grass in our backyard lawn was getting long. I came out of my house to find that there were now cupcakes sprouting out of the grass. All different kinds of cupcakes too. So when people went to go walk on the lawn they would get frosting all over their shoes. They would look down, totally confused.

If I knew how to lucid dream I would've tried one of those freshly bloomed cupcakes.

movements

spotted on iTunes just now:

"Tenebrae: Second Movement" - Osvaldo Golijov, as performed by Kronos Quartet

it's free, so you have no real excuse, unless you're a neckbeard who refuses to use iTunes. when you're done, make sure to buy the first movement.

things to do when mike visits

1. lollapalooza
2. take him shopping
3. picnics
4. museums and stuff
5. second city
6. chicago pizza
7. millennium park
8. lincoln park
9. cruise down lake shore drive
10. six flags?
11. gameworks
12. meet the parents
13. movies
14. take massive amounts of pictures and post to flickr/blog
15. fall asleep on the chicago el (applies to mike only)
16. play with his iphone (applies to candy only)
17. free grant park symphony concert
18. fireworks on the lake

(will add things as i think of them)

keep a light on those you love

The dog I grew up with, died this morning. It was my decision to put her down. Her quality of life was too heartbreaking to see every day. It was a quick and painless death. But the moment I saw her eyes turn lifeless is the worst feeling I've ever felt in my life.

I still remember the first day I saw her, when I was only in 3rd grade. My mother walked in holding her in her arms. She was so tiny. So tiny that it was my idea to name her Mini. And for the past 16 years, I loved this dog with everything I had.

I couldn't stop listening to this song today:

MP3: Editors - The Weight Of The World