Well, my nice long beach vacation is being challenged with flight cancellations! We have given up getting there for the second time in two days (this time with a side trip to Charlotte -- woopee!) Anyway, we are keeping our fingers crossed for our flight tomorrow.
Third times the charm, right?
For more details, check out Brunsli's posts here and here. She is a much more enthusiatic and consistent blogger than I am...... Right now I am more concerned about getting some good food and drink! But I hd to represent a little bit!
Shout out to Soufriere! You definitely got us, dawg!
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Thursday, May 18, 2006
My brush with fame......
My roommate saw Boris Kodjo and Nicole Ari Parker with their baby in Whole Foods this weekend. Apparently, people are always running into famous people around here. I have lived here for almost 4 years and the only famous person I have met has been Dominique Wilkins.....
So I was talking to my friend from DFW tonight about this and I was reminded of my only true brush with fame. I was actually in South Africa, taking a tour of Soweto, the famous township in Johannesburg that was the seat of the Uprising against apartheid.
We had gone to all the spots and, as is tradition with these tours, ended up at Wandi's, a famous restaurant where tour goers eat lunch at the end of their tours and leave business cards up on the walls to mark their visit.
A classmate and I were just leaving the restaurant (everyone else was already outside) and we were looking at the wall for the business cards of our friends who had been there the year before.
I was standing in front of her and was just about to step thru the bright sunny doorway when, framed in the light, appeared the silhouette of a tall slim man with a child riding on his back. I gasped and my friend behind me nudged me, wondering why I stopped.
There, coming in the door, was Will Smith with his son riding piggyback on his back. We said hi and he smiled, said hi, and walked past us into the restuarant and was starting to sit down at a table, his "entourage" behind him. We had heard that he was in South Africa promoting "Ali" but had no reason we would run into him in a South African township!
We decided that we could not let this opportunity pass us by so we went back into the restaurant to talk to him. Will, besides looking even better than he does in the movies, with nice curly hair and little freckles sprinkled across his nose, was very nice. He took the time to take pictures with both of us and invited us to stay for lunch. Unfortunately, we had just finished eating and the rest of our tour group was ready to go so we couldn't stay :-( But I will always have my picture!
So I was talking to my friend from DFW tonight about this and I was reminded of my only true brush with fame. I was actually in South Africa, taking a tour of Soweto, the famous township in Johannesburg that was the seat of the Uprising against apartheid.
We had gone to all the spots and, as is tradition with these tours, ended up at Wandi's, a famous restaurant where tour goers eat lunch at the end of their tours and leave business cards up on the walls to mark their visit.
A classmate and I were just leaving the restaurant (everyone else was already outside) and we were looking at the wall for the business cards of our friends who had been there the year before.
I was standing in front of her and was just about to step thru the bright sunny doorway when, framed in the light, appeared the silhouette of a tall slim man with a child riding on his back. I gasped and my friend behind me nudged me, wondering why I stopped.
There, coming in the door, was Will Smith with his son riding piggyback on his back. We said hi and he smiled, said hi, and walked past us into the restuarant and was starting to sit down at a table, his "entourage" behind him. We had heard that he was in South Africa promoting "Ali" but had no reason we would run into him in a South African township!
We decided that we could not let this opportunity pass us by so we went back into the restaurant to talk to him. Will, besides looking even better than he does in the movies, with nice curly hair and little freckles sprinkled across his nose, was very nice. He took the time to take pictures with both of us and invited us to stay for lunch. Unfortunately, we had just finished eating and the rest of our tour group was ready to go so we couldn't stay :-( But I will always have my picture!
Monday, May 08, 2006
Good News!!
The friend of Brunsli and mine, who she mentioned in her post last week, who was shot on the job is out of the hospital! We are very happy that he is on the mend! He had actually been pretty seriously injured, was critical condition for a number of days, and had a deflated lung so we are very relieved. Thanks to all of you who sent well wishes and positive thoughts his way!
Thursday, May 04, 2006
They are dropping like flies!.....
So this past weekend I attended the wedding of a friend of mine from undergrad in Baltimore. Actually, I was in the wedding. I was one of the bridesmaids even though I am friends with the groom. (Originally, he was told that if he wanted me to be in the wedding I would have to be a groomsman and wear a tux but, as you can see, things change....)
We really had a great time. They pulled out all the stops. The rehearsal dinner was delicious and so much food! A four course meal with champagne and wine flowing.... If any of you are in Baltimore you have to go have a meal at Helen's Garden ( http://www.helensgarden.com/V2/) in Canton.
The wedding was in this beautiful old church in downtown Baltimore and the wedding reception was at the Inner Harbor Marriott. They reserved the whole ballroom floor and had a cocktail reception with a jazz band before the dinner. There was also a private reception for the wedding party at this time in another room.
Then, the dinner was another four course affair. They also had an open bar and a vodka luge (see picture below) Very dangerous! And the bartender wasn't mixing martinis and pouring them through -- just mixtures of flavored vodka, straight vodka.
Anyway, their wedding cake was from this renouned bakery called Sugarbaker's so who knows how much that cost and they had a really famous Baltimore DJ for music after the dinner. And it was good music too! We were jammin! Here is a picture of the cake and the happy couple dancing up a storm!
I will see if I can get any pictures from someone else of me getting my groove on because I sure was burning up the dance floor!
As for my hair, I had seen someone with their hair like this and asked her how she did it and this has become one of my formal hairstyles. Basically, you pull your hair back in a ponytail placed about where you want the bun to be and then you take each lock and start twisting it individually. They twist up on each other and stay twisted. when you are done you have this big twisty bun! And, if one sticks out, you just tuck it in. Very easy to maintain. And it passed the hardcore dancing test no sweat. Also, it stays pretty well when you sleep. I decided to take it down the next day though because it was getting heavy and my neck was getting tired. But I love the style. I might have to wear it more often!
Addendum: So..... in response to some of the comments...... it took about an hour or so to twist all the hair up. The bride was actually very practical about the bridesmaid dresses -- the only requirements were that they be black and floor length and we could wear something we already owned if we had it. Halleluyah! So I did, I wore a dress I already owned and had only worn once or twice. Worked out great. As for the bouquet, i was standing right behind the bride but she threw the bouquet off to the left, nowhere near me. Life goes on!
We really had a great time. They pulled out all the stops. The rehearsal dinner was delicious and so much food! A four course meal with champagne and wine flowing.... If any of you are in Baltimore you have to go have a meal at Helen's Garden ( http://www.helensgarden.com/V2/) in Canton.
The wedding was in this beautiful old church in downtown Baltimore and the wedding reception was at the Inner Harbor Marriott. They reserved the whole ballroom floor and had a cocktail reception with a jazz band before the dinner. There was also a private reception for the wedding party at this time in another room.
Then, the dinner was another four course affair. They also had an open bar and a vodka luge (see picture below) Very dangerous! And the bartender wasn't mixing martinis and pouring them through -- just mixtures of flavored vodka, straight vodka.
Anyway, their wedding cake was from this renouned bakery called Sugarbaker's so who knows how much that cost and they had a really famous Baltimore DJ for music after the dinner. And it was good music too! We were jammin! Here is a picture of the cake and the happy couple dancing up a storm!
I will see if I can get any pictures from someone else of me getting my groove on because I sure was burning up the dance floor!
Here I am with my good friend, Eve (also from undergrad), and the groom.
As for my hair, I had seen someone with their hair like this and asked her how she did it and this has become one of my formal hairstyles. Basically, you pull your hair back in a ponytail placed about where you want the bun to be and then you take each lock and start twisting it individually. They twist up on each other and stay twisted. when you are done you have this big twisty bun! And, if one sticks out, you just tuck it in. Very easy to maintain. And it passed the hardcore dancing test no sweat. Also, it stays pretty well when you sleep. I decided to take it down the next day though because it was getting heavy and my neck was getting tired. But I love the style. I might have to wear it more often!
Addendum: So..... in response to some of the comments...... it took about an hour or so to twist all the hair up. The bride was actually very practical about the bridesmaid dresses -- the only requirements were that they be black and floor length and we could wear something we already owned if we had it. Halleluyah! So I did, I wore a dress I already owned and had only worn once or twice. Worked out great. As for the bouquet, i was standing right behind the bride but she threw the bouquet off to the left, nowhere near me. Life goes on!
Reply to a comment....
I was asked in a comment to my last post (which was so long ago that I am embarrased) if my hair is heavy when it is wet since it is so long. I have to say that I am really surprised (and others are too) at how light my locks are, whether dry or wet. They are obviously heavier when they are wet but not all that noticeably so. I also try to get as much of the water out of them as I can by using one of those super absorbant travel towels to sqeeze the water out and wrap my head of with after I wash them. I got mine from www.travelsmith.com.
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