I didn’t have a chance to finish my intended Fancies post before departing for the left coast, but seeing as travel should always involve brunch, cocktails or brunch cocktails, we’ll just leave this little gem from Breakfast For Dinner here for you to devour.
Have a great weekend!
We’re off to San Francisco tonight to visit friends, take a break catch some art, eat and drink, and run Bay to Breakers.
It’s true, we probably won’t dance on any tables, and champagne is only a maybe, but there is almost certainly (always) a bubbly of some sort in our future. Cheers! (image credit: Hello Love Boutique, available in poster form on Etsy)
Still, by departing tonight, we’re missing out on some pretty snazzy events in Boston. If you’re in the area, maybe these will strike your fancy on a dreary evening.
Years ago, when Jack and I first got together, we bonded over a love of Scrabble. Our games would drag on for hours – I would occasionally doze off waiting for my turn – so I eventually bought a travel version that could be packed up with letters still in place, to be continued by the light of the next day.
Our first real fight was over a Scrabble game, too. (Here’s the thing – Jack is next to impossible to beat. In a fatigue-fueled act of desperation I may have tried to, um, bend the rules in my favor.)
Between us, we own at least two Scrabble sets, and of course the official game dictionary. We haven’t had much time for hours of linguistic gaming lately, and Words With Friends is a sad replacement for the late, great Scrabulous – but we were smitten with this minimal, typographic take on the classic nonetheless.
Jack and I enjoyed our second long weekend in a row (yes, I’ll count Marathon Monday as a day off), as we spent the entirety of Friday celebrating the nuptials of some dear friends.
They had perfect weather for their day (meaning Jack got to break out the grey suit), and the immensely talented Hannah Persson was close at hand to document the ceremony. For more of Hannah’s shots from the wedding, head to her blog.
Last week, the Globe events team announced a love note contest on twitter – submit your note for a chance to surprise your sweetheart with a prize.
I quickly tapped out a silly haiku.
More and more frequently over the past few months, Jack has been joining me on my mileage. The company has been welcome, and the time has, on the whole, been remarkably productive for UJC projects.
Last weekend, the Super Sunday 5-Miler offered up free entry for anyone who had never run a road race before. This, combined with the comfortable mid-morning start time (10:30), the promise of an after party and the participation of friends, led us both to the starting line on Sunday.
The leaves outside our windows are finally starting to turn, beginning the few weeks of every year that our living room is bathed in a reflected orange glow. I’m a big fan.
Also, some shots from the weekend.
This weekend, with weather better suited to August than October, we were fortunate to spend time outdoors soaking up some of the last mild sun of the season.
For Friday, we leave you with this.
By way of brief explanation (for truly, in some things, less is more) – the title of the original assignment was “My. Touchy Face,” the object of which was to develop a character in flash whose features would animate into five emotions when a user hovered over a labelled button.
Jack took this assignment to the extreme.
Have a lovely weekend!
illustration credit: Brandon Bird
We’ve already put some distance between ourselves and Boston Fashion Week; it took some time to catch up after all of the running about, time spent in transit (not biking is the worst), late(r than usual) nights and gratis cocktails.
We’ve survived mostly unscathed. Read more