The Pink Shoe Diaries

Weekend Wrap-Up

Well, it is not technically a weekend wrap up yet since I am about half way through a 4 day weekend. But what can you do?

The weekend so far had been magnificent. Saturday was my uncle's wedding reception hosted by my other uncle in Braintree. It was perfectly gorgeous with white tents set up outside, a dance floor around the pool, and the most attentive catering staff I have ever encountered. Did I mention it was open bar? Oh yeah. Which I am sure contributed to my uncle Wayne donning an Elvis costume, complete with wig and sunglasses, and comandeering a microphone from the DJ to sing "Little Sister" to my eighty year old grandmother. It was EPIC. A penchant for karaoke clearly runs in the family. Also a penchant for open bars.

After the reception ended around 9, Adam and I went back to our house to grab some drinks and headed down to the beach to drink in the sand and take in the gorgeous summer night air. Something about the beach at night in the summer is so fabulous.

Yesterday, feeling antsy (literally, our apartment is infested with ants but that is a story for another day) we took a road trip to Oakdale, Connecticut where my cousin Jen was hosting a party an her house on the lake. The drive was nice , the weather was perfect and a good time was had by all. Adam and I learned that we have a soft spot in our hearts for SoCo and Ginger. (On Friday when I was doing the "weekend liquor run", I mysteriously bought Southern Comfort even though neither of us drink it. Call it a whim. It turns out that, when served over ice with ginger ale, it is quite tasty). And when that ran out there was tequila and jack daniels shots. And SO MUCH family gossip. I feel like my ears might fall off. Tales of secret first marriages and McCarthyism-antics when you are three sheets to the wind are enough to knock your socks off, believe you me. Clearly you can add a penchant for gossip to the list of Things That Run in My Family.

And so now here I am waiting for Adam to finish watching Entourage On Demand so we can hit the beach. Tomorrow include plans for a cookout in Natick and probably some late night drinking on the beach with the sparklers we bought in Maine a few weekends ago.

Happy (early) Fourth!