more gardens and more fun

Had a fun afternoon with Shannah.  We toured the gardens at Stan Hywet. It was on Shannah’s list of things to do this summer before going back to teaching this fall.  There were quite a few butterflies in the green house. They seemed to have more and active butterflies than at the Franklin Park Conservatory…

movies and burgers

Saturday was a very good day. After Greg’s haircut in the morning (it looks very nice David) we headed to the movies. We checked out the Disney/Pixar flick Wall-E. The animation was stunning. And the story was quite sweet. There were many lessons to be learned. I think the most amazing part of the movie…

burger-tastic

It’s the weekend before the great Akron Hamburger Festival in downtown. We ventrured with Michele to Akron’s newest burger joint, Metro Burger. It’s nestled in the business district of Highland Square. When you enter the restaurant, you pick up a clip board with a stack of order sheets on it. You can select one of…

friday night

Had dinner at Plaza Maya, the new Mexican restaurant in Tallmadge, with friends. Afterwards we came home and played wii bowling. I had my best game ever, a 277. Lots and lots of strikes baby!

sure it's this weekend, but what about last weekend?

I had one whole day off last weekend. That’s ok, we managed to cram a whole lot into it. We decided to be proud and headed up to Cleveland with David and Marc to Pride. We caught the parade between rain drops. It’s no Macy’s parade with big floating balloons, but it was still fun….

the weekend that just was…

…wonderful. Saturday we got up early and met Megan, Michele, Ryan and Kathryn at Wally Waffle’s for breakfast. It was delicious (french toast, good) and we had the best waitress ever. She was friendly and seemed to be enjoying her job. As a bonus, she managed to get all of quite complicated orders correct. Bravo!…

weekend rewind

Last weekend was pretty busy. On Saturday afternoon I went with some co-workers to a colleague’s father’s memorial service. It was very nice and quite touching. I hadn’t been to a funeral or memorial service in quite a while. Later Saturday night, I stopped by work to check out the Teens Rock Akron 2008 concert….

how sweet it was

It’s Wednesday morning and it’s already been a very busy week. Monday night, I had a big event to manage at work. It went off without a hitch and everyone associated with it were pleased. Last night Greg and I joined our friends David and Marc at Blossom Music Center to see James Taylor in…

a memorable weekend

Enjoyed an unexpected four-day weekend. Friday was the bonus day. Our clothes dryer has been on the fritz lately, making a horrifyingly loud metal on metal screeching noise. The repairman arrived late that morning and took the machine apart. Our dryer requires a pricey new ball bearing. And of course, he didn’t have one with…