Saturday Night Live

Unfortunately, I missed all the daytime festivities of the Blowout, but I was present and accounted for at the dinner we all met for. The location was Rustic Kitchen in the heart of the Theatre District in Boston. I arrived first and it dawned on me that while I knew what most of the girls looked like, I have never posted a picture of myself on my blog, so how would they know me? I anxiously waited at the hostess stand for the Grand Arrival. Moments later, in walked a group of four bundled up ladies and IT WAS THEM!!! I caught Lisagh's eye and she looked right at me and said "You look just like your daughter". Group hugs all around and then off to our table to place our drink orders!

The conversation flowed right from the start. Hard to believe, but there are some talkers in this group! A lot of "where did you grow up", "what college did you attend" and when Mel arrived, "what type of wine do you drink?" We had a lot of laughs and the food was great. Then, the surprise hit of the night arrived in the form of the most beautiful birthday cake ever for Mel. Lisagh did an amazing job in surprising her with a perfectly preppy cake. It was almost too beautiful to eat! The night wrapped up surprisingly early but the Girls had a busy day trudging all around town and there was snow in the forecast. Off we went in our separate directions but not before promising to do it all again! And guess what, You are all invited! Kudos to Libby for being such a great organizer!

Official GG World Tour Merchandise

If you've seen Libby's slideshow, you must be wondering why we are all displaying the same tote at some point. True, the similarities in our outfits was uncanny (more on that later) but that is not the case. I had to come up with some sort of hostess gift for my many lovely hostesses and I thought nothing would be cuter than a little tote! Perfect for carrying your lunch or some sweet little preppy purchases. Here it is... I hope everyone liked them!


But, I don't want to leave anyone out, because truly, so many of you were with us in spirit! Let me know if you'd be interested in purchasing one of these ... I'll take "on good faith" orders until Jan. 1st and then will arrange a way for payment (probably invoicing through PayPal for $30 plus shipping.)

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If you're going to have lunch in Harvard Square...

...then UpStairs on the Square is the place to do it!



Can you imagine a dining room any more adorable than this one?


Or patrons any cuter than these?


A look at the action from above:



Check out the zebra tree topper over Kimba's right shoulder! You can click to enlarge the photo to get a proper look. If anyone knows where I can find one of those tutu wearing zebras (short of climbing that tree and running off with the one pictured!) I would love to hear from you.


Yes, lunch on Saturday was fab. :)

Weekend In Review

I'm not tech-savvy enough to coordinate captions that will run with this slide show. However, if you're looking for a little info regarding any particular photo, just click on it during the show and you should see a little rundown of who's who and what's what. Enjoy!




Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Beginning of Saturday

Libby had an exam to write, so Kimba and Coll were gracious enough to come collect me from my hotel at 10am on Saturday and we ventured through the slushy streets of Boston, down into the deep, dark, caverns of the Boston T. Big city mass transit - I felt rather cosmopolitan!

Here's Kimba and I as we're about to catch the train to Cambridge... off to see where all the smartypants congregate.


And with Coll under the Green Line sign.


Once in Cambridge, we walked around and went in some of the shops. This place, Life is Good, has the sweetest stuff. As soon as Coll saw this adorable "Tea" Shirt, she immediately said it reminded her of Chloe. Of course, we had to take a picture for our pal.


Then we went to Lush and were treated to a "FREE!" hand treatment. I wouldn't say the sales lady was Rather Forceful and Aggressive, but she might as well have been grabbing our ankles sobbing in hysterics as we walked out of there with no product and the softest hands this side of the Dove testing facility.


If I may be so bold to say, I am simply in love with these girls. They are the real deal, so genuine and just a delight to be around. We had such a good time, you'd never know we'd only met just a few hours before.


And maybe, just maybe we have a future working on The Price is Right. Barker's Beauties have nothing on us!

Tomorrow, I'll continue with more of our adventure ... remind me to ask Kimba what "Poking the Jelly in Harvard Square" means. And yes, there's video. We just have to figure out how to get it off Kimba's phone.

heh heh.

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Here's another tease:

More photos are coming, I promise! I've been out of work for the last week and a half while taking my final exams and I've just walked back into the office for the first time and... oh... it's chaos. But here's some fun:

Kimba, E, Lisagh, Mel and Monty outside of Cheers!

Just a wee teaser...

Photographic evidence that I was actually there (in Hah-vahd Yahd, no less)... with Kimba and Coll. I'm sure everyone is frantically working on their posts/updates (hint hint ladies... I have to go get myself back in work mode... yuck!)

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