fuerza bruta: look up!

with having andi + mindy visiting i thought something new and different would be fun. we got tickets to go see fuerza bruta and it was pretty spectacular!!!

kennett square brewfest

this past weekend was my annual trip down to the kennett square brewfest with eric, jens, amy & chris. as uaual we had such a great time and eric & jens were terrific hosts with delicious eats. i hope we keep up this tradition for years to come!!

brooklyn bowl pt. deux

last night i had the pleasure of venturing back over to brooklyn bowl. oh how i love this place .. you really couldn't ask for more in a venue/bowling ally/bar/restaurant except it maybe being cheaper but it's really not that bad. after work i met up with allie, chop, heather & mike to bowl a few games and also catch some live music.

the bands featured were A Big Yes & a small no, Matt Trowbridge, American Babies, Chris Harfod & the Band of Changes, and RANA

mike hits the lanes

allie showcases the lux swivel ottomans

heather + me

heather + mike

this is the view of the stage from the cozy couches @ our bowling lane, not too shabby!!

astoria

last sunday ivy and myself ventured up to astoria, queens to visit our friends denise & thomas. it was quite an adventure getting there. when i looked it up on hopstop.com it said ... distance traveled 10.1 miles / time traveled 1 hour 15 minutes

yes that's right, over an hour to travel 10 miles!! the reason for this is that there is not a direct or even semi-direct route between us and we ended up taking quite a few different trains .. one which was unexpected as we accidentally got on an express train and ended way north at the end of the line!! we finally made it to their house though and were welcomed with yummy veggies + dip, mimosa's, football watching and bunny oogling.

denise and thomas recently got a new pet by the name of buster, or BUSTER BUNNY!!! (explanation points a must) as i like to call him. he is absolutely precious and oh so soft. unfortunately i didn't take any pictures (crazy right?).

later denise took us to one of her favorite greek restaurants and we had a taste of everything. fun times with fun ladies !!!

prada marfa

this is old .. four years old to be exact, but i've seen prada marfa images in more than one spot lately so i finally looked it up to see what it was and find out if it was as dumb as it seemed.

in 2005, artist's artists elmgreen & dragset opened an art installation project called prada marfa. this piece was to be a prada boutique built on the outskirts of valentine, texas near marfa on sparse ranching land ... basically the middle of no where.

the artist's had to say that .... "As one drives toward the artwork it will appear to be a large minimalist sculpture, as one gets closer it will look like a luxury boutique where a display of Fall 2005 high-heel Prada shoes and bags will be seen through the store front windows... [It]blends into the exciting historical structures of the area in which it will be placed... As we purposefully will not preserve Prada Marfa, it will eventually become a ruin so that even in a future decayed state it will remain relevant to the time in which it was made..."

it's a bit of a poke at high fashion, which definitely deserves a tease now and again . . the images though are lovely.