Sunday, February 11

One Random Saturday

I was supposed to be away in NY this weekend surprising Urs but little Logan decided he was comfortable and didn't actually arrive until this past Tuesday. Very excited that Mom and baby are both doing well but now I had a free weekend which very rarely happens to me. Saturday was a very full day of looking at a house in Natick (before you ask no not worth really talking about) then meeting up with my Mom because she wanted a new haircut and I had her come in and go to my hairdresser who is GREAT and then we went to lunch. Got home and had an hour to unwind until I had to leave and pick up Gretel to head to the to the Roller Derby in Winchester. Yes you read that correctly a Roller Derby and since someone asked me this when I told them. Yes it is two teams of girls on actual roller skates competing for points. Anyone that hasn't been to a Roller Derby you should really check it out sometime it was a lot of fun and surprisingly very easy to get caught up in. Before we even entered the Shriners Auditorium we somehow managed to get two free tickets. Well I had to pay for mine but a woman walks over to us while we are in line and gives us a free ticket, I told Gretel to take it. I get up to the window and ask for a single ticket and realize I paid for one but was given two. So I decide to go up to someone standing in line and hand them a free ticket. I figured I should pass along the good karma. Onto the Derby where it was Boston vs. Philadelphia (yes a team from Philadelphia traveled up to compete against the Boston team) and there were 1400 people there to watch the bout. Unfortunately Boston team did not win but if the refs didn't have their heads up their asses I think we would have done a lot better. I digress.

After the Roller Derby we decide to head to Charlie's Kitchen for some drinks and food. I find street parking in Harvard Square fairly easily and close to where we are going so I am happy. I am hanging out with everyone that was just at the bout and we have a round of drinks. I get a call from my sister Kathy that she is heading into Boston and going to go to Match so I call her back and tell her I will come meet up with her. Go back to the table and explain that I am going to go meet up with my sister. Everyone was very cool about it and I went back to my car to head in. I head over to the Mass Ave. Prudential area and find another street parking space man I am having good luck tonight except that I brought my scarf into the bout and it dropped on the floor so it was beer soaked and not really going to be able to wear that after. I forgot my gloves in my car. I call my sister and they are now at Sonsie. I get to the door and the person there tells me that I have to wait for some people to leave before I can get in Kathy tries to peak her head in to have the bouncer let me in. Finally I get in and Kathy and her friend Dawn are putting on their coats and we are going to Vox. I don't have any feeling in my hands so at this point why not go back outside and wait in another line. I ran into Danielle when I was walking to Sonsie so I know that she is meeting Bill and some other people at Vox.

Now I am with my sister and we are off to Vox and of course there is a line and of course it's full of young people. We do see Danielle and the boys appear and I introduce everyone to my sister and her friend Dawn. Kathy and Dawn decide to just go to Abe and Louie's and have a couple drinks and go home. She insists I stay with everyone else. While the rest of us are waiting outside Vox because the girl Bill is dating and Kevin are inside Vox for someones birthday. Since the rest of us don't know this person we convince Bill to not wait in the line anymore and let's go somewhere that there isn't a line. As we are walking away from Vox I tripped on my jeans which seems to be a habit when I have this pair of shoes on. It wasn't a little trip it was a legs come out from underneath me and BOOM. It was GREAT. So at this point Danielle tells Dane to take my arm to ensure that I don't fall again. We are heading to Newbury St.

Where did we end up but the grand opening party for the Acoute Salon on Newbury St. Bill and Travis get their hair done there and were invited so we were drinking free alcohol at a salon and enjoying the plentiful eye candy. At first we found a corner near the bar in the back with the beer and liquor and just planted ourselves there figuring that it would be a good place to stand for a lot of traffic and see the people who are there. Later in the night around midnight the crowd started thinning and it wasn't as elbow to elbow in the front and Dane and I were walking around checking everything out. We had a lot of fun hanging out and everyone else left around 12:30 but Dane and I were there until a little after 1. All in all a very fun night but if you told me that I would be spending my Saturday going to a Roller Derby and ending it drinking at the opening of a salon on Newbury St. I would tell you that you are crazy but I guess that is just another random night out. Never can tell what is going to happen next.