Halloween's a-Comin'!!

I've got a stack of Halloween cards ready to roll out to my nieces and nephews - stamped, stickered, and sealed with love. These two are my favourites:

 

The Best Shite

Cerpts made this fabulous mix for me of vintage and side-splittingly hilarious Billy Connolly stand-up. For me, the funniest tracks that have me doubled over no matter how many times I've listened to them are A Dangerous Place, Ibiza, Toblerone, and Cats & Liam Neeson. I mean, I am clutching my sides and wiping tears away. It is that god damn funny. This man is a genius and a tip of the hat to Cerpts for making the mix for me. It's a treasure.

Outfest with Kay

Yesterday I picked up Kayla and we were off to Center City for an afternoon together. It so happened that Outfest was going on, so we parked at the Ritz East, hoofed it up Walnut and wandered the Gayborhood, all the while shaking our fabulous arses to the phat beats. There were religious protesters there and it kinda ruined it all for me. It's a day of happiness and community and coming together and they shat all over it. Why couldn't they just be nice and shout "Jesus loves you!! No matter what!!!" on their bullhorn, rather than say we would all pay for our sins in the afterlife. So I linked arms with my niece and tried our best to ignore them.

Then we went to Govinda's where we stuffed our gobs with the best vegan chicken cheesesteaks EVER. Next up was a pit stop at Sweet Freedom Bakery for some fabulous vegan desserts. We walked down South Street and headed to Philly Thrift for AIDS, where Kayla now volunteers on Saturday afternoons! Finally we went to a completely vacant Dunkin' Donuts, so Ms. Star could peepod, and wound up sitting on the second floor, looking out the window and talking for hours. Honestly, it was the best part of my day with her. Can't wait til our next outing!

 

Last Fall...

Visiting Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater with Ashlee last year was extraordinary. The weather was ideal, the trees were gorgeous and it was my last time away with Ashlee before motherhood. A month and a half following our day trip, she was pregnant with Bailey and things changed for us, permanently. Not in a bad way, mind you. Just different. She's an official grown up, with a home, a husband, a child, and responsibilities, so our relationship will never be as it was when we were at Fallingwater. What a wonderful way to leave the known for the new by having the memory of our last great adventure by visiting one of the most unique and awe inspiring homes ever designed. We even brought Tucker!

 

 

A Brave Heart

Oh my goodness!! I just found out about this new documentary about Lizzie Velasquez and I really wanna see it in the theatre with Kayla. We are both pretty big fans of Miss Lizzie. How can you not be? She's like a walking ball of sunshine and freshly picked daisies. Fingers crossed that it gets a wide release, because if it does, Kay and I are so effing there!

(photo kidnapped from austin360)

The Colonial Theatre

The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania is one of my absolute favourite theatres ever. It's the nearest thing to perfect. The staff is friendly and warm, the upstairs lobby is charming, the balcony of the theatre makes me feel transported back into the 1940s and even the bathroom has those fabulous lights around the mirror, making me feel like a classic Hollywood starlet as I touch up my lip gloss.

My first experience at this theatre was February 17th of 2013 when Bishop and I saw North By Northwest and were gobsmacked at seeing it on the big screen. What a fantastic afternoon. Next up I took Zach to see Back to the Future on April 27th of that year, then in 2014, it was Adventures in Babysitting with Kay on November 22nd and the next month, on the 7th, it was Scrooged with Bella. I haven't gone yet this year, which truthfully is near criminal. I think it's time to find some retro flicks to enjoy with my brother Wayne or maybe even Jaeden...either way, I need to get back there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nerd Alert!!

Marina managed to capture these ADORABLE photos of Mateo. He reminds me of an old man reading his Sunday paper. I think the second picture is my favourite...