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This named-for-its-address coffee shop in Inman Square is a little piece of Seattle in Boston. That and an opportunity to get coffee from "edgy" barrista boys with tattoos and eyeliner. Sign me up!



One of the downsides is that it's always really busy - especially on weekends. I love it though. I think before I leave I'm gonna buy a t-shirt so I can wear it in Seattle. Because, you know, I'm far too cool to wear a t-shirt of a coffee shop in the same city but I'll totally do it 3000 miles away.

I'm lucky enough to have friends who are nuts amazing enough to get up at o'dark-thirty and go down to reserve fabulous seats on the Esplanade for the fireworks. It's become a 4th of July tradition!

I was still asleep when they got there, but I headed out around noon - just in time to catch a rainstorm on my way - and spent most of the day hanging around the esplanade. We manage to amuse ourselves:



We spend the day hanging out knitting, playing cards, consuming plenty of snacks... There are beautiful views of the river and the boats on it:



The Boston Pops play, there are patriotic sing-alongs, and when it gets late enough there are fireworks.



Even Tesla watched!

For the second installment of the Month of Boston, I present the Fenway Victory Gardens. They're located near orionnebula, and near where caflygrl used to live. I walk through them when I go to visit, and they're especially pretty in the summer.



Some of the gardens are very neat and obviously have a lot of work and planning put into them.



Others are a little more wild.



Either way they make for a nice smelling and beautiful walk from the bus to a friend's house.

By special request...

On Friday the 13th I cut my hair and donated it to Locks of Love - theotheramanda requested before and after pics, so here goes:

Long hair:



Short hair:



I like my hair short a lot, actually. I like it long too, but probably not that long. I'm debating about whether to grow it out to donate again (this was my second time if you don't remember) but I'm thinking I might stop it when it gets to about shoulder-length.

Just cuz I love you guys:

AFI on Saturday night:



I realize you can't see much, I need a camera like the lady next to me - super zoom!

Zero 7 on Sunday night:



Metric on Monday night:

As I mentioned in my earlier post, hibrian and I went on a mission Saturday to take pictures. My battery died almost immediately, but we went out again on Sunday morning and I got these:







( Caution, there is a spider behind this cut! )

Last night orionnebula and I went to the Buffy singalong at the Coolidge theater. I heard about one last year but I think it was after it was over. I've been waiting for one ever since, and when she told me it was going down I was *definitely* there. :)



I got there about 1/2 hour early and waited in line. Supposedly the doors were going to open 10 minutes til 10, but of course at 9:50 we were still waiting. And waiting... and waiting... So we started singing Buffy in line and taking pictures (like the one above).



In this one the white balance is off, because Alexis was pretty close and it was dark out, but I think it just adds to my vampiric good looks. ;)

Once we got in the theater and got our goodie bags (mine had Spike on it!) they had a little intro. Part of that was a live acting of the 'morning after' seen with Buffy and Angel. I then proved that I will do just about anything and make a total fool of myself in public for free movie tickets.



My male lead wasn't all that inspiring, though.

"I was waiting for a cross-town train in the London underground when it struck me
That I've been waiting since birth to find a love that would look and sound like a movie

...

I want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real
And I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd"

I went out with a bunch of knitters today. There was fun and craziness, and quite a few pictures!

Today for our after-Christmas adventure, my family (and meli88's friend Cortnie) went horseback riding.

We waited in the barn and got to know the horses:



And then it was time to ride, and we ventured outside into the light rain (which thankfully stopped soon!)

( Pictures behind the cut )

And after an hour we came back to the barn, and my mom snapped this picture of me on Jose just before I dismounted.

By special request:



I made a hat for the lovely hibrian, and there it is. He approves of CTHGSY too.

(If you're interested in seeing Life with CTHGSY: Chapter Two, it's here)