The weekend

Whew, what a weekend!

So, Shannon got into town on Friday afternoon. After I picked her up at the airport we just hung out and opened a bottle of wine while we caught up on things. Then we braved the cold and went downtown for dinner & drinks. We'd wanted to go to The Prickly Pear but couldn't get in, so we hit Palio's instead (SO good). Then we went to Bab's Underground where we had the weirdest people talking to us. From there we went to Alley Bar (as was to be expected), drank copious amounts and headed home.

Saturday I took her to Zingerman's for breakfast followed by a tour of downtown & campus and then a shopping expedition:) We did make it to Prickly Pear that night and then Husband, Wife, Thomas, Mindy and Jim met us at Conor's. From there we went over to Alley Bar again and Anthony & his girlfriend met us there as well. It was SO fun, all my friends made Shannon really welcome and I was happy that everyone got to meet her:) Shannon, Mindy and Wife all gave me lots of good advice on my guy "situation" and all approve of him. So that makes me happy, especially since Elana is acting very weird about it. Dunno about that... Anyways, after lots o' drinking at Alley, Jim, Thomas, Mindy, Anthony & his GF took off and Shannon, Husband, Wife and I all headed over to the Fleetwood. I think Shannon was a little horrified by the Fleetwood (she isn't really that "type") but we had fun nonetheless.

Today we kinda lazed around, had a laaaate breakfast and then wandered around downtown a bit more. We stopped by Elana's for a little bit and I was glad she & Shannon got to meet. Then, before I knew it, it was time to take Shannon back to the airport and actually figure out what the hell I'm doing this week :( It was a whirlwind but I had a blast and a lot of good things happened this weekend. So, I might be tired and crabby this week, but it was totally worth it. I think I'll probably end up going to visit Shannon in Boston in the Spring...I dunno if I could do a Boston winter again (did it once, it was WAY too cold for me).

Thursday I'm seeing Heavens and Darker My Love at The Shelter and then Harry, who is interviewing The New York Dolls upstairs that night at St. Andrews is going to meet up with me and I might get to meet the Dolls as well :) I think I'm also going to get to judge this big battle of the bands that's happening at the State in Detroit (this weekend I think?). Again, how much of a dichotomy can my life be? Alter-ego, here I come... Then the big Pink party is Saturday (woot!) and I still have to pull together the bits for my costume... Oh yeah, and of course I have work and MSU classes...I sometimes wonder if life could get any more busy.
Oh well, bedtime.

Listening to: The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses