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slowsculpture) wrote2009-12-17 06:13 pm
slowsculpture) wrote2009-12-17 06:13 pm
Things that happened last weekend
Whirlwind fun abounds, out here in the desert, but there were a couple of happenings from the weekend I wanted to share:
First, Nick and I went out for dinner at a freakin' delicious shabu-shabu/sukiyaki place on Sahara, called Swish. It was my introduction to that genre of food, and I was quite impressed. It was Nick's postponed-due-to-illness, sorry-I-missed-your-party birthday dinner, too. I do those.
Second, I got to hang out with my buddy Jon, one of my oldest friends, who was in town from LA for the weekend. He and his folks were in town to celebrate his youngest sister's 21st birthday. She was a toddler when he and I met, so that put a kind of exclamation mark on how long we've been buddies. I'm happy to report he's doing really well for himself - working lots and schooling like mad and planning a wedding to his sweetheart, and it warmed me the hell up to see how happy he and his family are, these days. I'm grateful to have friendships in my life with that kind of history, even if we don't get to visit as often as I'd like.
And lastly, after kicking around uncertainly in my CD collection for most of the last year, April March's Triggers finally found its niche as hangover nap music. I highly recommend the album to anyone who likes goofy french synth-retropop with lots of brains, or who might like that. Check it out.
First, Nick and I went out for dinner at a freakin' delicious shabu-shabu/sukiyaki place on Sahara, called Swish. It was my introduction to that genre of food, and I was quite impressed. It was Nick's postponed-due-to-illness, sorry-I-missed-your-party birthday dinner, too. I do those.
Second, I got to hang out with my buddy Jon, one of my oldest friends, who was in town from LA for the weekend. He and his folks were in town to celebrate his youngest sister's 21st birthday. She was a toddler when he and I met, so that put a kind of exclamation mark on how long we've been buddies. I'm happy to report he's doing really well for himself - working lots and schooling like mad and planning a wedding to his sweetheart, and it warmed me the hell up to see how happy he and his family are, these days. I'm grateful to have friendships in my life with that kind of history, even if we don't get to visit as often as I'd like.
And lastly, after kicking around uncertainly in my CD collection for most of the last year, April March's Triggers finally found its niche as hangover nap music. I highly recommend the album to anyone who likes goofy french synth-retropop with lots of brains, or who might like that. Check it out.
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