Pasta for the boys

So among other things mom was wicked sick this weekend.

She managed to feel a lot better after her fever broke late Saturday night. On Sunday she decided to have some of Frank's friends in town and from out of town over for dinner on Sunday night, the night after the bachelor party they had the night before.

There were about 8 guys in total. Imagine that, 8 men over the apartment all hung over and taunting mom with stories about the strip clubs they went to the night before.

It would not have been that bad had Frank’s brother Jono not had his mind set on convincing mom that much more than lap dances happened.

This really was mom's opportunity to cook for a bunch of men, Frank's brother being the only vegetarian mom decided to make it an all Vegetarian fiesta.
She watched the Food network all day and decided to make baked pasta. She grilled vegetables, and boiled the pasta and added a good amount of cheese and many other spices and threw it into a huge dish she had to buy at the dollar store and shoved it in the oven.


She served cheese and crackers, salad and brownie cupcakes drizzled with raspberry lime sauce.

Before dinner was ready, the boys sat in front of the TV and all watched the Food network together in peace and quite.
Hmm, it was a really strange thing to watch. Never before has mom been able to have 8 guys over and actually hear herself think.
I guess the key is to get them, all really drunk and partied out the night before so that all you get is their gentle side the next day!

Mom sucks

Lately mom has just not been inspired to write anything.

I think that she needs to become more inspired. She was at one point going to direct a play with some friends, but since the wedding prep is really taking a lot of her free head space she decided not to do that just yet.

It's a funny position to be in right now. Already married, and planning a wedding.

Mom thinks it's a good thing for her because she got so nervous when they got married in the court. So Nervous that she ordered a salt bagel. Now she gets to be so nervous again about people liking the big party that she is throwing.

Now, mom really likes to entertain, and have people over, and or organize parties other places. She even likes throwing work place parties. She is has her way, her style and usually if there is enough booze and games everyone has a great time.

This wedding party is going to be by far the biggest party that she will throw to date.

She has to have center pieces on the tables. That should tell you something.

The one thing that she really needs help with is deciding how to organize the tables and chairs, and coming up with a good way for people to feel like they have a place to sit, but not feel like they need to sit all night.

Hmmm. That is that next hard thing to tackle.

Please feel free to comment.

Best Shower Ever

Kris and Amy threw mom the best bridal shower ever on Saturday!

It was at Mini bar, this cute little bar in Carroll Gardens. There was the perfect amount of people there. And everyone that was there was a great friend of mom's.


They did wine tasting,

and fun games, like pin the tail on the bride and mom got to open a lot of really great gifts. There was a great assortment of cheese and veggies and dips.

And really cute table decorations!

There was even trivia questions about Frank that mom was not able to answer correctly. And Each time that she screwed up a question she had to put a huge piece of gum in her mouth. You can imagine at the end of the game the size of the wad of gum.

Mom feels so lucky that there are so many people in her life that care about her and really support her and Frank together.

And Milo even came out to celebrate!

Thanks to all who came out,

partied till the late hour's, took tons of photo's and drank way way too much wine!

Amy and Kris you are the best!

White pigeon

Frank and mom went to make their wedding invitations on Saturday. They biked out to the place in Brooklyn where Frank works.
They are going to be made from record covers, inspired by what Frank's boss does and sells.


The ride was nice, but mom was a bit nervous the whole time, because they had to go through some places that even on a Saturday the traffic is still a bit tight.

They get to Frank’s job and mom starts feeling weird, maybe it’s hunger, maybe it’s the fact that all the record covers have years of dust that they are breathing in, or maybe it’s because they are all alone in a big artistic warehouse. Who knows why, but they decide to go and get some lunch. They walk to the bagel shop where Frank eats every day, order some stuff.

They take their lunch and sit in the playground.


It’s a nice day out, a bit breezy and the playground is filled with Children and parents, and nanny’s and dogs. Mom mentions that one day they won’t just be able to sit in a playground and then leave when they want, because they will have kids who will want to stay.
There is a man who comes around with cotton candy on a stick, and the kids rush to get dollars from their parents and buy this mysterious substance, that god knows where or who made. (mom would never let her kids buy that shit, it’s like taking candy from strangers, or eating street meat).
But the kids buy it anyway, and mom gags at what could be in it.

Just as they are finishing their lunch and mom is feeding the crumbs to the pigeons, a little girl on a bike followed by a littler sister on her own bike reach the top of the hill entering the playground right where mom and Frank are sitting.

They turn to look as the littlest girl calls out to her sister,

“Look, look up in the tree there a white pigeon”.

The girl is biking down the hill towards mom and Frank as she continues, to call out “you know what grandma says, whenever you see a white pigeon it means that someone is going to die.”
The Girl whizzes past mom at that last part, locks eyes with her causing mom to audibly gasp in horror.

Mom, mouth open follows the little girl with her eyes as she swoops around the playground on her bike at top speed, weaving in and out of other children.

Mom turns to Frank hoping that he had the same horrified reaction, but he did not have one.
Mom breaths out and begins to discuss how strange and spooky and F’d up that little girls interaction with her was. Just as mom is shaking off the creepiness and they are standing to go, the little girl swoops by again chanting to mom someone’s going to die, a white pigeon means someone’s going to die”


The little girl bikes strait in to traffic and mom gasps as the thinks how horrific it would be if she got hit by a car right then.

Mom and Frank make their way back to Frank’s job and talk about how weird that just was, and what that could mean, and why such a little girl was talking about death like that.
Then for the rest of the day mom was on edge and hyper aware of her own death and other’s around her.

Strange Saturday, I guess from now on mom will be freaked out by white pigeons, and stay out of playgrounds.

Milo came over to play

This past week Milo came over to play because his mom Kris went out of town.
I have to say that being humped all weekend really can tire a dog out.

It will be good to have some rest this next week, that's if mom stops giving me baths!

In other news mom took the day off from work on Friday and Frank and her went biking all around Brooklyn.

They were trying to explore Red Hook, but really could not find much to keep them there.

They did go around prospect park a few times and, mom pretended that she was back in shape and went really, really fast. Mom tends to randomly get competitive.

Like when she plays Skee ball.

After the second way too fast lap around the park, starting to bonk mom turned to Frank and said
"I am going to the street cart to get some food, I will be back."
Mom got a huge salted pretzel and ate half and got stoned on her own blood sugar! Fun times!