valentines, visitors + vito

for valentines day we ate deviled eggs. i made peter a card, just like the old days. that night i drank too much wine. then i ruined a giant batch of chocolate covered strawberries. per usual.

last sunday cousin ian and alex came for a visit. we ate at tortillarilla sinaloa and zellas and lexington market. we also climbed federal hill, saw the laure drogoul exhibit and made them squeeze into the backseat with our defective ikea file cabinet. next time i promise we won't go to see the flamingo in hampden or eat hockey puck-ish pancakes.

last thursday, in an effort to get out of the apartment, we planned to drink beers at the brewers art. unfortunately it was full of old dudes in sports coats. it reminds me too much of the clarkston union.. or a hotel bar. we tried to go to the wharf rat but it was under construction. so we went to the harbor way inn. it is close to home and was completely empty except for vito. we drank lithuanian beer and he told us lots of good stories about the fake dollar behind the bar and getting shot. i marveled at his handiwork and excellent collection of bric-a-brack.

friday i drove peter to work and went to drop off my broken sewing machine at the post office. then i picked out my bridesmaids dress for alicia's wedding. then i went to every thrift store in the severna park/pasadena area, then to a giant mall, then to aldi and more thrift stores. then i was pooped.

saturday we went to attman's deli and ate our corned beef, brisket and pickles in the park. and drank cream soda. and dog-watched. after we went to lots of thrift stores and got shopped out. peter found good records. i found a mini steelmasters card catalog.

sunday we finally finished watching the last three episodes of the wire. now we get to start over with season 1.

i have been somewhat seriously considering going back to school.. that ended and now i'm somewhat seriously considering opening an etsy shop. except i don't have anything to sell.

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