Dewey or Don't We?

Whoop whoop! Today officially kicks off the start of summer, and a much needed 3 day weekend at the beach! J and I are headed down to Dewey Beach to spend the weekend with HLR (amongst MANY other college friends). HLR convinced us to come down last Labor Day weekend, and naturally, we had a blast, and were easily persuaded to repeat the trip.

Before the last trip down to the loooovely beaches of Delaware, I had never experienced a REAL Dewey Beach weekend (I had been there with my family...which let me tell you, was the polar oposite of the Dewey that everyone else knows and loves). "Dewey Beach, A Way of Life," as stated in the Wikipedia article that has been HLR's gchat status for 80% of the week, is quite frankly, a shit show.

HHS sent us an email last year, that had been composed by one of her co-workers, to prep us for our trip. A"usual Dewey weekend" :

Okay so here is how your weekend should go, we usually follow this pattern as close as we can, and I’ve never had a bad time:

Friday night:

Drive up, wearing what you will go out in, throw your bags down, and head to Rusty Rudder. Orange Crushes (drink) and live bands, it’s awesome.

Saturday:

Wake up, go to the beach, get lunch at Gary’s Dewey Beach Grill. Get the Turkey Cheesesteak, they are really good, and not greasy or gross.

Enjoy more beach.

Jam Session starts at 5 at Bottle N Cork. 3 live bands, one per hour, for 3 hours, then they do it all again. Get there early cause the line is ridiculously long. $10 cover, drink can beers and toss them on the ground and crush em when you’re done.

Then, depending on who’s playing where, go back to Rudder or Northbeach. Both will be fun.

Sunday a.k.a. Sunday Bloody Sunday a.k.a Sunday Funday:

Best day of the year. Wake up EARLY, like 8ish. Head to Starboard before 9ish to get in line. Get breakfast there, everything is good. Then drink Orange Crush’s and Bullsharks all morning till about 1 pm. Either do beach or nap, then go to Jam Session AGAIN! at 5 pm at Bottle N Cork.

Sunday night, again depending on who is playing, go to either Rudder, Northbeach, or possibly Lighthouse, but lighthouse does not have live music playing ever.

Monday: Wake up and drive back to MD, happy from a great weekend and sad that you’re leaving!

P.S. At some point, if you are looking for a good place to eat dinner, Grotto’s Pizza has really good pizza, and you can get fishbowls and beer towers there, which are all great!

Now, while I am not heading back to MD, the majority of this itinerary holds true. It truly is just a binge fest, and all of my co-workers have informed me that they will be surprised if I come back on Tuesday without a completely fried nose, and a voice that doesn't remotely resemble that of a 75 year old chain smoker.

If you still don't understand the ridiculousness of this place, please refer to the article that HLR has had as her gchat status for the latter 20% of the week, "Dewey Beach: Grownups Gone Wild."

Wish me luck!

peaceloveandorangecrushes.

C

Stumbled Upon...

R, I just stumbled upon these two items and they TOTES reminded me of you. I can just picture you moving this weekend wearing one of these items....SOOOO cute!

This Nightcap Clothing Flamingo Skirt just screams, "R" to me! It might be a bit difficult to maneuver in. Perhaps you can save it for a night out on the town when I come to visit with C-Mac?! I know how you love it when your inner tree-hugger comes out! Will look SOOOOO good with some gold jacks!

This Haute Hippie Fringe Tank Dress might be a bit easier to move in...ya know, you won't have to worry about tripping on your tail that way....


HAHA. SIKE. But really...wtf are these? So impractical, and quite frankly, ugly. What were you thinking, Shopbop?! R, I'm not coming to visit anymore if I find out you are going to be wearing one of these...and I'm serious.

peaceloveandgchat.

C

Google is cool.

Remember last week when Google's logo on their homepage was a game of Pacman to commemorate the game's 30th anniversary?

Well it was cool and this is crazy - on May 21, the world spent 4.82 million hours playing Google Pacman.

Wowsa!

Also on Friday, some companies experienced "precipitous drops of productivity with the Google version and some even temporarily blocked the Google website from their workplace computers on the Friday it was uploaded." Bahaha.

peaceloveandpacman.

R

Barney, Pacifiers, CIGS....

Some people give their kid whatever they want to get them to stop crying. I've done it while babysitting. The mom says "Don't let them watch more than 30 mintues of tv," I hear "If it keeps them quiet, I let them watch whatever they want." But THIS is just absurd. This child, Ardi Rizal, was given a puff of a cigarette by his father when he was 18 months old. Now the kid is ADDICTED. Yup, addicted. And he throws temper tantrums if he doesn't smoke at least 40 times a day. EFFED up. I'm thinking a call to child services is in order? But maybe that's just me...

peaceloveandgchat.

C

Oh Ali. . .

WHO watched The Bachelorette season premiere last night?! And WHO thought Ali looked greasy (both in her hair and on her face), a little on the chunky side with a severe fake tan? Not to mention she had like a back necklace on (yes, a necklace that was not worn in front of her, but cascaded down her back. . .).

Where is the Ali we remember oh so fondly from The Bachelor? (I secretly like this picture because I just love how Ali threw her hair up in a messy pony for this rose ceremony and still looked cute.)

Let's talk for a quick second about Ali's 25 men she met last night. Umm. If I were in her situation, I would have walked out. I'm sorry, but those guys were not cute. Why were they all a little. . .greasy?

Hmm. This season could be interesting, but I am not intrigued just yet.

peaceloveandgchat.

R

even when we win, we lose...

Wow.

After posting about our kickball win this weekend, I went to Chicago Sport and Social's website to see where we stood in the rankings. And guess what?

THEY HAVE US LOSING THE GAME AND THE OTHER TEAM WINNING! 16 - 7! Umm excuse me. WE won 16-7! So, according to CSS, we're still last in the league. Not ok. Naturally, I immediately wrote an email to the head of the kickball league demanding he change the score. I am salty.

Stay tuned.

peaceloveandgchat.

R

W

HUGE NEWS:

This past Saturday, May 22, 2010 my kickball team WON. Our very first win of the season!!

That called for a celebration - the entire team spending the rest of the day playing beruit on P's roof in 75 degree weather. Perfect.

peaceloveandgchat.

R