weekend recap, november 18

1. out of coffee! | 2. twilight on the river | 3. breakfast | 4. voting day (again) | 5. surprise sunset | 6. foggy morning | 7. goose walk | 8. on guard | 9. shandy sunday night
 

It was not an auspicious start to the weekend when we were OUT OF COFFEE on Friday morning. Sadly, we'd known this the day before and both of us still forgot until I heard Neel's tread on the stair in the dark hours of Friday. That's when the dread filled my heart.

Good man that he is, he took the fastest shower ever and dashed out to our corner coffee shop to grab us all a cup and all was right with the world. (However, photo #3 is evidence that we did nothing to rectify the situation and had to go out again on Saturday morning! Oops!)

And you know what, other than that, I don't have a ton to report. Long walks along our river, a long sit by a fire pit with some friends. We had our special election on Saturday, and it didn't go well for our friend. I'm mad about this for too many reasons to numerate, so I'll stop here. Let's just say, she's a better woman than I am.

Poor Cal had a migraine yesterday, and although we're not getting hammered by the storms that millions faced yesterday, we're having our own move through today. More headaches for everyone! Still, I feel remotely ready to face the week. We rented The Royal Tenenbaums and never got to watch it, maybe I'll do that while I tackle the ironing...

five things, november 15

1. I think I completely disappeared there, didn't I? No excuses, really. Just busy. Didn't have it together to get to the blog this week, and I'd rather take the break than give you guys some crap, right? I was so touched by those of you who checked in on me, though. That meant the world.

2. I think that if I thought election season was over here in Virginia, I was wrong. We just had the first Attorney General's race ever decided BY TWITTER, and since our current state senator is now our Lt. Governor Elect, we're having what's called a "firehouse caucus" on Saturday to elect a democratic nominee to replace him. It was meant to be our first free weekend. No baseball, no nothing. And I'll be at the polls. Happily. Really.

3. I think I still can't believe that sweet Violet remains with us to this day. We're nearing the one year anniversary of the beginning of the signs that led to her diagnosis, and, ironically, November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month. Who knew? She actually exhibited none of these signs, but it's important to be aware, regardless.

4. I think it's funny how I'm more and more simultaneously troubled and moved by what I see online these days. We've all gone round and round over the Kinfolk stuff, and Felicia has written another thought-provoking article on authenticity. I've had some creepy and sad things happen recently, no big deals really, just enough to make me pause, and then, well I've made a lot of good friends here too. I could never bow out, you know? But sometimes, sometimes. Well, sometimes you just wonder.

5. On a lighter note,  I think this quick, eight-minute short film is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. I LOVE Wes Anderson. How cool that he did this for Prada? One of our upcoming photo projects is to create a picture using one of the color palettes from a Wes Anderson film (if you read this article, you'll see that he has a tight color palette for each of his movies). Cal had the idea to do this with our friends at Thanksgiving, which I think it brilliant. But I'm nervous. Any suggestions for me? Don't worry, I'm excited too, but I feel like I have a lot to think about. But Megan, that means batter up!