Visitors #4 from Cali

Not that we're keeping track or anything, but we've had our fourth visit from California-based friends since we moved here 9 months ago. W. and G. came out for an ultimate frisbee tournament this past weekend and stayed with us on Friday and Saturday night. It was so great to see them and have them stay at the house. We love having guests!

It was the first ultimate game that either W. (my W., not G's W. :)) or I had ever watched and it was a lot of fun. The "spirit of the game" as they call it is very apparent. Lots of sideline cheering, all self-reffed games, and the fact that the team had traveled out all the way from California were all pretty telling that there's a real love for the sport. This was a meeting of some of the elite teams across the country, so we saw some good games. We even got to see W. make an amazing play, taking away an opportunity from the guy he was defending and intercepting the throw that was meant for the opponent. After a diving catch, W. landed in the end zone and scored the second to last point for the win! Yay, W.!

We also managed to find some good airfare for two of our trips out to California for weddings later this year. I've been looking for months and prices have just been through the roof, but we managed to get some pretty good deals in the last few days for the July and September weddings. Still looking for tix for the November wedding, but we'll get there. I don't want to think anymore about how much we're spending just on flights this year :P Can't wait to see everyone in a few weeks though!

We have GOT to stop buying toys

So, yeah, we budgeted for it and all but we're a weeeee bit over the estimate and, seriously, we just have to stop now. No Christmas presents, birthday presents, or extra trips this year cuz they're all rolled up into this baby: the 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 600.

This replaces the Honda CBR F4i that W. sold before we left California. The GSX-R is a better fitting bike for him (he can put his feet flat on the ground with this model whereas he was on tip-toes on the F4i) and it's a pretty sweet ride. We plan on making more trips into Boston now that we don't have to worry so much about parking.

Our first destination on our first ride? I surprised W. with the Jamba Juice I learned about on the Boston University campus! You should have seen his face--I wish I had a picture of his enormously huge grin when I pointed out the Jamba sign :)

Happy Anniversary +5 days to Us!

Happy Second Anniversary to us! Well, a few days late but we were busy celebrating and all :) In keeping with our annual tradition of traveling to commemorate the date, we drove up to North Conway, New Hampshire for a little hiking and sightseeing. A little lower-key than last year's Alaska trip, but still a great getaway.

We stayed at a cute B&B called The Cabernet Inn that served the most amazing breakfasts (can we say honey walnut stuffed french toast?). The innkeepers pointed us towards a couple of interesting hikes, and all these pics are from one of them called Arethusa Falls. I managed not to get eaten alive by bugs after a healthy dose of Off. That's one thing about moving back East that I'm not looking forward to--bug season. I wonder why there aren't really any mosquitos in California? That alone might be reason enough to get me to move back West!

We also drove up the Mount Washington Auto Road, which I did as a kid with my parents but I don't remember at all. Kind of funny to go back with my husband :) The highest recorded wind speed in the world was recorded at the summit of the mountain years ago--231mph!

The only other major activity of the weekend was a little outlet shopping, haha! Oh, and we had some surprisingly delicious meals too. One place called Delaney's Hole in the Wall (which wasn't a hole in the wall at all) had a seafood linguine alfredo--the giant scallops, lobster pieces, and shrimp were amazing. Ah, East coast seafood...OK, maybe we'll stay here a little longer ;)