river's edge

after bob witnessed the brilliance of North Shore for the first time, he suggested i netflix River's Edge, the 80s film starring keanu reeves, crispin glover, dennis hopper and that super creepy looking kid brother from Teen Witch. two days later, River's Edge arrives in my mailbox nestled in that red envelope that without fail, always makes my heart beat with excitement.

thursday night, after a most impressive display of heavy riffs from father phoenix and modey lemon at the rad diy artspace- the borg ward, a few drinks were had at the best neighborhood bar in town and the (slumber)party was removed to my house for a viewing of this river's edge.

[note: because mike says i filter out all the non-epic stuff in this blog of mine, i will reveal just for him, that a messy run in with the ex was had in which my most amazing friend sarah threw down for. the run in, while slightly embarrassing mostly for dude, proved that it is no mere coincidence that my life has drastically improved since. to end this thought, i will reiterate that this here blog is as the title so aptly suggests, for the epic. the few and far between unepicness need not apply.]

back to the film - obviously fantastic.

sleep finally rolled around sometime when the sun crept up and some hours later, a lovely lunch was had at hooligans to welcome and celebrate adam and annie, into milwaukee and into this world.

i walked off lunch with brett and peanut, coincidentally, down by the river's edge, where the last time i did the same walk, snow was packed a couple feet high all around and peanut got stuck in the nearly frozen river during her pursuit of geese. here is a before and after:

friday was filled with nikki time including a most entertaining walk to the frolics fair/parade down by the lake where we contemplated matching fake tattoos, later consumed some veggie dogs and fried cheese curds (a first for me!), met up with mike and jon to stand on a corner so as to decide the next plan of action but instead were carried away by the usual ridiculous banter that often ensues when mike is present... and finally a stop by the hi hat where trees grow freely indoors, bad music is always aplenty and too many of our friends just 'happened' to all be since our dear friend sarah was working.

the weekend sauntered on at a lovely pace, with the perfect balance of party, friends, alone time, nature and entertainment.

adam and annie's birthday bash proved to be worth all the hype with all the grilling, swimming, playing of frisbee, fireworks, story telling and eating of chocolate cake that took place.

i was too busy enjoying myself to document the fun that was had but below are some enjoyable pre-pool moments.

while sunday was way more relaxed, in no way did it disappoint. i took a long and beautiful walk with my old pal kelly, stopped by comet for a tea and saw my friend star in a theater performance of one of my all time favorite love stories ever, pride and prejudice. i can only hope there is a mr. darcy and/or elizabeth out there for us all.