melted smoosh

  1) The Temptations. whenever I hear Motown music, it immediately transports me back to college days, listening to the crooning melodies and tight harmonies while driving around in Nick's hearse (yes, he drove a hearse -- it's a long story, but it's not as weird as it sounds). last November I opened up an email from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to find that The Temptations, including one member of the original band, are still touring and they were coming to Pittsburgh in the spring for one show only! I conspired with our friends to plan another double date, just like we did for Seinfeld last year, and gave Nick the tickets for Christmas. however, we realized shortly afterwards that we had a conflict with the performance date. I offered up the tickets for resale to different friends and in various local Facebook groups, with no takers, so I assumed we would just be out the money for the tickets in addition to missing the show (salt in the wound for sure!). then, just a few...

{read part 1 here } picking up the blogging torch to continue the recap from the Caribbean cruise Greta and I took in March! day three of our cruise was spent entirely at sea. after a late night due to the man overboard prank, we slept in luxuriously late and finally made our way to the breakfast buffet a little after 10 AM. eating on the deck of a cruise ship, overlooking the ocean, is one of my absolute favourite things (and I count myself very blessed to have been able to experience it on three cruises to date!).  somebody pinch me after breakfast we alternated between swimming in the outdoor pool and relaxing on the pool deck, then went back to the room to chill for a bit. Greta was content to hang out on our balcony while I went to go check out the adults-only pool. it was quite crowded and not exactly the serene vibe I was craving to read my book, so after fifteen minutes or so, I came back to the room and joined Greta on the balcony. we both ended up taking a mid-afternoon n...