Caught an afternoon flight back home, and zonked out on the couch for the evening. The past few days have been a flurry of activity. I’ve got a mountain of pics to post, which I’ll get to as soon as I can catch my breath. In the meanwhile, I’ve gone back and posted up just…
We ended up calling a cab after everyone cleared out, and waited out front. We spotted a guy with his light on (a rare thing in Columbus, let me tell you) and hopped in his cab. The guy was a bit… strange. He kept talking about having some special wires to make the music better,…
After the reading, I ended up ditching out on Matt and Juliet. They were going to have dinner with their families, and part of me felt a little weird going with (and another part of me wanted to run off with my other grad school friends). Since I hadn’t seen so many of them in…
The Thurber House, where the awards ceremony will take place. Guess this is the right place! I peeked inside the room to snap a shot of the podium/seats. Since we were early, I poked around outside a bit. Found a walkway around to the side of the building, along with some enclosed benches. What a…
Matt’s parents were kind enough to drive me back out (way out) to the Jo-Ann’s Fabric store, to recover my wallet. When I showed up, the woman I spoke to called someone in back, and a guy showed up with my wallet (and this piece of paper tucked in front of the bills). He handed…
High street, OSU campus. This is what I remember of Columbus, during the fall/winter. Overcast skies, a kind of blanket grey that droops over the rooftops, and the sun nowhere to be found. Today, I walked around OSU a bit with Matt’s parents, Jill and Ian. In particular, they were checking out the Student Union…
For dinner, we went to a place in the Short North called Northstar Cafe. On Matt and Juliet’s recommendation, I ordered the veggie burger, and HOLY CRAP was it good. I’ve never had a veggie burger like this before – ever. The comb of beets and beans and rice made it, I swear to Christ,…
After the conservatory, Matt’s family went to go take a nap and the three of us headed out on some errands. Big dorkus malorkus that I am, I ended up taking a picture of the Jo-Ann Fabrics we visited. As it turns out, I ended up leaving my wallet on the counter at this store…
After lunch, all of us took our very full selves over to the Franklin Park Conservatory. On walking in to get tickets, the entryway looks down on some beautiful Chihuly pieces. Taking a picture of the “Sausage Tree” made me feel kinda dirty. That’s right. I have the mind of a 12 year old. Me…
I’m in town for a few days to help Matt and Juliet celebrate their awesomeness. Both of them have won the Columbus Literary Award; Juliet for Fiction, and Matt for Poetry. I really don’t know how much cooler this can get. Seriously. While I was getting my MFA, Juliet was in my class and Matt…
When I got back home, I went to go talk to my upstairs neighbor, Lee. He had left me a note, asking if I could help out with a computer he had brought home from work. I got his note maybe two days ago. Yesterday, I was out and about more than I anticipated, and…
Headed over to Holly’s place this morning, a little after 8:30 AM. I met up with her roommate Art, and we proceeded to chat a little while. As we waited for Holly to get back with the truck, I took a quick peek around the apartment, and snapped a few shots. This one is of…
I had forgotten that Rob was participating in an Open House today. After work, I headed over to Justin’s, as we planned to meet up with Gretchen, grab a drink, and hang out with Rob in his studio. I stopped by Michelle’s to see what she was up to, and she ended up joining us…
After the films, Chris and I headed back to the office to catch the final innings of the White Sox/Red Sox game. We pulled up some chairs in Deb’s office, and turned on the TV. Kashif and Justin joined us, as we all broke out some chips and cups of Captain Crunch cereal. Chris, up…
After attending Resfest last night, I was even more excited to attend today’s screening. Not only did Rey allow us to take time from the workday to attend, he also sported for the tickets. How fantastic is my job? Jane, checking out the displays. Chris, checking out a short film. Sadly, I wasn’t as taken…