une petite histoire: le beaujolais nouveau est arrive

wednesday, november 14th. how odd for it to be mid-november, yet 77 degrees outside. it's a lovely day, i'm not sure why i'm spending it indoors. other than the fact that i suppose there's not a whole lot to do outdoors.

i already took garner for a walk, after a small battle involving a rawhide, snarls, and great amounts of frustration. no more rawhide for garner, he turns into mr. hyde. ha ha, rawhide, mr. hyde...

work yesterday was fantastic. again, the three days off previous were perfect. having three days off gives me time to actually miss work, and want to be there, amidst the drama and the laughter, and everything else. i do wish i was off tomorrow, however because...

1) BEAUJOLIAS NOUVEAU PARTY! Gervais and Vine, a wine and tapas bar located in the Vista and a restaurant in the same company as mine is having a Beaujolais Nouveau party tomorrow night, the same night that "Vista Lights" begins. i am slightly obsessed with beaujolais nouveau after mom buying some and cracking it open around thanksgiving a few years ago. to me, beaujolais nouveau represents quite a few things i love: wine, thanksgiving (FOOD), family, and france. so basically, IF i had off tomorrow, or even IF i just got off a little earlier than usual tomorrow, i could go see pretty twinkle lights on Gervais St., drink my special frenchie wine, eat scrumptious frenchie food, be my little frenchie self, even here in the south of...not france, and have fun fun fun.

2) Mackenzie Eddy singing SOLO, also part of the Vista Lights celebration. She's one of about three people I still sort of keep in touch with from high school and she's one of the most incredible singers you'll ever hear in your life and she's performing tomorrow in front of what could become a very large and diverse crowd. i try to sort of keep up with what she's up to, if only to be able to say, 'i knew her when...' but also because she's soooo freaking talented, it's exciting to see where she's headed. i know she was singing as part of a band for a while, but apparently she's doing something toute seule tomorrow. i would love to see her.

BUT alas, i am working. and honestly, if we are kinda slow, which we very well may be, seeing as all the excitement seems to be happening downtown, i can hopefully make it down at some point. there are so few things here that do seem legitimately cool, i like to take part in them. the whig dance parties, cocktails at goatfeathers with fun people, wine tastings, vista lights and beaujolais nouveau parties all fall under the 'legitimately cool' category.