L O S T

there is a reason i will be sad tonight when lost is over

it is because of all the things i will miss

the dharma food labels

the numbered rabbits

the mysteries

the neverending amount of online chatter that keeps me occupied at work between calls, check out slate or lostpedia

me & tom will be at the dharma station rabbit hole tonight watching and unlike everyone else i'm not that worried about if all the questions are answered, because frankly, when in life does that happen?

Graduation and the recipe for the perfect clambake

So first of all, I graduated! So here's some traditional cap & gown photos (Tom, his mom and my sisters were there too, but I looked funny in those pictures. So last week was sort of non-stop partying, with graduation Thursday night, my friends over Saturday and my family (most of the cousins and all) over on Monday.

With all that I think I was able to come up with the recipe for the perfect clambake.

First rent Elvis' movie clambake-it's kind of horribly cheesy which is great, but watch out, you'll get the song stuck in your head forever, just click on the link below to check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk8vgSdLrwQ

Then invite over some awesome people, here are just a few of mine for example:

 

Then comes the hard part, the cooking, I grabbed a recipe from here. And tweaked it a little.  You want to leave out the seaweed since you don't end up eating it, but don't that's what adds the flavor!

graduation

It only took 

9 years (off and on)

5 colleges (CGCC, NAU, MCC, NMSU, ASU)

2 majors

and around $25,000 (?) of my money, my parent's money, student loans and Express Script's money (thank you tuition reimbursement) 

but I am finally graduating (summa cum laude I might add) in 2, count 'em 2, days!

If anyone wants to come Thursday night that's where I'll be.  OR if you want to come celebrate, that's Saturday night . . . my place, clambake, swimming, retro movies, it will be great.

check out this disco dress

Much thanks to Tara for lending me this little number on Friday night.  We went out to Sticky Fingers but not many people were dressed up all the glamorous, but we were!

Best Pizza in America?

So did you know the pizza place named best in America is right in Phoenix? I just heard about it a month or so ago (I'm a little out of the loop on this I guess). 
Pizzaria Bianco

It looks good and not too pricey, but supposedly you have to wait 3 hours to get a table.  Is anyone down for trying to get a table on a weeknight sometime? It opens at 5pm, so maybe we show up around 4pm and take turns waiting in line and heading across the street to the Rose & Crown?

Things to do this week & end

Thursday 04/29/10
            Dining out for Life Phoenix-

"Save the date and your appetite for Thursday, April 29th! Many of the city's most fabulous restaurants are participating in Dining Out for Life 2010, and will donate 25%, 50% or 100% of their proceeds to Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS."
Check out a list of resturants here 

                The opening of Found, a new vintage & design shop "Mark you calendars for our GRAND OPENING of our new venture...Thursday, April 29th from 6-9.The store is full of FOUND objects, Vintage finds, Furniture, Bedding and DESIGN inspiration. We will offer discounts to the trade as well as a design menu for those of you ready to tackle a design project!"

Friday 04/30/10
           Conan O'Brien-

Does anyone want to buy me tickets to this? I want to go! But I don't want to pay :)

           Sticky Fingers 10:00pm, cover if you show up after 11.  A launch party for a new dance night, you're supposed to dress glamorously, I might have to do this


Saturday 05/01/10
          David Sedaris

This is sold out, so it's just a teaser, I wish I was going, he's very funny

And all weekend long:
AZ Tattoo Expo- but at $20 a ticket I might just save my pennies for another tattoo instead!

Sales, Swaps & Stuff to do this weekend

So this one is courtesy of Tom, he went last year and was so excited to get shoes for like 1/2 off (the man goes through a lot of shoes!)  Click here for directions, it's not at the store, it's in a big warehouse.
                                                                                                                                        

Then there is Coffee, Cookies & Crafts " a celebration of independent art & crafts in Phoenix, Arizona."
                                                                                                                                        
And last but not least the Spring Clean out Frock Swap
"Come one and all and be prepared to strip down and Frock up! Bring anything and everything that no longer makes you feel fabulous to wear. If it's been in your closet and you haven't worn it in over a year, that's what I'm talking about!
All shapes and sizes welcome, and friends are more than welcome, just no boys please, even if they are gay, sorry.
Also all non frock items are welcome. Remember your crap is someone else's treasure. So that fondue pot you never use or those throw pillows you've bought too many of and now you can't even fit your ass on your couch, are all fair game!
The more you bring the better the swap.
I will load up Eric's truck and take all left overs to The Arc afterward so no worries on having to lug stuff away that you don't want.
Please bring a snacky snack type food to share as swapping is serious and we don't want anyone famishing out on my living room floor in the middle of a Frock-Off!"

This is at my friend Tara's house, so if you want to come call me or send me an email and you can be my guest!
                                                                                                                                       
And this is not something to do as much as something to buy . . .but if you are a pescatarian like me, you love to eat fish but feel bad about them being farmed.  Here is a good solution, my friend Margot and her family go to Alaska each year, catch their own wild salmon and then smoke it right there.

You can check out her catalog here.