this template is getting old. i'm just sayin'.
had a fantastic weekend catching up with old friends. there's much to be said for how your friendships progress. deena & i have been friends for going on eight years now. we met shortly after i moved to raleigh. she pretty much told me that i'd be her friend & somehow that really happened. i don't regret it.
here we are eight years later & we have a wealth of good memories, challenging memories, growing memories & the like. her husband, philip, is better than we could have imagined to be her husband. the fit is simply right.
we arrived in boone around 9:30 PM friday night. spent much of the time gabbing & catching up. while jessica & stephen had already met eric, deena & philip hadn't yet had the opportunity. much grilling occurred; he seemed to pass muster. we headed to bed that evening, sleeping soundly until we were awakened by philip-the-chef (CIA-certified), fixing homemade whole wheat waffles with both blueberry compote & strawberry compote. absolute heaven in those compotes. who thought of the name compote, anyhow?
we took a multiple mile hike through the mountaineous region near their house, heading down to the new river. we had a couple of canine companions who joined us & our reward at the end was a much-depleted river that appeared to be a creek. we spent some time skipping rocks & being amused by the hound dogs who were splashing joyously through the water. we headed back to the house before heading into downtown boone.
several of our crew had never seen ASU's campus, so we toured through there before heading into downtown for some shopping & MAST GENERAL STORE. lunch was consumed at MACADO'S, the best college sandwich place ever. i used to love me some macado's back in college & i get it rarely.
after lunch we wandered through a street festival before heading out to BLOWING ROCK & MOSES CONE MEMORIAL PARK. 3600 acres of gorgeous mountain land, walking trails, horse trails, a lake & more mountain air than you could breathe in a century. so peaceful.
we ended the day by coming back for philip to actually grind his own hamburger meat. what? i can't lie, those were the best burgers i've ever had. there's something to be said for having a full-time chef around the place.
that evening we relaxed, sated & happy. we played games. we laughed. it's a shame it had to end on sunday when stephen, jess, eric & i returned to raleigh.
but at least it's an addition to the bank of memories.
had a fantastic weekend catching up with old friends. there's much to be said for how your friendships progress. deena & i have been friends for going on eight years now. we met shortly after i moved to raleigh. she pretty much told me that i'd be her friend & somehow that really happened. i don't regret it.
here we are eight years later & we have a wealth of good memories, challenging memories, growing memories & the like. her husband, philip, is better than we could have imagined to be her husband. the fit is simply right.
we arrived in boone around 9:30 PM friday night. spent much of the time gabbing & catching up. while jessica & stephen had already met eric, deena & philip hadn't yet had the opportunity. much grilling occurred; he seemed to pass muster. we headed to bed that evening, sleeping soundly until we were awakened by philip-the-chef (CIA-certified), fixing homemade whole wheat waffles with both blueberry compote & strawberry compote. absolute heaven in those compotes. who thought of the name compote, anyhow?
we took a multiple mile hike through the mountaineous region near their house, heading down to the new river. we had a couple of canine companions who joined us & our reward at the end was a much-depleted river that appeared to be a creek. we spent some time skipping rocks & being amused by the hound dogs who were splashing joyously through the water. we headed back to the house before heading into downtown boone.
several of our crew had never seen ASU's campus, so we toured through there before heading into downtown for some shopping & MAST GENERAL STORE. lunch was consumed at MACADO'S, the best college sandwich place ever. i used to love me some macado's back in college & i get it rarely.
after lunch we wandered through a street festival before heading out to BLOWING ROCK & MOSES CONE MEMORIAL PARK. 3600 acres of gorgeous mountain land, walking trails, horse trails, a lake & more mountain air than you could breathe in a century. so peaceful.
we ended the day by coming back for philip to actually grind his own hamburger meat. what? i can't lie, those were the best burgers i've ever had. there's something to be said for having a full-time chef around the place.
that evening we relaxed, sated & happy. we played games. we laughed. it's a shame it had to end on sunday when stephen, jess, eric & i returned to raleigh.
but at least it's an addition to the bank of memories.
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