viper room

last night we went to the viper room to watch a few bands play, including a friend of shawn's. we didn't stay very long but got to see this band called pillbox which was pretty good. but the music was SOOOO loud and the treble turned up so high that it hurt. i had my fingers lodged in my ears the whole time until some long-haired guy walked up to me and said "newbie?" and i nodded and he produced two pink pill-like objects from his pocket.

shawn and i reached for the pills at the same time. shawn told me later that he thought the guy was handing me drugs and he was trying to stop it. but as i reached for the pills, i noticed they were only earplugs!

hah! what a godsend!! i actually enjoyed the music much better with the earplugs in. but does that make me officially an old fogey? especially since i couldn't wait to get home and change into my pj's.

i think it's official.

although, we did do some dancing at the viper room and then went to the hustler store where shawn and i laughed at all the porn like teenagers. maybe there's some kid left in both of us.

best weekend of all time

the master bedroom in the vineyard house
there's a shawn in that bed

the first time we all had wine grapes right off the vine and they taste sour and gross!
a view of the vineyard house
shawn and dave, who was the best, most polite person i've ever met. so what did shawn do later that afternoon? open the door to the bathroom when dave was doing a #2 (because he thought gross would be in there)
that's gross, shawn, and dave (from l-r), discussing logistics before the show. at the time, only 350 seats were out. later on that night, they had increased it o 450 and nearly 500 people showed up. it was a great night.
shawn looking very important as he surveys the scene.
one of the gorgeous views from our bedroom overlooking the winery.
a beautiful master tub right in the bedroom. we would've taken a bath but there was no time. those french doors opened up to a private wraparound deck right outside our bedroom where shawn spent a lot of time looking out at the stars.
the view from the backyard of the vineyard house.

the stoney looking path to the right is actually a huge waterfall. in the pond were 2 swans chilling out. the tent area is where the show was held.

another pic of our bedroom.
and another.
and another
and another
and there's shawn again

weekend at the vineyard

we're driving out here tomorrow http://www.lealvineyards.com/events/index.html and i'm so excited. comedy, a d.j., bbq sandwiches, and all at a vineyard!

whatever happens, it's just got to be better than vegas.

speaking of which, i've got a plantar wart under foot that is so deep, i've been through months and months of treatment (though on and off) and it's STILL there. i'm officially diseased and contagious.

read through book 6 & 7 of the harry potter series last weekend. i absolutely LIVED those books; it hardly felt like reading, more like watching page after page of scenes. and i couldn't get through each page fast enough. i was selfish, greedy, and completely lost in those books . . . and now it's over and it wasn't until my last 200 pages in book 7 that i realized i would never ever read another new harry potter book ever again. but i was so wrapped up in the story, i couldn't slow down and pace myself. i HAD to know what happened. so i gobbled up both books whole. and now . . . so sad to say, it's over.

called khamphy and mom today. sort of miss going over to k's for some of her spring rolls. she'd invite so many people over, it was always standing room only around the dining room table and each man for himself.