friends project 365 (2009) shopping the family travel vacation

Day 349: Ol’ Greybeard

Tuesday brought much milling about and squirreling away. Pigeon Forge is lined with places you never want to go into but that you always end up buying shit at. Why? I don’t know. It’s some kind of universal law involving the eventual depletion of your checking account. Amber and I were sitting and waiting on the folks to meet us when my mom walked up to us. “Y’all!” mom started, then laughed. “I was going…

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friends project 365 (2009) the family vacation videos

Day 348: The Smokies

Pigeon Forge is so bizarre. There’s these big, big rolling hills in the distance, but to get there, you’ve got to crawl past mounds of kitsch draped in rope lights that make your eyes hurt. I don’t even know what the point of Pigeon Forge is. I just opened a new tab so I could read the wiki. Huh. FAMILY VACATION HUB Yes, okay. If you insist. Jeez, Pigeon Forge. Step the eff off, Pigeon…

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friends project 365 (2009)

Day 346: Party Photography

Amber flew into town (ANDBOYWEREHERARMSTIRED!) Saturday and we ran errands and had lunch (Abyssinia — her first encounter with Ethiopian food) and I left her at the house to grade papers and create a final while I scurried off to work. When I arrived home, she was feeling froggy so we hopped over to Leslie and Mark’s house for their holiday party. It’s always fun getting to parties late, because everyone’s usually schnockered and highly entertaining.…

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friends project 365 (2009)

Day 340: Depravity

I had some folks over to warm the new house up a bit, and Dave brought over a bag of liquid goodies for his latest Oh Dear God Why Taste Test. The twist this time is that several people got in on the bit for a little group tasting action. Awww yeah. Cue sexy eggnog-gulping music here. (I’ll link to his post once it’s up.) The insanity was upped when the fellas decided to combine…

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