Talk about a perfect summer's day!

Early in the afternoon I met an old friend at Grendel's in Harvard Square. We sat outside, talking, sipping & noshing. He surprised me with a birthday gift & card...REALLY surprised me, and that's no easy thing to do LOL! We walked around the Square for a bit and then had lunch at John Harvard's Brew House. Hopefully, we'll be able to get together a few more times; he's here for a week on business.

Last night about 830, on a spur of the moment kind of thing (shocking, eh?), I met my friend Maureen up in Hampton Beach, a seaside town in NH. We walked the beach, at the water line, and just talked and talked. The waves were fierce; seems the ocean was uneasy last night. People were setting off fireworks here and there, and ... it was fantastic. Made me realize how much I miss the sea and that I need to get there more often. We had a late dinner of steamers & lobster bisque, with dippin' dots for dessert.

While walking the strip, Maureen told me she'd gotten her palm read there recently, so I decided to get mine done. Very interesting! A few things she said that were right on: I'd been married twice, had no kids, owned no property and, strangely, something about negative energy coming from some people in my life and that I wasn't successful in blocking this, in fact, I was absorbing it and that wasn't a good thing. Interesting...

The funniest part of the whole thing was the woman stopped the reading and said...you smell SO good! LOL! Essence of Snape, what can I say?

So how was your weekend?

oooh! interesting! sounds like a great night!

Someone really REALLY surprising you...how nice I love surprises! Essence of Snape....stops people in their tracks I am telling you!

sometimes its the "unplanned encounters" that are the nicest....sounds like a great weekend

I LOVE lobster bisque. Its been forever since I've had any. I think the last time was in New York at the Soup Nazi place.

Sounds like a lovely birthday.

Happy belated, honey!

Is "Essence of Snape" a little concoction you brewed yourself?! :)

mmmmm...lobster. I'm trying to find a way to get up to Maine for the Lobster Festival in the first week in August...
re: Scents...My daughter gets stopped wherever she goes (and even in the gym on the high bar and the beam by her coach) because she uses Lush (www.lush.com) products. I've never seen people react like they do when any of us is wearing lush!

I am having major cravings for fried clams! Major, major! Think I'll at least do lobster bisque for dinner.

That's funny! Is there really an essence of Snape?

two words: in-laws in-town

(okay, so i took some liberties there)(but OMG somebody come and save me! i can't take them for a minute longer... the comments stating the obvious, the neverending need to have the news on tv, the mispronounciations, help me!)

She was right on, but I think you have removed some of the negative people. I hope I'm not one still in there! :(