Take advantage of more events in the city

Seeing as I just moved within the last 6months, I have been in exploration mode (on high!). I have taken advantage of many city events simply because of being new to the area. This place has SUCH a sense of community! I have been doing a lot from contemporary dance concerts to street festivals. Perhaps my favorite finds, however, have been outdoorsy stuff. I have fallen in love with the river! I’ve been doing a lot of hiking, trails, rock climbing, etc. Of course, now it is cold, so I will be back onto the art events until spring.

Last night I went downtown to the Java Monkey to hang out with an old, dear friend of mine that I haven’t seen in about 6 years. She was playing a show there, so we had some wine & coffee and then she played a gig. It was wonderful & we had a high time! I took my daughter so that she could enjoy some great music + meet my girlfriend. It was superb! Yesterday was the last day of summer, so it was cool jacket weather and many stars were out, the people were all in a gay mood and it was just the right thing to help fall roll in. :>

If all goes well this weekend (and nobody gets sick & I finish this paper I am working on), we’re going to go downtown to Art Center West Gallery to see Micah Cain & Katy McDougal’s pottery exhibit. Now to just get bookin’ in the books and try to write the last 5 pages of this paper… (Sometimes the sunshine is an enabler. ;>)

I was going to get started on this goal this weekend. My husband & I were going to take my daughter downtown to the botanical gardens for their kids garden. But last night my daughter had 103.6 fever. She’s down to 99 now, but we’re just going to take it easy and keep her rested with fluids. It probably wouldn’t be a good idea to be in water, let alone other kids. We had the best of intentions, though! Maybe next weekend…