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dancerjodiWe had a nice anniversary weekend with a good mix of things.
On Friday we finished up my Commander Cody http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4506422343/ and brought some things out to Bob for Boston Comicon. We wouldn't be there until Sunday and had a good deal of the garrison stuff for the table.
Saturday was our anniversary, and we took the day to wander and spend time together. After a yummy brunch at the Woburn http://www.masarestaurant.com/ , we headed north to Ipswich. We haven't been to http://www.wolfhollowipswich.org/ for quite a while and our first (and only) trip was in the dead of summer, where the wolves weren't feeling very chatty. The weather on Saturday was perfect, with sun but cool and windy air. The presentation is quite serious about how man has caused such damage to this poor animal, but it is quite inspiring and just awesome to see such amazing and large creatures up close http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4513029682/ .
From there we headed to poke around both locations of the http://www.whiteelephantshop.com/ , where I found a very neat plate for $3.15 that if it isn't Charles Rennie MacIntosh, is so inspired http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4512391663/. We still had some daylight hours left, and so we headed to explore Crane Beach http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/northeast-ma/crane-beach-on-the-crane.html for a while. Why I have not been to this beautiful place before I cannot tell you http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4513033618/ , because it is such peace and diversity in surroundings (water, sand, trees grass). We spent some time wandering around and snacked on bread, cheese and fruit in the car to get out of the biting wind.
It's been a long time since Brian and I have gone to http://putnampantry.com/, so we headed to Danvers next to partake in the smorgasbord http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4512391259/. To give some time to digest a bit from our beach picnic we drove there via Beverly, where we walked a bit more and I was finally able to check out Neith's parents store http://www.facebook.com/pages/Casa-de-Moda-Gifts-Etc-of-Beverly/107416926806 . After ice cream, though it was still pretty early, so we decided to finally catch Tim Burton's Alice and Wonderland. Though it wasn't life changing, I enjoyed the prettiness of the movie and was glad to see it on the big screen.
Yesterday was Commander Jodi's debut at http://www.bostoncomiccon.com/ at the Westin Waterfront. Though we had a small showing I think we did very well; we talked with a lot of folks, brought a lot of smiles to people's faces and raised $160 for the Make a Wish Foundation. This convention has been around for quite a while but this was their first year in a larger venue with higher-profile guests. I'm excited to see where it goes from here, because it seemed successful (they were turning people away from the door on Saturday, filled to legal capacity).
What a weekend! It makes it a bit easier to return to the normal grind on Monday morning having done so much. :)
On Friday we finished up my Commander Cody http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4506422343/ and brought some things out to Bob for Boston Comicon. We wouldn't be there until Sunday and had a good deal of the garrison stuff for the table.
Saturday was our anniversary, and we took the day to wander and spend time together. After a yummy brunch at the Woburn http://www.masarestaurant.com/ , we headed north to Ipswich. We haven't been to http://www.wolfhollowipswich.org/ for quite a while and our first (and only) trip was in the dead of summer, where the wolves weren't feeling very chatty. The weather on Saturday was perfect, with sun but cool and windy air. The presentation is quite serious about how man has caused such damage to this poor animal, but it is quite inspiring and just awesome to see such amazing and large creatures up close http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4513029682/ .
From there we headed to poke around both locations of the http://www.whiteelephantshop.com/ , where I found a very neat plate for $3.15 that if it isn't Charles Rennie MacIntosh, is so inspired http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4512391663/. We still had some daylight hours left, and so we headed to explore Crane Beach http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/northeast-ma/crane-beach-on-the-crane.html for a while. Why I have not been to this beautiful place before I cannot tell you http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4513033618/ , because it is such peace and diversity in surroundings (water, sand, trees grass). We spent some time wandering around and snacked on bread, cheese and fruit in the car to get out of the biting wind.
It's been a long time since Brian and I have gone to http://putnampantry.com/, so we headed to Danvers next to partake in the smorgasbord http://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/4512391259/. To give some time to digest a bit from our beach picnic we drove there via Beverly, where we walked a bit more and I was finally able to check out Neith's parents store http://www.facebook.com/pages/Casa-de-Moda-Gifts-Etc-of-Beverly/107416926806 . After ice cream, though it was still pretty early, so we decided to finally catch Tim Burton's Alice and Wonderland. Though it wasn't life changing, I enjoyed the prettiness of the movie and was glad to see it on the big screen.
Yesterday was Commander Jodi's debut at http://www.bostoncomiccon.com/ at the Westin Waterfront. Though we had a small showing I think we did very well; we talked with a lot of folks, brought a lot of smiles to people's faces and raised $160 for the Make a Wish Foundation. This convention has been around for quite a while but this was their first year in a larger venue with higher-profile guests. I'm excited to see where it goes from here, because it seemed successful (they were turning people away from the door on Saturday, filled to legal capacity).
What a weekend! It makes it a bit easier to return to the normal grind on Monday morning having done so much. :)
