overdue

long long ago, anthony & i got tickets to see a hockey game for christmas from his brother sal & his wife marichel. unfortunately, they couldn't make it, but star & david were more than willing to take their place. tampa bay lightning vs. the boston bruins.

we met down in ybor for (what else?) mema's tacos and took the trolley down to channelside:




every city needs more trolleys. or monorails.


hello grainy digital 2 megapixel camera.


our seats were awesome - last row, first section. we = red dot.


this is what i've learned is "hockey."


they had monster bags o' cotton candy! we entertained ourselves with beer, hitler-style moustaches and dippin' dots.


zambonis are always in style.

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continuing with the randomness:


this is hitachino white ale - isn't that bottle adorable? it's on my stove. perhaps make it into a vase? ever since that total wine store opened up, we've been adventurous lushes.


i bought the ladies of the girlfriend sweatshop fortune beans! open, water, give lots of love and a plant will grow with a magically lasered fortune!


a little sun, representing the "sun" of my love for it.


long life! i can't tell if it means long life for me, or long life for the plant. i (or my cat, thomas) normally kill plants within a matter of hours (poor, shrivelled husks of their former glorious selves) - this one has lived for weeks, weeks i say! perhaps the long life refers to us both. awww...


one of the only decent pictures to come out of chinese new year. that's my dad and older brother kevin washing dishes in the kitchen. i hail from a long line of families that keep the men in the kitchen (right, anthony?).


this, is a super tiny strip club on the way to anthony's practice space. seriously, i don't know if you can get an idea of how tiny it is, but it's smaller than a checker's fast food restaurant. two of me, arms stretched out, would be bigger than the front side. maybe they have a basement? also, those rounded things on the top light up, i believe. how is there room for more than 5 people? i mean, is there a bar? a stage?
weird.


this is the view i get from cute thomas. how can you resist that belly?!