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Cape Cod Part 2

Modge's view outside of her studio building

After the beach on Orleans, we drove up to Wellfleet. Modge has a studio space there.



Of course Sara just had to go into the marsh.



Then we went to a beach in Wellfleet with dunes. This was actually near the end of the dunes. Modge made a wrong turn and we ended up here instead of the larger ones.

After that we went back to Modge's house for dinner with her parents. Modge's dad is a clammer so we had a TON of steamers, along with swordfish, corn and vegetables. They grew all of their vegetables in their yard. It was a very good dinner.

I wish we stayed a bit longer, but it wasn't meant to be. I can see myself here for a a week just exploring and really taking some good scenic photographs, but I had no time at all for that. I also would have liked to visit Provincetown (it looks a bit like Booty Bay in WoW!) but again, not enough time to drive up. I am so making Cape Cod a yearly visit. Thanks Modge!

Cape Cod

07.13.07 - 07.15.07
Cape Cod, MA



Went to Cape Cod this weekend with Colleen, Ashley and Sara to visit Erika. We hit the worst traffic ever on the drive up. What should have been a 5 1/2 hour-6 hour drive ended up being like 9 HOURS. We left my house at 11AM and didn't get there till 8PM. It was the worst, but didn't seem like that long because we were all having fun (I think). It didn't feel like 9 hours to me. I've definitely had worst rides going up to Alfred.



Modge made us pancakes on her piece of land (it's not really a fenced in yard per say...). Her house is actually behind us in the above shot. That barn thing you see in the back is where her brother is living and where she is moving into next month.

After breakfast we went to the beach in Orleans (the town she lives in). We went to the private beach where only residents of Orleans can go. VIP!



Of course we couldn't help but do anything but lay in the sand! Silly artists.


Sawah the Mermaid


Modge being...Modge



I can't actually swim, so yeah. That's me going to splash in the water.



Ashley and Sara did though.



The girls also decided to do handstands. Visit here to see it.

Part two: We go to visit Modge's studio in Wellfleet. Post to follow.

Sara Weekend Update 4/7

On Saturday night, the Isles played at the bookstore (i.e. Union Hall) in Park Slope so we(Liz, Tina, Sara, Ashley) all went to see them play. I call it a bookstore because they entire front side of the bar is set up to look like some rich person's library and the first time I went I mistaken it for a bookstore. They have 2 bocce ball courts in the bar. I'm not even going to start on that.

I drove there and drove through Carroll Gardens to get to Park Slope. If I were to move out and stay in Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens would be my number one followed closely by Park Slope. But alas, the median rent in these 2 neighborhoods are higher than the Lower East Side. WTF. GG non native hipsters and yuppies.

I'm walking to the bar and a few people come out and one of them says "there's like 4 tables in the entire place" obviously annoyed at the bookstore set up. I laughed to myself.

I was the first one there. I shouldn't have went so early. I went in and couldn't find anyone from the Isles either so I went up to the bar. All of a sudden Andrew (Tina boyfriend) comes up behind me. So I got a Stella and sat with him and 2 other guys that lived in their house (but not in the band). FYI the Isles is the band [Tina boyfriend Andrew] is in.

Talk about AWKWARD. After the initial "how are you" and crap like that, dead silence. We were all kinda sitting in a row so it was hard for 4 people to talk, but anyway [pre-judgment or dudes aren't interested in talking to other dudes]. Good thing Liz and Tina came not too long later. Park Slope girls are were it's at, son!

The other parts of the weekend was pleasant. We sat at Joe for a while. Then Sara never gave me back my perk card and now it's in Potsdam. Dammit, we logged like 6 drinks onto that card too.

Sara, Ash, Liz and I also chipped in for a canvas for the Art Gotham show and created the piece during lunch eating Japanese and finished it at Joe.

Sadly, we never made it to the dessert bar. Instead, we ate at a vegetarian place called Kate's Joint in Alphabet city (Friday night). It was one of the worst dining experiences I've had in recent memory. Not because it was vegetarian and I like my meat, but because the "20 minute" wait was more or less 1.5 hours. And the food wasn't that great. It's not a place I'd go back to.

Elf in the City

Visiting New York this weekend is the one, Sara Lynch, continuing the trend set two weeks ago by Leenie, Nina, and Modge followed last week by Trommler and Rosemary.

Photos and words to follow, along with more ChikaLicious.

You know it.