Libby, Amy, and I went to see the Paw Sox last Thursday evening. It was free baseball cap day, so we made sure to get there early so we could get free caps – thanks Rhode Island Lottery and WEEI! While the Paw Sox didn’t win (hardly – they lost 9 or 10 to 1), the game itself was a blast! Some photos:
Megan and Amy each pose with Sox, the female Paw Sox mascot (yes, there are two).
Me, lurking behind Paws, while he was signing little kids’ programs. Yes, I’m a dork.
My wiffy and our great friend!
Me and Paws. I swear, I didn’t shove any kids aside to get this photo. At least, not too viciously.
Playing with the tilt-shift function on my camera – made the field look pretty cool! And yes, our seats were great – right behind home plate.
Amy and I had such a great time at the game that we decided to base our summer vacation partly on seeing minor league baseball games. The other part? Based on my 40 in 40 list… but you’ll have to wait until the vacation is done for me to tell you what fun things we’re planning on doing!
In my last post, I hinted at something else on my 40 in 40 list that Libby, Jen, Amy, and I had done on our first (annual?) L-JAM Adventure Day. We went candlepin bowling at Lanes & Games in Cambridge.
As a twist, we decided to bowl in skirts. Which meant we needed to buy skirts. Which meant a trip to Goodwill after lunch and before the graveyard adventure. Behold the shopping. (Amy does not like wearing skirts.)
And behold all of us in skirts (looking reasonably happy, even though none of us are really skirt-wearers.) (Aside: Amy coaches outside. Can you tell? The rest of us are pretty pasty white, but she’s looking all tanned.)
And behold some action shots of us bowling/posing.
Amy (l) and Libby (r) bowl
Jen (l) and Megan (r) pose
I LOVE candlepin bowling – it’s significantly more fun to me than ten-pin bowling, and not just because you get three shots on each frame. There’s something about the small ball, the shape of the pins, and the fact that between shots the deadwood isn’t swept away. That can really help, but it can also hurt. So hooray for candlepin bowling! I suspect I’ll go more than once this year…
On Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, I had FIVE adventures with Libby, Jen, and Amy, which we dubbed the L-JAM Adventure Day. We voted on what we wanted to do after throwing about 20 ideas out there, and the top 5 won. On the list? Flying a kite in Boston Common!
At first I was unsuccessful with the rainbow-colored stunt kite. Perhaps we were making things too hard with that one. Amy and Jen didn’t have any success with it either, although I’m attributing that about 99% to user error…
But then I had success with Spiderman! Spidey always saves the day! And really, there is nothing like flying a $5 kite on a beautiful summer day.
Other things we did that day include hopscotch and jump rope, eating food we’d never tried before (in this case, pork bellies and grilled pineapple, both of which are totally on my “eat again” list), doing some exploring in a graveyard and finding good epitaphs, and something I’ll blog about later, because it is also on my list of 40 things to do in my 40th year!
Maggie and Otter have had the best weekend with Jen being here.
That blissful, expectant look on his face? Happens every time she walks into our house. (Which she slipped and called “home” the other day….. as in, HER home. I’m just saying.)
There are a lot of us – human and canine alike – who would be thrilled if she were to make Boston her home. 
Nearly complete but for KE…
When Jen walked in, Maggie gave the wiggly squeal, and Otter just went nuts. Have I mentioned how much these dogs love Jen? Did I mention that they’re in good company? (As in: Amy and I love her tons too!)
Much to be thankful for tonight.
40 in 40, friends, general | Megan 07/13/2010 | 
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