Thought I should update you all about my weekend. I went home with one of the good friends that I've made in college - Ryan. He's an engineer as well, and from a town not too far north of where I live. In fact, I usually ride with him whenever I visit my family.
Anyway, he has a friend who was looking for a prom date and lamented to him who in turn passed the message to me. In an explanation to the larger "Why?" of why I went to visit Ryan, he introduced me via text message to his friend Elaine and this was the weekend we were actually supposed to meet. So we arranged a couple of things, got some friends together and got some plans, so when he and I went up to hang out for the weekend, there was already an entourage and a fun evening waiting on us.
The whole company - some fluctuating half dozen or so of us - went out bowling on Friday night, then went out to eat at Red Robin, a restaurant I am clearly too 'sheltered' (cough cough) to have never eat at before. I'll admit that the food was good though! We went walking about together afterward, talked and went on until it was time for us to go home.
After we left, Ryan took me and his girlfriend back to his place to watch Gran Torino, a film I've been meaning to see for a long time. The language was coarse, but appropriate, and the story was riveting. One of the best movies I've gotten to see in quite a while. Ryan and his girlfriend also enjoyed it, and enjoyed their time together next to their un-phased third wheel. After the movie, Ryan took her home and we got ready for bed.
I like Ryan's place. Like most of friend's homes, it has that delightful sort of disorderly hospitality where you know the guest bed will be big enough to support three people and among the comfiest and warmest things you've been subject to in the past few months, and you know that you will be the most exciting thing that has happened in their pets' lives ever. I admit that I sort of wonder if I still smell like his dogs or not, but am not worried.
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| Photos of Bridge Street |
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| Sorry, not my original work this time! But still a good photo representation |
So, Bridge Street is a delightful, new, European-styled town centre that came to the area a few years back. It's essentially a kind of outdoor shopping mall, and they've built a lake around it with bridges in the Venetian style and cobbled the streets. It's on the new money end of town, I admit, which I have always liked for its great sense of light and fun. On Bridge Street, there are all kinds of fancy to simple restaurants, a yogurt bar, a chocolate shop, clothing stores, a couple vanity shops, some fun interest and peculiarity shops, an Apple Store, an outfitter, and a Barnes and Noble, as well as three different fountains, all kinds of trees and plants and flowers, a huge Westin hotel, and a handful of gondolas imported from Venice, Italy herself (as well as genuine Venetian gondoliers, rumor has it) (because frankly, I don't believe the State of Italy would acquiesce to anyone else guiding these boats) (and I can admit to knowing at least a thing or two about Italians XD).
It's really quite impressive, has it's own nice little ambiance to it that I kind of like, and it's consequentially the best sort of place for a nice friendly outing, which I took Elaine on Saturday.
I won't bore you with too many details, but we chatted and had lunch before going there, then spent the day about checking out stores and the little world of Bridge Street. We daringly invaded the Westin hotel in our day clothes and checked out all its finer points, then had frozen yogurt at the Peach Tree. We listened to the street performers play songs we knew and just talked, finishing off by heading over to stick our noses in books for a few hours at Barnes and Noble and then met my family at the dollar cinema that we like. We saw the new Muppets movie (rather adorable film, by the way - I recommend it for anyone) and then parted ways. I went back to my house with my family and spent the rest of the weekend there.
I had a really enjoyable time and Elaine said that she did as well. After talking to Ryan, he assured me that I'm going to have to be the one to ask her to her prom if I do finally decide that I would be available and able to be her date. Considering the fact that it's not my prom, it is one of the few times when I feel as though it's not exactly my right to ask her (even though I generally always have the opinion that it is better for the guy to ask), but according to him, she'll be too shy otherwise. I think I'll wait until tomorrow, so that she can get into the swing of things again. Whatever happens, I hope that she has a really good prom.
That's all for now, I suppose. Stay tuned this week for more exciting adventures of my life!
PS: I know it's a little late, but I'm starting tonight to read the Bible in a year. I did it once when I was younger and couldn't appreciate the finer points, so I want to do it again and study into it better this time. I'll have to double up to catch up, but it shouldn't be too much of an issue =] I love reading God's Word anyway
I'm Jonathon, and this is my life.
Photos: http://www.spacecamp.com/vacationplanner/node/54
http://cathylwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/shopping-3/bridge-street-004/
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