An Afternoon With That Girl, The Palinode, And Some Wasps
Sunday, September 27, 2009 The Palinode and I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with That Girl on Saturday.
She's fabulous to take pictures of, but we were too busy eating incredibly satisfying bowls of food at the 13th Avenue Coffee House for me to take too many.
If you live in Regina, Saskatchewan, you should check the Coffeehouse out. If you're a meatatarian, don't let the vegetarian bent of the menu scare you off. My favourite thing on their menu is the Lucky Bowl, which is full of cucumbers, tomatoes, sprouts, brown rice, marinated tofu, and a zesty peanut sauce. They do things with tofu that make me want to rub its marinated goodness all over the inside of my body, which is what eating is anyway, I guess, but sexier.
The only problem is that the Coffeehouse is tiny inside, so we had to eat outside on the patio where a healthy community of wasps was trolling for food. Bastards. I was trying to play it cool, like I wasn't bothered by the aggressive, biting insects that were bouncing off us and our table, but that whole I'm-okay-with-the-wasps thing is just a huge act to cover up the fact that I want to run screaming down the street and take shelter indoors where nature can't fuck with my lunch. Bugs and wind and dust in the outside world wreck food. Outside is like a dipping bowl of gross.
Anyway, I lost my cool, which is pretty characteristic for me, so when I jumped up from the table to flee a wasp onslaught, I wasn't too embarrassed, but then a wasp flew right into the palm of my hand where I was still holding a set of chopsticks, and it turned out that I had even more cool to lose, because the feel of that wasp crawling around on the inside of my hand completely did me in, and I jerked my hand open, which resulted in me tossing the chopsticks all over the patio. Oh, I also whooped, which may have come off as more of a shriek. And then, later, this 20-something hipster chick offered to help me find the chopsticks I had so unceremoniously thrown around, and I felt like this weird kind of sexless, doddering person I used to swear I'd never be when I was a 20-something.
Except that I'm not that weird kind of sexless, doddering person, even if my 20-year high school reunion is coming up next June.
Although, I did say "Kids these days!" the other day, because everyone seems to be walking around in these shirts and dresses that accent unflattering potbellies. Are potbellies in these days?
Also, the fact that I browsed around a vintage shop after lunch and then went to a yarn store and bought yarn and double-pointed knitting needles does not make me that weird kind of sexless, doddering person. I still get laid, and I rarely dodder, for reals.
This poodle stool on wheels? Kind of sexless and doddering. Me? Not so much. Seriously.
Reader Comments (15)
what a fun day, she is gorgeous!
That stool is amazing, both a bit scary and a bit awesome. I can see it used as a photo on a note card.
Your shots are gorgeous!
You are absolutely NOT dottering and I kind of love that pink poodle on wheels. I'm not sure what that says about me. I love poodles! What can I say?
what a fun afternoon..
I've seen you dodder - though it is not your usual method of transportation ;) Sounds like fun. Do explain to me the difference between a "whoop" and a "shriek" - I think it's pitch, and the desire tomshove a sock in the shreiking person's maw. I'm just saying ;)
Ahh to have been a fly on the patio umbrella...
The Lucky Bowl is my usual, too. And I had lunch outside with my mom last week and we had to run fleeing inside due to all the wasps. Stupid wasps.
"Doddering". SUCH a great word. Must use soon.
1. Dear God you're fucking hilarious.
2. I have the same problem with wasps.
3. You are so not a sexless doddering woman.
4. Question: What were the orange cubes?
trinity67, that was That Girl's lunch, but I think the orange cubes were some kind of squash.
Does That Girl no longer blog?
Cecilieaux, yeah, she no longer has a weblog :(
That's definitely a unique stool! It has its own charm :)
The Lucky Bowl sounds absolutely yummy, peanut sauce, yum! One of my faves :)
An Afternoon With That Girl, The Palinode, And Some Wasps
Great post, she is gorgeous!
1.Holy crap are you guys great for a gal's self-esteem. *blushes*
2.Schmutzie and her camera make the world sexier.
3.The orange bits are either carrot or sweet potato.
4.It's unfortunate lunch was marred by the potential painful stingers floating around our heads.
5. I stopped blogging when work started creeping into every available crevice of my life. I'm fixing that.
Maybe I'll blog again. But, it won't be for a goodly long while. Thanks though.
6. The poodle chair was creepy. . . but would go nicely with the egg carton and sequin lampshades my grandmother's sister makes. *shudder*
You are TOTALLY sexy. And, I'm also completely petrified of bees.