I always find that when I have the most relaxing weekends, I end up lazier than ever. This weekend was no exception and thus why I have not posted anything new until today. Friday night found Mark and I doing some of my favorite things. We had dinner, spent some time in a bookstore and went home to relax with him reading and me doing some hand-stitched alterations. Then Saturday, he had to work, so I spent all day in a sewing frenzy. As my “project pile” had become unruly, I sat down and tackled 7 sewing projects! This mostly included simple hems, button changes, and side seams, but others were far more extensive. Later that night we got dolled up, went out on the town and caught up with great friends.
But, the highlight of the weekend was definitely Sunday. I was looking forward to checking out a local Greek Festival for a while…more specifically, since last year! We had tried to go to the previous year’s festival, but waited too long and by the time we showed up they had run out of all food. This year, I was determined to eat my way through the whole place. And that’s exactly what we did. It was gyros and ouzo and wine, oh my! Plus some grape leaves and sorbet. Delicious! I wish we had taken more photos, but honestly we were just too busy stuffing our faces.
Mark’s major highlight was meeting his favorite mayoral candidate. He had an inkling the candidate would be at the festival because of his Greek heritage and he half-jokingly/half-seriously brought along a copy of the candidate’s traffic congestion study to autograph (Engineer nerd). We found the candidate volunteering at the Taverna station, so naturally we bought a beer from him. Truthfully, Mark was like a giddy schoolgirl and smiled for the rest of the afternoon. What a nerd!
I can’t tell you how much I love these earrings. This weekend was the first time I’ve worn them and I haven’t taken them off yet. These were part of the treasures I found at the collectors expo. It came in a bag filled with 6 other earrings for $3, which means I paid approximately $o.43 for them! Bananas right?
dress – VAYA from Fashionista’s Market
earrings – collector’s expo
flats – Samuel
sun glasses – Max Mara
bag – purchased at a craft fair in Pittsburgh during college
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