Holiday Part Two: Doing Stuff

These are the faces of two people who are very happy to be home and seeing each other again. It's incredible what a different closeness makes.

Once Sam made his way home, we kicked off break by decorating a baby sized tree and jamming. Then we went on a little movie date to see Lincoln - which was amazing. I'd like to point out that Sam is going through an adorable tie phase since being home, and I adore it. Now I'm not dressed up alone.

 For his Christmas present, Sam and I went on a day trip to South Philly to see Good Old War in concert again.This band's music is practically the soundtrack to our relationship, so it's beautiful to see it live. We went to the kitschy goofiness that is Johny Rockets for burgers & malts, before venturing through bookstores and record stores in the cold. We had fun, as always in Philly.

 On Saturday, we accompanied Sam's family to Washington D.C. to see the national Christmas tree. It was freezing cold and windy, but we made it and took some cheesy pictures that turned out pretty cute. Plus, we ate at one of the most delicious Italian restaurants I've been to in a long time. 

Sunday was spent doing five hours of baking with my best friend, while our boyfriends watched football and ate pizza on the couch. Plus we exchanged gifts with our favorite couple. As far as Christmas excitement goes, we spent Christmas Eve at Sam's grandmother's house (I regret not taking pictures because we looked pretty cute (Sam's still in the tie phase)). Christmas day was spent with our individual families till Sam came over for Christmas dinner. We're both not big on the fan fare of Christmas, so we are looking forward to spending non-holiday related time together. 

Hope you had a happy holiday, because we did. 

Now we're off to West Virginia for the weekend!

Smiles, Morgen.

Dwindling Weekends (Part Three) plus a Monday!

The weekend itself was pretty low key. We celebrated Sam's graduation and his brothers with a party thrown at his house. The most eventful part of this was when the boys played jazz for about twenty minutes at a time. I adore watching Sam perform and play his guitar because he is so happy to do it. Some of our couple friends showed up later in the party and we all ate and had some laughs since we hadn't all been together for a few weeks. After the party we went to watch fireworks at the park, where the boys decided to take their shirts off and we all sang "When My Time Comes" by Dawes at a borderline disturbing volume.

Thanks to Sam's parent's we got to go to Philly for the day and see Good Old War perform at Union Transfer as his birthday gift. It was a new experience to travel together but we made quite the pair since we are both so into planning things down to a tee. We spent the afternoon in South Philly, walking through the neighborhoods of older town houses and grabbing a malt on South Street. After working up an appetite from walking for a few hours, we headed into Center City and Rittenhouse Square. The hot dogs we got from Underdogs on 17th street were fantastic, especially because they were accompanied by great tunes and friendly staff! I will definitely be making this a regular stop whenever I'm in this area. To regain some strength and rest up before the show, we got coffee and pastries from a French bakery and sat around in Rittenhouse park for a few hours of people watching, reading and talking about dogs. We made our way north for the concert before the doors even opened. Good Old War had a great DJ spinning oldies tunes and a pleasantly surprising funky folk band opening for them.  Of course, Good Old War was awesome especially because Sam sang along to every song, since they're his favorite band. We had to leave early to catch our train home, but it was okay because the day was perfect. I'm looking forward to having memories with Sam in Philly, so when I go to school it will feel a little more like home.
Smiles, Morgen.