Remember when I posted these photos and you astutely pointed out how much this friend looks like James Dean on the bongos? The next time I saw my friends, they totally, emphatically agreed. And when I stumbled on this photo of James Dean. With bongos. (You know, just during one of those afternoons when I'm perusing the internet for James Dean photos…. heh). My jaw dropped. By golly, you were right!

Where have I been? Oh, you know… just dreaming about possibly owning this fixer-upper foreclosure in my beloved hometown city. I promise I'll get back to normal programming very soon. But currently? Crunching numbers and crossing fingers. Eeep!

It’s the summertime, and the veggies are getting ripe! While I don’t have the opportunity to grow a garden in my apartment, I do love taking advantage of the produce from the gardens of friends. Last Friday, the lovely ladies who hosted our last Thanksgiving dinner put together an intimate dinner party for a few close friends. The nice thing about living so close to friends is that we all can all ride our bikes to gatherings, bringing along drinks and treats.

After devouring delicious grilled shish kabobs and corn on the cob, the group of us biked through the city to go dancing, listen to our friends’ bands, and meet up with even more lovely people of Canton. It was such a fun time, and really encouraging to see lots of other bikes tied up throughout downtown. But most of all, I really wanted to have a little garden of my own to grow delicious veggies and host friends during these warm months. Probably explains why I spent way too long looking at houses online last night…