prague friends

when we were living in prague, it was so difficult to make close friends, but after a few months, our cult of american english teacher friends led us to paul and emily. we came to find out emily was from orlando and we made sure that we'd visit eachother considering we were all from florida!

first nite dinner(broccoli with brown rice, and sesame tofu)

so just last wednesday, emily took the amtrak down from winter park to delray beach. she stayed with matt and i in our little "guest room/spare room/cat room" and slept on our inherited fouton bed couch next to our christmas tree. tmi? i don't care.

major hangover cure(green tea, japanese udon soup, and tempura)

emily didn't expect much. i didn't know exactly what do with her while she was here, but we managed to have fun, drink like we did in prague, and relax all in only 2 1/2 days. the first nite she was here, drew came over and we made a dinner for her vegan-ism diet. salsa, hummus, white bean dip, tons of raw veggies, blue corn chips, brown rice with brocolli, and sesame tofu. we spent some time outside on our little tiny porch eating and then headed to our neighborhood bar the blue anchor. let's just say the next morning we woke up and didn't feel well. it wasn't so fun. we sat on the couch for a couple of hours trying to feel better and when we finally did, we walked over to lemongrass and ate a big bowl of soup to help the body revive itself. delish. after lunch, we walked up and down atlantic avenue into all the boutiques and then i bought some fudge from kilwin's on a whim. my bad. i guess i was acting as if i was on vacation, too.

my random fudge whim

after walking the ave, we came home and watched ellen and drew came over and we played words with friends aka scrabble. my mom also came over around 8 and we had a nice time with her. matt got off work at 10 and we headed to mellow mushroom for dinner. that nite we passed out kind of early.

major raw veggie weekend for emily's veganism

on friday, we tried out a new restaurant called dig in delray for lunch. after that, we took a drive along a1a up to deerfield and had a pina colada outside along the beach. it was super windy and kind of rainy, but we managed.  then somehow we made the bad decision to go to boomers and go mini golfing with drew. we had fun even though the images of being a child at boomers haunted us. nothing seemed updated or new. it was really weird.

words with friends

after putt putt, we met arianne at baja cafe for some mexican food. later on some friends came over and we played catch phrase....and then the power went out. there were about 9 of us, scrambling around, lighting candles, finding flashlights, and matt wouldn't stop playing catch phrase. it was pretty fun, but it got hot... so we all went outside on the deck and huddled in the breeze.

getting our 'lada on in deerfield

all in all, having emily here was so wonderful. i can't explain the joy i had having a friend we met in prague at our home in florida. such a delight and i can't wait to see her again!

cave putt putt 

emily surprised bought me dippin dots while i was in the bathroom cause i was raving about them

can't see nothing but candles when the power goes out.