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About a month ago (coincidently at the onset of nature gloriously blossoming back to life) Santino and I decided that we want to go do more stuff on the weekends. For a while, we have been staying at home, doing stuff there, and trying to save as much money as possible. Every once in a while we would go house hunting, which has left us frustrated. How boring. So, three weeks ago we drove down the Blue Ridge Parkway to Roanaoke and visited a really cool modern art museum there. They also had this very lovely farmers market amongst streets of cafes and boutiques. We had lunch at a Wine Bar where there was an exceptionally nice bartender from Williamsburg, and then Santino took me to some little hippie/New Age boutique and let me shop for a dress (which he bought me :) ) while we listened to some medicine woman doing past life readings for a lady behind a curtain. I got a black with metallic pink stitching, handmade, backless little bohemian number for a decent price. It is the perfect summer dress. Roanoke is actually a really cute little city, which is actually much bigger than Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, or any of the other towns near where we life (besides Richmond).

I love finding unexpected and unknown treasures like what we found that weekend. I never realized Roanoke was so cool!

Two weeks ago we drove to Washington D.C. and went to the Guitar Center near where we used to live in Rockville. There I bought a MicroKorg synthesizer (my first synth!). Then we drove back down Georgetown Pike and parked at Georgetown. We went shopping at the Adidas Store, where there was a live DJ spinning with vinyl on two turntables. He was playing old school hip-hop, and was cutting and scratching really well. I got a really cute Adidas summer dress, as well as some Adidas Superstars (with some fat baby blue shoe laces). Santino had also gotten some really cute khaki men's cargo shorts. We then went to a bike store (where I changed into my new gear), bought some biking shorts to wear under my dress, and rented two bicycles. We rode our bikes along a trail which went up the Potomac, to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Memorial, and the Reflecting pool. It was an absolutely perfect day in regard to weather and temperature... and riding our bikes was so much fun. Two and a half hours later we returned our bikes and decided to get a bite to eat, so we went to Vietnamese restaurant and ordered yummy vegan dishes along with some beer and wine. Then we came home, quite pleased with ourselves.

This past weekend we drove to West Virginia, but decided to turn around and go visit my parents. We took a hike on their farm to the peak in the very back that has an amazing view of the valley. When we walked back down, we went over to and played with the cows. My mom's two heifers just gave birth to almost identical baby Swedish bulls. I also visited my favorite French bull, Buddy. He has gotten so big in the past year, but is as gentle as ever. Buddy will let me pet him, and he will lick me, but the two young bulls are still very shy. I sat down on the ground and held out my hand to the little baby bulls and started talking to them, and one came up to me and smelled my hand. I think I him winning them over. The key was to get on the ground and get on his level. I love my mom's cattle. I know everyone thinks I am weird because I go play with them and hang out with them, but I don't care. I think they are some of the most gentle and interesting creatures on the Earth. And they are cute! Especially the baby ones. :) Yesterday we stayed home and did chores. I hung up the hummingbird feeders and within three hours they were back. They showed themselves to us during a thunderstorm through which we were taking shelter on the back porch. It was a dramatic reunion.

Next weekend I am going to New York City with my mom to pick up my Uncle. Santino is going to stay home and take the dog on a hike.