The last two weekends have been filled with all sorts of great entertainment. Our building hosted its annual summertime luau on the rooftop last Saturday night (7/12), complete with tropical inspired food and fun. It was great getting to meet some of the other people who live in our building. As the pictures will attest, there is a wide a variety of people - from young, business professionals, to retired CEO's, to college students, to ... well ... an international finance / actuary who also happens to dabble in nuclear physics. This "genius" (which is how he described himself to us - without a hint of joking) informed us about all sorts of nuclear reactions, including one that involved a by-product of only helium. Chris was very disappointed when he didn't even crack a smile at Chris' joke about having high-pitched voices.
*(I couldn't post this one earlier because I was waiting on some pictures from the office staff.)
(Chris and I are slivers on the very left side of those first two pictures...)
This weekend, we were also treated to another rooftop pool party on Friday night - this one of a very different nature. The United Mind Conglomerate was sponsoring a SkyHigh Rooftop Party (called SkyHigh probably for more reasons than one)... The group's purpose is to support a revolution of underground hip hop and other artistic styles in WS. We definitely chalked that up to "experiencing new things", as we were some of the only people without tattoos or who weren't chain-smoking, and there was slight concern that the drinks were going to be laced with something.
My ear is not all that attuned to identifying lyrics in freestyle rapping, so my brain hurt just trying to figure out what they were saying. Apparently the party got shut down shortly after 10 anyway because enough people on the upper floors complained about the music being too loud. But the two hours we were there, were definitely quite the experience!
Then, last night, after an amazing afternoon bike ride out to Salem Lake followed by relaxing in the pool and meeting some more people from the building, we went to Downtown Thai for dinner. My first experience with Thai food at Taste of Thai in Peoria (which I don't even think is open anymore) was not all that great. However, I'm now hooked: Pad Rahd Nar - Stir fried large rice noodles with Chinese broccoli, eggs, mushroom, baby corn, and carrots with a special house brown sauce (I went with the chicken) – absolutely delicious!
Anyway, Winston-Salem is really promoting downtown right now, so we went to this great community street dance. Every Saturday night a different band plays on this trailer stage for “Summer on Trade.”
The streets get closed down, people dance, kids get their faces painted, they sell drinks, popcorn, cotton candy, etc. Oh – and there are women (ok, one woman) impersonating a mermaid in a store-front window with some sort of interpretive dance actions. (It seemed weird to take a picture of this spectacle, but there were definitely plenty of people doing it.)
[Oh yeah – jumping back to the Hip Hop crew – I just about died when we saw three of the people from Friday night bopping down the street at Summer on Trade 24 hours later in the exact same clothes, hair, etc – clearly going strong from where they had left off the night before!]
After the band finished up, we sat at an outside table at one of our favorite places – 6th and Vine – and listened to the live music they had going on inside, while trying two new beers (Purple Haze and Magic Hat’s Circus Boy) and eating our favorite appetizer: Duck Quesadilla made with goat cheese. (Did I mention this year is all about new things?)
Anyway, we’re trying to enjoy all of these party-like opportunities now because once the sports seasons get underway, we probably won’t be doing a whole lot else. Come fall, our forms of entertainment will primarily involve athletic events – the only variety will be which sport.
*(I couldn't post this one earlier because I was waiting on some pictures from the office staff.)
(Chris and I are slivers on the very left side of those first two pictures...)
This weekend, we were also treated to another rooftop pool party on Friday night - this one of a very different nature. The United Mind Conglomerate was sponsoring a SkyHigh Rooftop Party (called SkyHigh probably for more reasons than one)... The group's purpose is to support a revolution of underground hip hop and other artistic styles in WS. We definitely chalked that up to "experiencing new things", as we were some of the only people without tattoos or who weren't chain-smoking, and there was slight concern that the drinks were going to be laced with something.
My ear is not all that attuned to identifying lyrics in freestyle rapping, so my brain hurt just trying to figure out what they were saying. Apparently the party got shut down shortly after 10 anyway because enough people on the upper floors complained about the music being too loud. But the two hours we were there, were definitely quite the experience!
Then, last night, after an amazing afternoon bike ride out to Salem Lake followed by relaxing in the pool and meeting some more people from the building, we went to Downtown Thai for dinner. My first experience with Thai food at Taste of Thai in Peoria (which I don't even think is open anymore) was not all that great. However, I'm now hooked: Pad Rahd Nar - Stir fried large rice noodles with Chinese broccoli, eggs, mushroom, baby corn, and carrots with a special house brown sauce (I went with the chicken) – absolutely delicious!
Anyway, Winston-Salem is really promoting downtown right now, so we went to this great community street dance. Every Saturday night a different band plays on this trailer stage for “Summer on Trade.”
The streets get closed down, people dance, kids get their faces painted, they sell drinks, popcorn, cotton candy, etc. Oh – and there are women (ok, one woman) impersonating a mermaid in a store-front window with some sort of interpretive dance actions. (It seemed weird to take a picture of this spectacle, but there were definitely plenty of people doing it.)[Oh yeah – jumping back to the Hip Hop crew – I just about died when we saw three of the people from Friday night bopping down the street at Summer on Trade 24 hours later in the exact same clothes, hair, etc – clearly going strong from where they had left off the night before!]
After the band finished up, we sat at an outside table at one of our favorite places – 6th and Vine – and listened to the live music they had going on inside, while trying two new beers (Purple Haze and Magic Hat’s Circus Boy) and eating our favorite appetizer: Duck Quesadilla made with goat cheese. (Did I mention this year is all about new things?)
Anyway, we’re trying to enjoy all of these party-like opportunities now because once the sports seasons get underway, we probably won’t be doing a whole lot else. Come fall, our forms of entertainment will primarily involve athletic events – the only variety will be which sport.
(*P.S. This weekend's pictures were taken on Chris' phone, so we apologize for the lesser quality photos.)
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