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this was a pretty awesome weekend in provincetown. originally brigid and i were going to go to montreal for the weekend, but after she had a really good experiece out there while i was in china (plus her pointing out that visiting the city might not be such a smart idea in the middle of summer, we'll put it off til the fall with the excuse of going to see sigur ros on tour again) we headed off to the land of all that is gay and fabulous! we took the high speed boat, which i wasn't so psyched about at first but once we were on the water it was really amazing. standing at the bow of the ship, there's so much force from the wind. you look out and just see shimmering shades of blue passing by. it's like a really awesome screensaver, but with more salt and your hair is all tangled when you go back inside. seriously, it's pretty similar to skiing; except that you can't hug and ski very well, and shorts are rarely appropriate. bridget also suggested it's like flying, i believe that too.

anyways, ptown itself was a really fun and an atypical vacation for us. this is an eat, drink, and eat and drink some more type of place. none of that castle visiting or mountain treachery that we're so used to. oh and there was some shopping thrown in for good measure. the food was great and the drinks were fruity and threatened to knock us over. the b&b wasn't unbelievable but still very very nice. the owners were a couple from europe (one from france, the other germany). it was fun to geek about europe and feel all snooty and worldly. (sigh i miss the UK.) but yeah, breakfast was expertly prepared, the room was comfy, all the employees were very sweet, and there was an eternal spring of port and sherry in the living room. i think i'd like to stay there again in the fall when the sherry + the hot tub would be infinitely more appropriate.

seeing all the comfortable gay couples was pretty cool too. for some reason i was amused at how like 80% of all the tables at every restaurant were 2 guys sitting together; it's so rare to see that outside that context. it was disconcerting and sad to come back to boston and see people standing together everywhere - walking together, sitting together, who presumably weren't in love. and if some of them were, they wouldn't necessarily be able to comfortably show it. alas. now that i think of it, ptown was more full of couples than anywhere else i think i've been. it shouldn't be surprising, but it just dawned on me now.

bridget was spot on on her impression of the weekend; lots of really wonderful moments adding up to a great trip. one that i really loved was seeing these 2 kids, one around 8 the other maybe 5. the older one is pulling a wagon down commercial st with the younger one + a big container of lemonade sitting inside. the little one is -SCREAMING- "lemonade for sale! 50 cents!" in a really insane sort of voice. i had no idea what she was saying until it had passed my ears like 6 times. and her lemonade was pretty good too! i tried to capture them on video but, of course, they ran out of lemonade just as i was ready to record them. i might have caught her once, we'll see. we joked with them that they probably make more money than bridget and i do at our boring jobs, and i wouldn't be surprised if that was the case... hmmm! hey brigid, want to run a couple kids out of business? i'm more than happy to pull the cart as long as your voicebox holds out. what do you say?

one of many moments to remember. but it's late and it's monday, so others will have to wait.