My grandmothers love Pete

Antea Vece (she's the young one, "only" 81)







Connie Cacopardo-Frinzie (the "old one", 91!)

A minute twenty seven of Dinner At The Cacopardos

My 91 (yes 91) year old grandmother made baked stuffed lobsters for Pete's and my dinner home this evening and I took a little candid video. It's a perfect snippet of us all.



Also, Pete's first lobster!

Happy birthday to me

Yesterday was my 32nd birthday and the day that Pete and I headed to Connecticut for our vacation home. It was amazing to be in London in the morning and with my parents from the afternoon. My 29 hour celebration was wonderful - below is a slideshow with some pictures of our day.

Happy 1 year anniversary, better than 8 accidents

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1950s Saturday

On Saturday, Pete and our friend Mike put IKEA furniture together for Pete's new place. I was in charge of putting all the nails and screws into neat piles and refilling their drinks. Fortunately I was already wearing my pearls, taffeta petticoat, and high heels.

I must admit, I did like watching my office worker boyfriend with a hammer in his hand and sweat on his brow ...




They did 4 bookshelves and a huge wardrobe. I forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but it's this ... only the doors don't quite come together in the middle. Gotta love IKEA.


PS. Does anyone else think I need to hang out with more girls in London?! (Sarah come back soon!)

My birthday boys

Friday was my friend Rob's birthday


Here he is at Lincoln's Inn Fields, looking dashing and not remotely his age.


Today (Sunday) is my friend Joe's birthday


Here he is in Blackheath Village where I told him to "at least give me a semi-smile".

Rob shares a birthday with Jessica Simpson and Joe shares his with Bill Cosby. But most importantly, both of these dear friends share their birthday week with ME. And Brian Austin Green.
Their celebrations were the cookies to my weekend Oreo sandwich.

IKEA

We spent about 19 hours yesterday in IKEA, buying Pete stuff for his new place. It was kind of our first uber-domestic activity, and also our 6 'monthiversary'. I figured, 6 months was a good run. Thankfully our relationship did survive him buying things I wouldn't have bought, and hopefully that means I can deal with him putting them places I wouldn't put them. ;)



IKEA's exhausting though, and afterwards we were two such old people. But the first 17 hours or so were fun.

And yes, my boyfriend is a big dork.

New flat

Pete just bought a flat. It's a great place: brand new 2 bedrooms with a beautiful view. Can't wait till we are he is all moved in so I he can really call it home.


And yes, my boyfriend is a big dork.










Today we had our first meal together in the new place - grilled cheese. We are so classy.

Seriously?

Saw this in a McDonalds the other day.

Pete's Pancake Party Pictures

Regular old pancakes that Americans know and love are quite a novelty in England. They're the stuff of hushed whispers; Brits have seen them on Friends and hope one day to be able to experience for themselves. Pete was over yesterday and requested we make them, which we did.

I'm a pancake mix girl all the way - Bisquick itself seeming a bit too involved, what with its eggs AND oil needed. But there's no pancake mix OR Bisquick around here, and making them from scratch with, I don't know, 5 ingredients was a quite a job.


His first batch! He was super cute and excited to make them for the first time. We made plain, blueberry, and chocolate chip.


Also it's hard to find maple syrup here, but I had a little bottle that my friend Rob bought me at some "North America shop" he went to. (Note: add to shopping list for trip home in July).


Observant readers will notice that yes, that is my laptop in the kitchen and yes, I appear to be on Facebook while making the pancakes. (Oh dear.)

Anyway, overall quite a success.