weekend

So my weekend was fantastic. John and I had a blast in Flagstaff, though we took the long way up and stopped in Prescott and drove through Jerome, which is this crazy ghoast town that is suddenly inhabited again by hippies and artists. It's built INTO the mountainside. It's incredible. Anyway. So we took off around 10-10:30 on Saturday, got to Flagstaff around 5 (because we took the long way and stopped a few times).

We had dinner at this place called Sizzler, a steakhouse just inside Flagstaff. Then we went downtown and watched a very small town holiday parade. "The Parade of Lights." Bascially everyone in the town tried to get as many lights as possible on their vehicles and then drove them up the main drag. It was adorable. Complete with fire trucks, the high school marching band and a live band playing on a trailer being pulled by a truck advertising the local rock radio station. It was so much fun and really made me feel like Christmas is coming.

After the parade we went to a coffee shop called the "Late for the Train Espresso Bar." The main staple in Flagstaff is their train station, which also happens to house their Visitor's Center. Anyway, the Chai that I had was good but very cinnamon-y. Everyone in the town loved Crispin and all the little kids were asking so nicely if they could pet him. It's so funny to me when people ask, "Is he friendly?" He's just chillen out in my arms lookin around... of COURSE he's friendly.

Anyway, so we went to Safeway and bought a bottle of wine and had a couple glasses while we watched.... huh, I forget what we were watching.... and then we went to bed. When we woke up everything was covered in snow (mind you it had been snowing while we were at the parade and during the whole trip up to Flagstaff, so this is not surprising.) We went to a little diner across the street from the hotel and had a hearty breakfast. Checked out of the hotel and took Crispin with us to walk around downtown.

Remember when I said I bought him a little jacket? Well I decided that booties might help as well. First of all they're a pain to get on him and then watching him walk was an absolutely hysterical experience. Needless to say they eventually all fell off and I ended up having to carry him around all day, but it was worth the laugh. John of course, made fun of me incessantly for buying clothes for a dog, but Crispin needed it. He was shivering the whole time.

Anyway, so we walked around downtown, went into all the local shops and no one seemed to mind that he was with me. It was a really fun time. We went into hippie stores, antique shops, art stores, then made our way to the Visitor's Center in the train station but there was a big plackard outside: "No Pets" so we didn't go in. The wind started blowing snow in our faces, though, we we decided the car would be a nice sanctuary.

We left around 11:30 and agreed to stop at Montezuma Castle on the way back. Around 12:30, though, we got hungry and found a place called "Crusty's Cafe" on the GPS. It ended up being really good (I have leftovers) and really cheap. We got to Montezuma Castle and John took lots of pictures (I'll put his link up whenever he posts them).

We got back to his house around... 7:30? I dunno, I'd lost track of time. We played Wii with his roommate for a while and then he ended up coming back to the townhouse and stayed the night with me. I drove him to work the next morning and headed to Tucson. We were supposed to see a movie last night but I ended up getting back too late so I just went to his house and had some food and watched the Prestige.

I'm having way too much fun with this guy. He's a blast to be around, he's not needy, but he's so attentive and sweet. It's ridiculous. Anyway, we're just having fun. He's supposedly moving away from Phoenix as soon as he saves up enough money, so that blows hard core and is really preventing me from getting too close, I think. But anyway. We'll see.

That's my life's update, for those of you that care, hah. If you have questions, call me.