2003-05-03 10:31:06

Alright people, we've been getting a lot of flack recently for the lack of site updates lately. All I can say is that Pat and I (but mostly Pat) are working on a very special project right now and you all just need to keep your pants on, so to speak. But anyway, here's a little something to keep you people occupied for a little while at least.

Last night was a great night. Pat and I hadn't seen some of our best friends for two or three weeks and we got to hang out with them last night. Rebecca was celebrating because she finished a huge grant at work, she finished her last project in school (toward her masters), and she's getting her braces off in two weeks!! Woo-hoo! So it was her night. Holly, Rebecca, and I started the night off at Bacco's Ristorante, which is the closest restaurant from patandfran.com headquarters. I had never been there before though. We had such a lovely dinner. Everything was delicious.

After dinner, we headed to Monty's Corner to do some people watching. I should preface by saying that last night was the Cinco de Mayo East End celebration in Rochester. What that means, is that all of the frat boys and other annoying people come out from the hills, and they close off part of a main street in Rochester. The frat boys get as drunk as they can until 11pm, and then the get released into the streets. They end up filtering through the streets in a fairly large radius, and they always end up at our hangouts. It's bad news. I once obtained an injury from just being near a scene such as I have described above. My thought process is that it was Cinco de Mayo (reserved) and my favorite bar's name is Mex, so we were doomed. But it actually was really good. I don't know where everyone went, but it wasn't to Mex.

Okay, so things were kind of beat at Monty's Corner, so we headed to Mex for shots. After that, we went to....The Jungle. Now, for people from around here, you probably know that The Jungle is some kind of joke bar. I really thought it was going to be awful, but it was actually really fun. Other than the part about not being able get drinks very easily, or move for that matter, it was fun. They played a lot of fun music and the people were very interesting to watch.

After that, we met the boys out at Mex, our home away from home. I walk in to see some ugly girl talking to Pat. I've got to tell you all, this seems to be happening at a much higher frequency lately than it ever has. Just so everybody knows, Pat is my property, and I'll stab any girl that talks to him with a soldering iron. But I digress. At Mex, we had a lot of fun.There weren't too many "amateurs" out, thankfully, and I even ran into two of my favorite college friends. I ran into Susan again (who I mentioned a few blogs ago) and my friend Rosey. It was great seeing both of them. I love that I just run into people like that - I'm big into low-maintenance relationships. The only embarrassing thing I did all night was (I think), I was describing to Rosey and his brother where Pat and I are getting married. Without even thinking about it, I said something like "Skaneateles is one of the Great Lakes" rather than saying it is a "Finger Lake". I tried to recover by using the word "great" a lot in the conversation, trying to make them think that "great" is just my favorite adjective, and that maybe they should give me a thesaurus.

Today, we're heading to Mike F's for some BBQ fun. Ah, grilled meats...

-Fran