June 2009 calendaring

[chanaleh]

With the TigerParents in town last week, we took the opportunity to finally try out Highland Kitchen last Tuesday night (on Highland Ave., natch, about 4 blocks from our place and even closer to muchabstracted's new place).

It turns out that they have spelling bees on Tuesday nights! Which of course J and I had to sign up for, and guess what? I WON! $25 gift certificate, baby! (Which means next time I'm totally ordering the elderflower margarita. :-) Apparently no one EVER wins two weeks in a row, so it was very tempting to make plans to go back next Tuesday... and so we have, with muchabstracted and the visiting dushai and elissali. 9:30pm tomorrow night every Tuesday, for those who are interested. ETA: It has been suggested to me that I not try to blithely open up our actual small-group dinner gathering for tomorrow night to the entire world. Which was, er, really not my intention in the first place either, oops. But (a) it is a public event and all, and (b) it is a weekly thing and I hope to make additional appearances in future... and/or at least continue to spread the word!


MON 6/1
7:30-9pm dance class
Also, 7pm Pirates of Penzance (movie version) at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street in Brookline. "The Huntington is teaming up with Coolidge Corner Theatre for a screening of the 1983 film version of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, starring Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, and Linda Ronstadt. The event features a pre-screening costume contest, judged by members of the Huntington cast." Tickets $6-$9: http://coolidge.org/node/2359 or call 617-734-2500.

TUE 6/2
8pm b'day festivities
9pm meet at Highland Kitchen for 9:30pm spelling bee rematch :-)

WED 6/3
7:30pm Pirates! at the Huntington (group of 18)

THU 6/4
family dinner

FRI 6/5
6:30pm shul
8pm dinner chez Barbara

SAT 6/6
9:30am shul (Parshat Naso)
12:15pm kiddush sponsored by my homeboys and their lovely fiancees
2pm David Mamet's Romance at the ART

SUN 6/7
9am 12n-5pm Dragon Boat Festival
Noonish: Sunday in the Park with 42itous ("til dinnertime")
1-5 pm New England Celebrates Israel Family Day: Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton. Admission is free. Bring your children to Israel for the day! "The event includes camel and pony rides, arts and crafts, JCC Mini Maccabi games and a Masada rock wall."
7pm Menschen rehearsal elections

MON 6/8
5:30pm Butcherie pickup
6:30pm shiva minyan
7:30-9pm dance class? tremontstshul Board mtg

TUE 6/9
6:30-8:30pm tremontstshul 20s&30s Weeks Footbridge picnic (all are welcome) POSTPONED FOR RAIN (new date TBD)
[8-10:30pm Contra Dance for All @MIT, La Sala de Puerto Rico]

WED 6/10

THU 6/11
7:30pm Freecycle pickup

FRI 6/12
6:30pm shul
8pm 20s&30s Shabbat dinner

SAT 6/13
[kalessin's nephew's bar mitzvah]
10am J glassblowing crew

SUN 6/14
[10am Maimo commencement]
11am NECSI staff picnic
[12n Bex & Ben b'day picnic (Brookline)]
1pm-6pm tremontstshul outing to Kimball Farm? (if'n it don't rain)
7pm Menschen rehearsal

MON 6/15
10:30am J dentist
7:30-9pm dance class?

TUE 6/16
OP rehearsal for Spike Heels (first, and my only one in June!)

WED 6/17
J's b'day! (dinner for two)

THU 6/18
mangosteen's b'day!
J work karaoke outing :-)
Also, 7-10pm GesherCity Boston presents: Israel's Living Canvas: A Celebration of Art & Culture. "Celebrate the diverse facets of Israeli life through the lens of music, dance, film, poetry and art" (oh yeah, and Krav Maga). $10 with pre-reg, $15 at-door. 101 Federal Street, 4th Floor, Boston; Red Line to South Station or Green Line to Park Street.

FRI 6/19
6:30pm shul
8pm lovely singy b'day party chez gremionis

SAT 6/20
Beginning-of-Summer Party
dinner chez muchabstracted

SUN 6/21
Happy Father's Day!
[10am-5pm Salem Pirate Faire! (also Sat., June 20)]
1-6pm Kimball Farm rain date
[2-5pm monthly MIT Chantey & Maritime Sing at the MIT Sailing Pavilion, 134 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.]
7pm Menschen rehearsal (Newton)

MON 6/22
8:30am dentist
7:30-9pm dance class?

TUE 6/23
7pm b'day dinner, Addis Red Sea
[7:45pm tremontstshul Talmud class siyum (Chabad House, Kenmore Sq.)]

WED 6/24
8:30am eye exam HVMA Somerville
7pm Maimo bd mtg

THU 6/25
Arsenal Mall shopping excursion

FRI 6/26
6:30pm shul

SAT 6/27
9;30am shul (Parshat Korach)
4:30pm-??am start-of-summer party #2 with promises of Encore!

SUN 6/28
9am-6:30pm outing to Mattapoisett
7pm Menschen rehearsal

MON 6/29
9:30am dentist follow-up (replace filling)
5:30pm appt with chaiya
7:30-9pm dance class? tremontstshul ExComm mtg

TUE 6/30
7-10pm OP reh


In short, not as mobbed as April and May have been. But I really need to block out regular chunks of this apparently-open time to actually, y'know, Get Things Done (productive things, house-related and updating my website and that sort of thing).

Comments

[moria923.livejournal.com]

I am so there tomorrow night. (I was a spelling champ in junior high, so I thought I was pretty hot stuff then, but I've since realized how many obscure words there are in the language that I don't know.)

What's the easiest way to get there from Davis?

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Cool! It's on Highland Ave right off the corner of Central St., so any bus lines that run up Highland from Davis will get you right there. (Coming from Davis, it's on the right-hand side and just past Central St.)

*drools*

[ursamajor]

... SPELLING BEES?!

Omigod, this so fits my particular flavor of nerdiness massively better than trivia nights ever did. Count me there, as it's the perfect excuse to try out Highland Kitchen while I'm at it.

[dushai.livejournal.com]

It was great to see you! And I'm quite satisfied with my tied-for-fourth-place performance. :)