maine 2006

i must say that annie and jeff were so kind in hosting us at their house in cape elizabeth, maine and having us over at their beautiful cabin on the lake (only an hour away from their home). it took us nearly eight hours to get to annie's place from philadelphia and driving through six states (PA, NJ, NY, CN, NH, ME) - but it was well worth it. nic, forbes and i all agreed that it was a perfect little getaway to rejuvenate our spirits with some great R&R and a tonne of giggles. we basically hung out on the lake each day while jeff and annie showed us how to wakeboard in style. forbes mastered wakeboarding without any hesitation and nic got up on the very first day. me, on the other hand - c'est impossible! i attempted every day after that, but i couldn't find the ability to do so until the last day. it was the coolest feeling to finally get up out of the water and ride the wake. kudos to annie and jeff for being such great instructors and being so patient with us.

this trip brought another perm-smile to my face. i thoroughly enjoyed the good times with my girlfriends and just being away in another amazing place on earth - it makes you appreciate the beauty in life.

here's a link to some additional pictures of our maine trip. enjoy!

madonna

so i've been waiting for some "friends" that we made at the concert to send me some pictures ...but to no avail, i guess i have to get some shots off the madonnalicious.com website. forbes and i had a blast at the concert. when we walked into the arena we had no idea that we were so friggen close to the stage - it was unreal. we were on the floor, section 1, row 22 - exactly where she opens the show in the disco ball. it was as if madonna was only one metre away from us. forbes actually touched the stage and swears that she felt madonna's sweat drip on her! she played most of her songs off of her new confessions cd and some of her old tunes. before we cabbed it to the show we hit jim's steak to get a legendary philly cheese steak (where nicole had her first bite of red meat since she cut it out of her vegetarian diet). the cheese steak was ok. kind of overrated if you ask me but then i'm sure we didn't hit the best place.

here are some clips from the show and a link to some of the pictures we took before and after the show.