Think I'll Go to Boston

Insert random singing of the Augustana song, ready, go! Come on, you know you were singing it.

I've recently just gotten back from a baseball-themed weekend to celebrate my dad's birthday. I won't say how old because he'll probably be embarrassed, but picture this: four days, three nights of baseball games, three different cities and driving five states. Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies then, of course, Boston Red Sox. These are just a few of my favorites pictures from the weekend and panorama photos of the parks, I'm obsessed with that button on my new camera.

Pittsburgh [bridges, inclines, pirates & perogies]

Philadelphia [american history, phanatics, and cheese steaks]

Boston [seafood, row houses, red sox and one-way streets]

May Flowers

Having fresh flowers around my apartment is an absolute must. I always grab a big enough bunch from the farmer's market, florist or grocery store to split between the kitchen and my bedroom. Fresh flowers make me smile, especially daisies. Maybe it's because they seem to last the longest. (two weeks!) Earlier on last fall I found this old green canning jar at St. Vinnie's for $3 that I couldn't resist buying, turns out it also makes the perfect flower vase.

The jar reads "Grandma Wheaton's Old Fashioned Receipts." After a little searching on the internet it was made by Wheaton Glass Co from Millville, New Jersey and runs anywhere from $12-$70 online. The company starting producing reproductions in the 1960's of their original jars from the late 1800's with the stamp Wheaton NJ on the bottom. And what do you know, mine has the same stamp! Despite being a reproduction and missing the original lid, I can't beat the price of $3 for a antique-ish vase that perfectly compliments any flowers I put in it!