Summer Nights 2013

The King and I was playing at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for their Summer Nights!

Gran told us stories of going to see this play in Cincinnati with Gramps!

The music floated over us as we gazed at the setting sun and crescent moon!

We always enjoy a picnic dinner and wine along with being outside!

The colorful images still speak to the child in all of us.  

The beautiful performances and heartfelt emotions of this film made for an enchanting evening under the stars.

Great twin night!

Gordon Lightfoot at the Palladium

This twin night we were channeling our 11th grade selves!

Uncle Rod introduced us to Gordon Lightfoot and the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on our trip to Canada.  

When we heard he was coming to the Carmel Palladium, we were in!

Our balcony seats afforded us a view of the whole room!

These inexpensive seats may have had us sitting behind the performer, but we enjoyed it all the same!

It was a great show and we felt ourselves turning back the pages of time!

It didn't hurt our self esteem that we were probably the youngest ones there by 20 years!

Great twin night!

Greening and Shamrock Walk 2013

St. Patrick's Day landed on a Sunday this year!

The Greening of the Canal was moved to a Friday night in hopes of attracting more patrons.

It was also moved inside the Indianapolis Historic Society.

The had Eunan McIntyre to brighten the mood.  "I hope it's WHISKEY" was therefore coined!

The procession of drummers led the crowd to the canal.

The Irish Citizen of the Year and the mayor placed the green dye in the canal, 

and before you knew it, the fountain was glowing green!

 The pipers retreated back to the Historic Society, and we did an Irish jig over to Claddaugh for some fish and chips and Irish breakfast (dinner)!

Next, we headed to Ashley's house for some Darby O'Gill!

The next day we got up and headed to the circle for the annual Shamrock Walk!

 

This year we decided to jump in on a pub crawl!

We first hit up Buffalo Wild Wings, then Tin Roof and finally Slippery Noodle.

Many green beers were consumed, and general fun was had all around!

The luck of the Irish was definitely on our side!

Mardi Gras 2013

Happy Mardi Gras!

We spent Fat Tuesday upstairs at The Bourbon Street Distillery!  

Another Groupon purchase that went really well!  

We had a great meal as a foursome and even got some free shots!  

And you know we were sporting the ridiculous beads and masks, it was Fat Tuesday after all!

Chinese New Year 2013

Happy Chinese New Year!

This year the four of us got together to share some chinese food and good times!

The table was set with Benihana cups and thrifted/restored silver double dragon head bowls!

We used the wishing tree to attach our wishes for the coming year!

After dinner, we watched Flower Drum Song!

Great twin night!

Emily's Wedding Dress Shopping!

Today is the day to say YES to a dress!!!

Emily had the whole sister shopping day planned out for us!

Natalie and Emily had breakfast at Cafe Patachou to prepare for a day of dresses!

Ashley met up with the sisters at Nancy's Boutique after class and started 

crying at the first sight of Emily in a white dress!

At the second appointment at Posie Patch, Emily found her dress!!!!

THE DRESS!!!

Classy and with beautiful lace detail, this dress is the epitome of Emily's timeless style.

We can all imagine her walking down the aisle with sunshine glittering off the lace and the train trailing behind in all its classic, pristine glory.

What a beautiful bride she will be in seven months, and this is THE gown she will wear!

All three sisters have butterflies!!!

We even found the perfect bridesmaid dresses there too! 

Everything is ordered and done, can't wait for them to come in!!!

Great twin night!

Chicago Birthdays 2012

Its that time of year again...Birthday's DAY!

This year, we decided to head to Chicago for our birthdays!

On the first evening, we checked into the hotel and headed to Oven Grinder Co.

It ended up being packed, so we had some drinks and dinner elsewhere!

We did some walking downtown on day two!

We took in the sites at the German Christkindlmarket (crowded!) and walked along the Chicago River!

We stopped back by Oven Grinder Co. for lunch and found it much more our style!

We had their famous "Pizza Pot Pie"!

The Pizza Pot Pie is an individual serving, "made from scratch" with triple-raised Sicilian bread-type dough; a homemade sauce consisting of olive oil, fresh garlic, onions, green peppers, whole plum tomatoes and a special blend of cheeses; sausage made from prime Boston butts; and doorknob-size, whole, fresh mushrooms. 

Later we headed to a local Irish place near our hotel for dinner and drinks!

We had fun hanging in the hotel and enjoying a weekend in the Windy City!

The next day we headed home (swinging by Three Floyds along the way!)!

What a great Chicago style birthday weekend!