the perfect storm

rarely do ann and dabney experience such natural phenomena as they did this past weekend. boston had been collecting large quantities of energy - in the form of moisture and warm air - for days, and it was only a matter of time before the earth unleashed its fury. a confluence of factors contributed to the atmospheric weekend: boston pride, friend lindsey's birthday; and a wellesley reunion. each one of these things by themselves would have been license for ann and dabney to be naughty. but all combined they became a perfect storm of debauchery, the effects of which will be felt for a very long time.

ann and dabney wandered to the end of their block on saturday afternoon to watch the pride parade. the floats swept through like a huge, pulsing gay hurricane, and left a debris of confetti, rainbow-colored beads, and condoms in its wake.



later that night, ann and dabney hosted a party - the nor'easter of 2005 - for friends in town. freshly made margaritas flowed courteous of new aquaintance boston tara, who arrived as part of a larger entourage with nikki and averill. tara is straight out of boston's central casting. not only has her family owned a series of irish pubs, she teaches bartending at a local school. when told she was too cute to be single, she responded, "i'm wicked retahded when it comes to dating." ann and dabney loved meeting her.

perhaps because of those margaritas, and the champagne, and the gin & tonics, ann got a little grab-assy that night and decided to flirt with all the straight ladies in the crowd. sincere public apologies go out here to both terraism and lucy. mika was also a true delight and every bit the fabulous person that her blog suggests. you can read her account of the party here. likewise, ashbloem's fuzzy recollections and very funny regrets are here.

sunday was a total blur.

monday was lindsey's actual birthday and that afternoon was the calm in the eye of the storm. ann, dabney, lindsey and heloise spent the day at the leo martin driving range, swimming in lake waban, and eating ice cream at white mountain in wellesley. it was one of those glorious, epic summer days where you do exactly what feels good to do, right at the moment you want to do it.



the winds picked up again on monday night with bottles of wine and champagne smuggled into the do re mi karaoke cafe in allston. ann and dabney will let the photos tell the story.





there are just no words or possible earthly explanation for this next photo, but it is surely proof that nature was turned on its head this weekend.



rumbles of thunder could be heard back at ann and dabney's at the end of the night with more drinks and a round of the ever-popular game of "who can store the most change under their boobs?" all the smaller cup sizes wisely sat it out, which left a close contest between dabney, ashbloem and alice. everyone in the room thought that new mom alice was a ringer. ashbloem definitely had the most in quantity, but made the amateurish mistake of going for pennies instead of quarters (ann and dabney blame the move on her blonde roots). so dabney came through a winner with a full $4.30, baby!!! ann was so proud. all of those practice sessions really paid off.

it is now tuesday afternoon, and boston has turned both cool and calm. bags have been packed. friends have flown back home. ann and dabney will spend the rest of the week cleaning the wreck of their apartment and wringing out their flooded livers.

happy birthday lindsey, our favorite little stormcloud.