the weekend of pure magic.

on saturday, superette ended a full week of houseguests during which ann enjoyed a delightful meal and conversation at one of her favorite restaurants (the franklin), dabney hustled everyone in a game of texas hold 'em, darts were played at j.j. foley's, and they received a set of these:



sweet, no? thanks elaine!

heloise and her friend tyler came for a visit at the end of the week. tyler, who, in addition to being a real theory wonk with an inexplicably apocalyptic world view, is also a pretty amazing magician. despite the fact that he could make a queen of hearts disappear into thin air, he was no poker ace however and wound up dealer for the evening after being the first eliminated in a drawn-out game of hold'em. (why they let a master of sleight of hand deal, ann and dabney aren't sure; they still don't know if he was secretly dealing heloise pocket aces throughout the night.)

after plying tyler with a good amount of magners cider and gin & tonics, ann and dabney finally got him to levitate in the middle of their living room. it must of been magic, because there is no way that man could have balanced himself with all that alcohol in him. if you've ever seen david blaine's street magic, and can imagine all the spectators hooping and hollering on the sidelines, then you just got a good picture of ann and dabney that night.