When Spring sprung!

This weekend Spring sprung on us, just like that. So we took to the streets minus the coats, scarves, gloves and ear muffs for the first time since we got here over two months ago. One day it was baltic and then, as if by magic, the next it was gorgeous. So to celebrate we took to the streets for a dander, took in a birthday party and finally a Boston Celtics game. Perfick!


So on our wee dander we found this coffee joint here which was giving away free coffee as a promotional thingymajiggy. Well talk about ripping the arse out of something. If Marguerite was up and down those steps once, she was up and down them a dozen times. All we did for 3 hours, was drink coffee and run to the bog. Gratitude where gratitude is due mind you, it was extremely nice coffee. If you can get something for nothing, then take at least two, that's our motto.
Marguerite just loves this silver building below. She says so every time she walks past it - 'Jude that building's class...Jude I love that building....Jude that building is really nice, etc'. It has the strange name of '111 Huntington Avenue'. So as we passed it Marguerite wanted her pic taken beside it for the blog (she's actually half a mile away from it).

Here Jude and Marguerite turn on the style when trying on some cool glasses.

Jude's are much snazzier, don't you think? Marguerite again rips the arse out of the moment by pulling the old 'thumbs up' number here.

Hey, if you think you have 'it' (whatever 'it' is) try to flaunt it while posing on a foot bridge overlooking a pond and with a camera case wrapped around ya like some touristy geek. Jude clearly does not have 'it', though he continues to think he does. Posing for such a pic as this is just sad in itself. Poor fella!!!!!

Here is our friend Niamh from the Orchard County at her own birthday party. This was one of those nights when all good intentions of going home early slipped away as the craic got better and better.






Here are the rest of our gang at the same party. Left to right are: Ryan from West Belfast, Jude from Ballygalget, Melissa from Boston, Harry 'I'm the best dancer in this group by a mile' from North Belfast, Marguerite from Andytown, Lisa Marie from West Belfast, Michelle 'the Dub' and Nick from Rhode Island.










Here Marguerite and Lisa find Harry's remark about being the best dancer utterly hilarious.










Yes, everybody is kind of wired by the time the pic below was taken. Can ya tell? It was taken around 3am. Check out Jude's pose. Is he giving a sermon or directing an aeroplane in to land? Marguerite is clearly trying to win the 'straightarm championship 2009.' Ryan is smiling away like a good one while struggling to keep the auld eyes open and looking for the camera all at the same time.
Here we are at the Boston Garden watching the Boston Celtics beat Oklahoma Thunder 103-85.
Now this is a good game. It's really exciting from start to finish. Jude reckons he could do a job for the Celtics if he keeps practicing on the court out our front. Marguerite agrees. His all-time record of 6 out of 10 from the free throw line still stands by the way.








Here we are at the end of the game and also at the end of what was a cool, fun, chilled out, weekend.