Winston-Salem Night Life, Our Style

Song of the Day: Drive by Incubus

An abbreviated blog post is in order for this evening. We had a busy night. After Fitz got off work, he and Katherine went to the "Art You Can Wear" fashion show at Winston-Salem's Sawtooth Center, just a few blocks away from the apartment.

The fashion show!

We also checked out an exhibit featuring recent artwork from Wake Forest art professors. This bovine-inspired piece was mooo-ving!

The cows!

The night!

Once they got back, they watched Jeopardy and then cooked Chinese stir-fry for dinner.

The veggies before Katherine poured spicy sauce all over it!

After that, they watched Drive, starring Ryan Gosling. It was very good, artistic and surprisingly violent. Still, we enjoyed it a lot. And awesome soundtrack!

Lowering Our Ears

Song of the Day: Mama Told Me (Not to Come) by Three Dog Night

Today was a day for haircuts. Fitz's hair, as you can see from the picture below, was in desperate need of a trim.

Isn't he handsome?

So after work, he headed down 4th Street to The Oval Office, a barber shop decorated in a presidential theme. (Pictures of presidents adorn the walls.) Here's the after shot:

So cute!

Katherine also got her hair cut today, but hers was a bit more drastic. Here's her morning shot:

Pretty before...

Katherine visited The Escape Salon where Heather gave her a new and wonderful haircut:

...and pretty after!

In other news, February 2 is the day folks in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania wait for Phil the groundhog to come out of his hole and look for his shadow. We're not sure if groundhogs are indigenous to the Winston-Salem area, but we discovered quite an odd sight this afternoon on the roof of our building...

What a beautiful day here on the roof!

Bruno?? Is that you? What are you doing up here?

Building a base tan we see...

Cool shades!

Bruno's shadow! Six more weeks of winter. Bummer, dude.

Pork: Day 1

Song of the Day: Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap

Norman Rockwell, well, he rocks. 

Welcome to February! Flipping the page to the new month allowed us to appreciate our Norman Rockwell calendar a little bit more. February, of course, is Black History Month, but it is also National Cherry and Chocolate Month as well as National Bird-Feeding Month. And tomorrow we await the wisdom of the groundhog to tell us if spring is around the corner! 29 days of sheer excitement!

Today Katherine tried a new recipe, Pioneer Woman's Spicy Pop Pork. After six hours in the oven, the barbecue perfumed our apartment, and this evening, we feasted on barbecue sandwiches with cole slaw. We give it two thumbs up! Tomorrow night, we'll be having pulled pork with yellow creamy grits, and the night after that, we'll be having pork tacos. And the night after that, probably some other pork dish. Someday next week, it will all be gone. Some day. Thank goodness it turned out so well!

"Pop" pork? Where are we? Coke pork!