good 'new' and bad 'new'

last week, in the self-same day, i experience 2 things that would fall in the category of NEW in my life. and it turns out that they are pretty much on opposite ends of the spectrum from each other. one i would love to experience again. one, i don't really need to ever experience again. (unless, of course, it was like delivery or take-out.)

so today, i wanted to share with you my good 'new' and my bad 'new' from last week. please plan your weeks accordingly. hahaha. or not.

GOOD 'NEW':

ELIZABETH WALSH

so my friends, brendan and kelly walsh, welcomed their first child into the world on july 3rd. it is a little girl, and her name is elizabeth. and last week, i got out of reheasal a little early and i got the chance to sneak over to the walsh residence and meet miss elizabeth myself! and she was a delight...plus, i'm pretty sure she liked me. i mean, she kept passing gas as i held her. that has to be a good sign! so, in celebration of this good (even GREAT) 'new', i wanted to introduce everyone to baby elizabeth!

honestly. look at her. 12 days old and already smiling for pictures.

Elizabeth looks at dad...making lame faces at her....

"can you believe this guy?" she says, through her expression, to me.

elizabeth looks up to uncle matt to see if he is paying attention to her.

i mean honestly....she is so dang cute.

and this picture makes me laugh....her expression is hysterical!

a little 'color accent' magic touch.

i mean....THAT beautiful little baby came from THIS?

BAD 'NEW': Ross' choice for food

so i came home after seeing baby elizabeth, and ross AND tyler were both home. anyone who knows the 3 of us knows that we're never around and rarely see each other. ross had been talking about us going to cafe romeo around the corner from our house. tyler and i are staunch fans of georgetown cafe - also near our house. but ross isn't convinced by its magic, and swears by the magic that cafe romeo has to offer. well, it offered something. good food? sure. better than georgetown cafe? never. desireable restaurant to actually, physically go to? NOT in the least.

you'll see.

Ross starts rounding up the troops for the march up to cafe romeo.

Ross proudly leads the way.

we arrive....

at the final destinaton!

Ross proudly shows off the interior. (and my 'sketch radar' started to go off.....)

Ross swears by the lavash rolls. And I've tried one he brought me home once. They were a delight. I have been known to crave them.

Ross discusses the menu choices with Amy...his girlfriend.

Tyler considers HIS options...and how he could make this night shift down the street to the Georgetown Cafe.

And then with our orders placed, we found ways to pass the time.

Ross is excited for his lavash roll.

Tyler. Um. No clue. I've got nothin'.

My lavash roll. They really ARE quite delicious.

And then the trouble starts. Yes - it was on the ground and not on our table...BUT STILL...it was on the ground RIGHT BY our table! And it was HUGE. I'm pretty sure it could've picked UP our table and moved it.

Here Ross shows where he karated chopped at the wall, while the above offender tried to get away. As you can see in the close-up on the right, he did NOT get away.

THIS was one of 2 cockroaches we saw crawling around the Cafe's patio that night.

Post-dinner B&W photo shoot. On everyone's mind is the thought: atleast we didn't see a rat.

Um. Never mind. Yes we did.*

*the rat wasn't actually seen ON the Cafe Romeo grounds....but right off the grounds - basically on the next door property. It was a fast sucker so I didn't get the clearest shot. But it's there. Running away.