Weekend Wind-Down #70

(Leia's freshly-colored PEE WEE HERMAN tat, courtesy of PAIN & WONDER, dwntwn Athens)

Our friend LEIA was in town from Cleveland, Ohio - she was here with her band, THE AFTERNOON NAPS, to play at the big HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME RECORDS 10th anniversary gala. Yesterday, after we had a late brunch with her and her bandmates, Leia came over to Rancho Cocoa so that she could geek out with Missy over BLYTHE DOLLS and so Leia's vintage KENNER BLYTHE DOLL could had a play date with Missy's girls. First they played in the little REMENT BAKERY...



Then Leia's gal reclined against Nilla's super fluffy rump...



Then the girls posed for photos with our baby cantaloupes...



They hung out with our collection of plush thingys in our living room...



And then rode side-saddle on the back of a huge horse...



Before we knew it, the afternoon was over...we dropped Leia off at The Caledonia, just in time for her soundcheck, and bid her adieu. Missy and I headed for THE YOUNG BLOOD GALLERY in Atlanta to catch a showing of HANDMADE NATION...it was being shown in conjunction with a big film festival that was happening in the city. Unfortunately, we had left Athens a lot later than we planned and got to Young Blood a little too late. When we got there, everyone was already in the back, in the darkened gallery part of the store, watching the film. We hung out in the store listening to the movie, but weren't able to buy anything because they were actually "closed" for business, due to the film...darn it too, because I really really wanted to buy these GANGSTA RAP STICKER PACKS:







Feeling a bit defeated, we exited and headed a couple of doors down to the ATLANTA CUPCAKE FACTORY to console ourselves with some gourmet cupcake yummy goodness. I opted for the LEMON ON LEMON cupcake and Missy chose the spicy MEXICAN CHOCOLATE cupcake. We told our sad luck story to one of the owners of the bakery - about how we had driven all the way from Athens to Atlanta to see this movie and how we got here a little too late...I think he felt sorry for us and ended up hooking us up with extra cupcakes! So, we ended up getting six sinfully delicious cupcakes for the price of two...







We ate the two cupcakes we had originally ordered (the Mexican Chocolate had a hot spicy kick to it...so awesome!) and then stashed the rest in the car, before walking over to the hipster wasteland that is URBAN OUTFITTERS...we wanted to check it out because Missy's baby brother, Joe, just interviewed for a job there - if all goes well, he'll be designing and building the displays for a new store that's being built in Red Bank, New Jersey. Not wanting to go home empty handed, I ended up buying a little STYLOPHONE KEYBOARD, which I ended up playing late into the night, annoying Missy, the pets, and probably our neighbors...



FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Hangin' out with Leia and Desi, her Blythe doll!
RAOUL - Hangin' out with Leia!

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Trying to find a vet for Oreo (nothing is wrong with her, though).
RAOUL - Getting to Young Blood a tad too late sucked...

FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Finding 217 bucks cash that I forgot I had!
RAOUL - Unexpected cupcake overload courtesy of Atlanta Cupcake Factory.

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - "Cinnamon raaaawl!"
RAOUL - "Turtle race"

FAVORITE MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Atlanta Cupcake Factory!
RAOUL - Cupcakes from Atlanta Cupcake Factory. mmmmmm...

THREE THINGS ON YOUR TO-DO LIST FOR THIS WEEK?
MISSY - Pet Oreo, pet Nilla, make ad for Mixtape zine.
RAOUL - More water, more cardio, less stress.

WHICH MONKEE PERFECTLY DESCRIBES LAST WEEK?
MISSY - Probably Peter, because it was stupid.
RAOUL - Ringo

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Laura Marling, Jellyfish, Loveletter, Of Montreal.
RAOUL - Unrest, Teenage Fanclub, Au Revoir Simone, BARR, Best Fwends, The Very Best, Best Coast, Vivian Girls, The Clientele, Panther, Abe Vigoda, Ponytail, Girlfriendo, Of Montreal, The Haywains, Saturday Looks Good To Me, McTells, The Bartlebees, Fat Tulips, Delightful LIttle Nothings, Incredible Force Of Junior, Jale, Nothing Painted Blue, The Shins, Shitbirds, The Stool Pigeons, Mayer Hawthorne "Hawthorne Radio" mixes on Stones Throw podcast.