Weekend Wind-Down #75

Yesterday afternoon, Missy and I headed out to SANDY CREEK PARK to attend the burton + BURTON COMPANY PICNIC. It was a chance to hang out with our co-workers and their families outside of our regular work environment. In these tough economic times, I guess it's lucky that our company can even afford to host a company picnic, though on a much smaller scale than previous events (they gave away televisions and iPods at last year's picnic - things can change a lot in just a year). Missy brought along her COOKIE MONSTER CUPCAKES to enter into the dessert contest...















There were lots of different contests, most of them geared towards little kids...Missy entered the HULA HOOP CONTEST and practiced a bit before the competition...

WORK 6551 from Raoul de la Cruz on Vimeo.

Unfortunately, Missy didn't practice enough and ended up getting eliminated in the first round. Oh well...

WORK 6561 from Raoul de la Cruz on Vimeo.

Even Maxine, the owner and president of our company, showed off her impressive hula hooping skills...





FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Making our Cookie Monster cupcakes!
RAOUL - Making the cupcakes was pretty fun I guess...

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Losing the dessert contest!
RAOUL - Not even placing in the dessert contest.

FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Seeing how the cupcakes turned out different than what I imagined.
RAOUL - The cracked-out Cookie Monster cupcakes we made!

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - "Snake charmer"
RAOUL - "Crack attack!"

FAVORITE MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - The Indian Feast at The Grit.
RAOUL - The super nachos, two nights in a row at Willie's.

FAVORITE GAME AT THE COMPANY PICNIC?
MISSY - The hula hoop contest.
RAOUL - Crack attack!

THREE THINGS ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST FOR THIS WEEK?
MISSY - Lettuce, rice, pizza.
RAOUL - Apples, orange juice, ginseng.

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Beirut, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, They Might Be Giants, Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast.
RAOUL - Built To Spill, New Order, Vampire Weekend, The Cure, Best Coast, Anti-Pop Consortium, Grizzly Bear, The Wolfgang Press, My Brightest Diamond, Beirut, Santigold, Swag Surfing mix on Mad Decent podcast, Studio One Funk compilation on Soul Jazz Records.