As some of you may know, my brother is currently living in Seoul, Korea teaching English to elementary school students. It’s great for him not only because he’s great with kids, but also because this job can be for paying off student loans. You get paid pretty well and they pay for most of your living costs, plus you get to live abroad. We’ve had a few friends who’ve done this in the past, but a very good friend of ours, Melissa went over a year before him and helped him get over. Melissa is one of the most wacky, random, hilarious, good-hearted, and fun people I’ve ever met in my life. One day she just started calling herself Mommy and it really stuck, so that’s pretty much how most of her friends know her now. Well, because she is also really impulsive she randomly quit her job in May and flew back to Cincinnati so that she could go to her brother’s wedding. It was great to have her back for the summer, but she has gone back to Korea now. I was very happy that we at least got to spend her birthday with her before she left.
Mommy prefers a low-key, hole in the wall type place, so we went to Arnold’s to listen to some jugband-style blugrass. Arnold’s is the oldest bar in the city, and the perfect bar to have a beer and enjoy the courtyard.
While we were out that night I realized that the very first outfit post I ever did on my blog was from her birthday, so I knew I had to make a tradition of it.
The beautiful birthday girl in front of their Shepard Fairey mural.
All of us ladies
She never saw it coming.
Last year for her birthday we played bocce ball, which was a first for me.
All in all a fabulous night with my two best ladies! I hope I magically get to spend her birthday with her next year. Maybe I’ll have to go to Korea…..
WHAT: sheer scarf, chicken lays an egg
floral dress (as shirt), forever 21
leather belt, thrift
pleated skirt, chicken lays an egg
fakelite rose bracelet, thrift
vintage pink socks, talk of the town
wedges, aldo
WHERE: drinkin’, drinkin’, and more drinkin’
WHEN: friday, august 20
Oh, I love the jug band at Arnold’s. Was it The Dancing Pigs?
It looks like you had the place to yourself!
It wasn’t unfortunately, but these guys were great! Funny you should mention the Dancing Pigs though, my dad grew up with them on the west side and I’ve known them my whole life. Small world. :)
Arnolds! I totally had my final show there when I graduated photo school :D
TOO cute! I love arnolds. Lunch date needs to happen there.
Midwest darling