Hello hello, men of Northampton!
Fortunately my eyes are healing, and my sight is improving quite nicely. For several days I was barely able to read, either books or a computer screen, which made for a very quiet long weekend. I'm excited that I'll be able to ski this year and wear goggles without fighting to get the goggles to fit over my glasses. Speaking of which, is anyone thinking about the Winter Rendezvous "gay ski weekend" at Stowe in January?
I wanted to get out a quick note about some happenings coming up soon. Some of these are on quite short notice, but hopefully not so short that you can't get out to enjoy some of them!
First, and of most immediate occurrence, David Sedaris is appearing tomorrow night, October 19, at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. More info is available at the Colonial Theatre's website here.
Next up, there are a couple events happening a little closer to Northampton this weekend. October’s men's social is this Friday, October 21, at the Hotel Northampton. I'm overdue for my biannual visit to the socials, so perhaps I shall descend from my Fortress of Solitude and we'll cross paths. More info, as always, is at monoho.com.
KW Home, specializing in interior design, will be celebrating their tenth anniversary in Easthampton this Saturday, and in a big way. Not only are they having a reception and beer tasting (beer provided by the absolutely fantastic Trü Beer of Easthampton!), AND offering 20-50% off everything in the store, they are ALSO donating 10% of the proceeds from their anniversary sale to the United Way of Hampshire County. Check out their website at http://kwhome.net for more information.
While you're out shopping for furniture, make sure you pick up a hard hat or some kind of helmet, because Saturday is also Northampton's annual Zombie Pubcrawl! You'll want something to protect your brains from being eaten by the roving hordes of undead. Or, instead of buying a hard hat, you could invest in some tattered clothing, white face paint, and some fake blood, so that you can join in the revelry. Trust me - it's much better to just dress as a zombie than to actually be bitten by one and convert. Please, just TRUST ME on this one, guys. You can find the pubcrawl schedule at the Facebook event page here.
There's also a tribute event for the folk opera "TRUTH," about Sojourner Truth, being held at the Academy of Music on Saturday. More info on that one is available at http://truthopera.com.
As for me, I have a somewhat quieter weekend in mind. Yes, instead of gorging myself on pizza and beer (and brrraaaaiiiinnnnsssss!), I'll be wandering the streets of Turners Falls for the second annual Franklin County Pumpkin Fest, munching on pumpkin whoopie pies, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin-infused cheese, and other autumnal goodies. Last year I had the most delicious buffalo chicken and bleu cheese chowder and hope to find it again this year. Let's just say that my mouth is watering already. The pumpkin fest reminds me of why I love living in New England, with people coming from all over to enjoy the beautiful scenery and pumpkin carvings, the scents of brown sugar and cinnamon wafting through the air, and enough of a crispness to the air that reminds me it's nearly ski season (Stowe? anyone?). Be sure to visit the Turners Falls RiverCulture webpage here for more information.
That's it for now, folks. Let me know in the comments what you're up to this weekend, and if I should watch out for your undead body wandering the streets of Northampton Saturday, or if you'll instead be taking it easy with a pumpkin latte in Turners Falls. Oh, and just another reminder for the athletic types: dodgeball is starting up again only a couple more weeks! Watch monoho.com for updates.
Good night, and good luck.
-will
Fortunately my eyes are healing, and my sight is improving quite nicely. For several days I was barely able to read, either books or a computer screen, which made for a very quiet long weekend. I'm excited that I'll be able to ski this year and wear goggles without fighting to get the goggles to fit over my glasses. Speaking of which, is anyone thinking about the Winter Rendezvous "gay ski weekend" at Stowe in January?
I wanted to get out a quick note about some happenings coming up soon. Some of these are on quite short notice, but hopefully not so short that you can't get out to enjoy some of them!
First, and of most immediate occurrence, David Sedaris is appearing tomorrow night, October 19, at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. More info is available at the Colonial Theatre's website here.
Next up, there are a couple events happening a little closer to Northampton this weekend. October’s men's social is this Friday, October 21, at the Hotel Northampton. I'm overdue for my biannual visit to the socials, so perhaps I shall descend from my Fortress of Solitude and we'll cross paths. More info, as always, is at monoho.com.
KW Home, specializing in interior design, will be celebrating their tenth anniversary in Easthampton this Saturday, and in a big way. Not only are they having a reception and beer tasting (beer provided by the absolutely fantastic Trü Beer of Easthampton!), AND offering 20-50% off everything in the store, they are ALSO donating 10% of the proceeds from their anniversary sale to the United Way of Hampshire County. Check out their website at http://kwhome.net for more information.
While you're out shopping for furniture, make sure you pick up a hard hat or some kind of helmet, because Saturday is also Northampton's annual Zombie Pubcrawl! You'll want something to protect your brains from being eaten by the roving hordes of undead. Or, instead of buying a hard hat, you could invest in some tattered clothing, white face paint, and some fake blood, so that you can join in the revelry. Trust me - it's much better to just dress as a zombie than to actually be bitten by one and convert. Please, just TRUST ME on this one, guys. You can find the pubcrawl schedule at the Facebook event page here.
There's also a tribute event for the folk opera "TRUTH," about Sojourner Truth, being held at the Academy of Music on Saturday. More info on that one is available at http://truthopera.com.
As for me, I have a somewhat quieter weekend in mind. Yes, instead of gorging myself on pizza and beer (and brrraaaaiiiinnnnsssss!), I'll be wandering the streets of Turners Falls for the second annual Franklin County Pumpkin Fest, munching on pumpkin whoopie pies, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin-infused cheese, and other autumnal goodies. Last year I had the most delicious buffalo chicken and bleu cheese chowder and hope to find it again this year. Let's just say that my mouth is watering already. The pumpkin fest reminds me of why I love living in New England, with people coming from all over to enjoy the beautiful scenery and pumpkin carvings, the scents of brown sugar and cinnamon wafting through the air, and enough of a crispness to the air that reminds me it's nearly ski season (Stowe? anyone?). Be sure to visit the Turners Falls RiverCulture webpage here for more information.
That's it for now, folks. Let me know in the comments what you're up to this weekend, and if I should watch out for your undead body wandering the streets of Northampton Saturday, or if you'll instead be taking it easy with a pumpkin latte in Turners Falls. Oh, and just another reminder for the athletic types: dodgeball is starting up again only a couple more weeks! Watch monoho.com for updates.
Good night, and good luck.
-will
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