avocado, again.

perhaps i don't know how to identify a ripe avocado. i end up attacking the poor thing and it's just ugly. tasty... but ugly.

etiquette of text messaging

so i'm not really into text messaging but i try not to judge others... but i have to mention this: a co-worker who sits a desk away from me receives text messages ALL DAY LONG. the phone does this stupid beep sound to alert the recipient of a new message.

i think it's annoying. and inappropriate at work. am i too old for this?

cold

apparently last night the computer server room at work started to freak out, and the room overheated. as a result, today the heat was turned off. i have been sitting working in a 64 degree space all day... i am wearing a scarf and giant arm warmers. i am still cold, but thankful for my knit accessories.

avocado

does anyone have any tips for slicing* an avocado? i just left the kitchen with green goo all over my hands and plate.

*editor's note: i was using a plastic knife. i tried it again... it's just a mess.

genius

lawn sized scrabble!?!?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2008288666_zliv20lawnscrabble.html

time turner

i want one of these

suggestions for toys

yesterday we managed to get a parking ticket, NOT for an expired meter, but for expired inspection! attached to the $40 ticket is a notice indicating a campaign in the city of boston to collect toys worth the amount of the ticket (or more) for tickets given in boston between december 2 and 4... so we're thinking that's the better idea. it just feels nicer. so.... what toys should we buy for $40? please comment with suggestions!

lunch

i just purchased a bagel and cream cheese (exciting, i know). i thought i got asiago cheese. i just cut it open and through the haze of illness i smelled cinnamon?!?! i just checked with a co-worker and yes, in fact, i managed to select a cinnamon bagel with asiago cheese on top.

[it's surprisingly good.]

what was that?

today i am sick. i have been sick for a few days... last night we flew back from our trip for thanksgiving, and you know that feeling when your ears get all plugged up on the plane? yeah, i still have that. i can't really hear. and apparently i am moving really slowly-- some of my co-workers made fun of me. meanies.

to the impatient woman at my bus stop:

sometimes the bus runs behind schedule, like today. it is raining and apparently the bus we got on was running late, since there was another bus immediately behind it. please don't get pissed off when people on the bus need to exit, causing both our bus and the close by bus to stop. it happens.

if you're so concerned about getting to work early, then leave earlier!

no subject

i'm feeling hollow.

olive oil + honey

in the private olive oil tasting room at the intercontinental! 

vocabulary

yesterday i was talking to someone about their design project, and as he described the organizational strategy to me, he referred to both the "hierarchy" and the "lowerarchy" of the design.

i did not correct him.

reverse cupcake hat

can i get a witness?

so i was just listening to a 'genius' mix on my ipod-- 'genius-ed' from steve miller band's "the joker". i am currently listening to grand funk railroad's "some kind of wonderful"-- a.k.a. "can i get a witness?" and it took me back to the days of henri anne's in providence... so while i have it on my mind, i'll share my story:

wintersession, 2005. space craft studio. we started eating lunch at henri anne's... which no longer exists... but we patroned for a while from our days at the BEB. so the sandwiches all have ridiculous names, such as the guilty, the not guilty, the defendant, the jury, the acquittal, etc... i can't remember them all but they were all really kind of corny-- i asked about it, and they said they were catering to the populus of lawyers in the area. so in addition to the regular sandwiches-- which i never really got because they were all meat (i opted for an egg sandwich or a muffin with a coffee), they had a special of the day... lo and behold, they served a DELICIOUS eggplant parmesean! let's say it was the wednesday special (i don't recall what day) but i told them i loved it and i was looking forward to next wednesday!

so all week (my studio pals can attest to this!) i can't stop talking about the sandwich. i loved it. THEN i come up with the BEST NAME EVER: the witness. i am so giddy i can't wait to tell them the next wednesday. so wednesday rolls around, and i walk down the street... and i see on the chalkboard that the daily special is the eggplant parmesean. so i walk in and tell them they have to name this sandwich the witness, and when people order it they must say/sing "can i get a witness?" the love my idea. now maybe i'm getting the details out of order... but they certainly posted this eggplant sandwich as "the witness".... then it turned south.

the following day andrew comes over to my desk with a mountain dew in his hand, and tells me that the daily special at henri anne's is hot ham and swiss with spicy mustard, or something like that... i said, "ok, i don't care-- i don't eat that." and then he looked me very seriously and said "they're calling it 'the witness'".

i marched on down to henri anne's to complain that 'the witness' ought to be reserved for the eggplant parm. they tried to flatter me by saying that it was such a clever idea, they had adopted it for every special... i still felt a little like they stole from me.

so from that day forth, the rotating daily special was called 'the witness'. that is, until henri anne's closed, which i am told was sometime in late 2006 or early 2007.

the end.

cupcakeosaur

i just ordered this shirt from shirt.woot.com

i am excited!  it's so cute!

i said yes!

we are engaged! hooray!

coffee sippin' time

i'm going to make a confession.  although i don't love starbucks, i feel the need to purchase beverages there once they make the seasonal switch to the red cups.

kids today

that's all i have to say... kids today... 

noooovember

fall is finally here in my book... November brings about chilly days and chillier nights... i am happy to report though that we managed to hold out turning on our heat in October!  it didn't get that cold really, and i somehow feel accomplished in doing so.  

a note on my lunch

panzarotti = delicious

randomness

i've been thinking about a few random things:

i really like sweater vests

all things pumpkin flavored are delicious

i have been listeing to the "flight of the conchords" soundtrack basically non-stop, but i've never seen the show. i'm kind of nervous to watch-- what if i don't like it?

michael cera is either a really good or a really bad actor-- he always plays the same part, which might possibly be his actual personality. [note: i do not recomend seeing "nick and norah's infinite playlist"]

i get kind of sad when i go to trader joe's to find out they have phased out a favorite snack of mine-- does this happen to anyone else? happily, though, the last time i was there i discovered they have resurrected the tuscan white bean dip under the name "tuscan white bean hummus"! now if they would only bring back cornicopius...

weekend

it's always hard to get back to the daily routine after a trip... we finally put most of our stuff away yesterday-- still a few things to get back in the kitchen, and some stuff to stow in the basement... yesterday we got to spend some time with kevin and parini who were in town from LA! check out our silly Halloween photos... oh the other picture is from a spice store.  i found this setup of couscous particularly funny-- is there actually a difference between israeli and lebanese couscous?

WV photos

the full albums are here and here

WV

we are back. it was a fun trip. i don't want to go to work.

here's a photo of bridge day.

more weekend fun

this weekend-- tonight actually-- we're headed down to the New River Gorge for an extended weekend climbing trip! we will be driving starting tonight (yikes!) after the class i teach-- dan will drive the first leg of the trip while i sleep (i hope) and then i will start driving sometime in the middle of the night... in addition to climbing we'll be watching official bridge day! i hope it's fun and the drive doesn't kill us... now i just have to make it through work today, tying up a bunch of loose ends, and then it's off until tuesday night!

weekend adventures

this is going to be a long post.  i hope it's worth your time to read it-- i have to document this before i forget it all.

this past weekend was kind of ridiculous.  enjoyable, memorable, and ridiculous.  it was perfect climbing weather, so dan and i decided to head up to rumney, and were excited that darren would join us as well.  the original plan was to go up saturday for the day, since i had plans to see david sedaris at symphony hall sunday.  well, we had to run some errands saturday that could not be done sunday, so instead darren got the idea to drive up saturday night to camp, therefore getting an early enough start sunday so we could make it back.  sounded great! dan remembered we had heard of a place called D'Acres, and organic farm close to climbing that has camping as well as indoor sleeping accommodations and i thought it would be easier to sleep in their yoga room rather than pitch a tent, so off we went.  

seriously, the whole D'Acres experience was under 12 hours but MAN was it CRAZY!! somehow the website seemed rather unassuming and i didn't realize that the place is a commune of sorts.  we arrived around 8:30 PM, and entered a large house.  i noticed on the way in through the garage a free-standing bathtub with what looked like laundry and ice cubes in it... odd, i thought, but i didn't mention anything to dan or darren.  a guy was putting on a pair of boots by the door, and told us to go inside an talk to the guy with the goatee.  so we did.  the first thing this guy says after dan says we have a reservation to stay in the yoga room is "have you been here before?" to which we say, "no".  his immediate response is, "isn't this place great?" and we all kind of said "uh, yeah" even though we'd only been in a large garage, a hallway, and now a kitchen.  right.  then he mentions something about the yoga room being upstairs, and the composting toilet, and that we can't wear our shoes upstairs.  he shows us the yoga room, then we go back to the car to get our things.  

there's a bonfire going across the "street", so after we drop off our things, we take the 6-pack of beers we brought over there.  i think this was the point at which darren suggested asking someone what the hell was going on... interestingly i don't think we ever did.

let me try to set up the scene:  people are quietly sitting in a circle around the fire, there are 2 guitars, several bongo drums, a diggerydo (i have no idea how to spell that) and maybe a rain stick? and singing.  oh, and the fire! there was an elaborate contraption set up in a teepee form with what we later found out to be a tangerine tree suspended over top the flame.  then we see close to the fire what looks like a large paper mache head, probably 6' diameter, about 15' up.  it is right next to a real teepee with its own mailbox.  so we start to drink our beers and i feel totally out of place-- we chatted with one another an again i felt like it was inappropriate to talk with the singing!  luckily about 10-15 minutes later someone came back from town with a bunch of beers, and some of the original musical group left.  at that point it changed to a regular campfire, which was cool... we met this guy who lived there, and he was all fun...

 dancing for us, chatting us up-- then he grabbed these fire balls (i'm not sure if there's a better word to describe them?) and started slinging them around in a wild dance.  it was kind of surreal.  oh, he told us the story of the teepee fire thing, which was a remnant from their middle earth party a few weeks before, in which they lit a bunch of leaves covered in vegetable oil.  BUT my favorite comment he made was this: a bit later 2 of the residents started playing guitar.  i could not identify the song, as they were not singing.  so this guy says to us "hey, is this hotel california?" i am about 99% sure it was not, but i said "it can be if you want it to be" so he says ok cool, but i forget how it starts.  so i lead him to "on a dark desert highway" and he says "oh, ok, but i have to do it reggae style" from which point i think he sang most of hotel california with a reggae beat-- which, by the way, was totally not what the guitars were playing!  ok, so then back to the fire, good times... then a conversation starts about a pig roast.  apparently the bathtub with ice was holding a pig.  on ice.  to cook.  i mentioned having seen this, and it was noted that i was "more observant than most" to have noticed a bathtub filled with sheets and ice.  so they rally up a few guys to start setting the pig up-- it would take 1 hour at 350 degrees for each 10lb of pig... or so they say.  hm.

overall it was a good time at the fire.  then we headed in...

the yoga room floor was not comfortable, despite our sleeping pads.  the room was huge and had maybe 8-10 people in it. it was also right above where the people had started cooking the pig, so it was not that quiet.  eventually i fell asleep.  at one point, though, i thought dan had rolled over in his sleeping bag onto my legs, because i felt something pushing on my legs.  i was actually quite warm at the time so i reached my hand outside the bag and then i seriously screamed-- my hand landed on the back of a cat! A CAT! dan woke up and i told him about it... but i think he fell back asleep immediately.  well, i could not sleep.  dan is allergic to cats-- and i later found out darren is, too-- so i took it upon myself to defend us against this cat by NOT going to sleep.  i was super hot but convinced myself i had to stay entirely zipped into my bag in case the cat tried to attack me.  also, this guy across the room was snoring like a train.  or something else loud.  it didn't even bother me though because it helped me to stay up and defend against a cat attack.

in the morning we were planning to have the pancake breakfast, but that turned out to be a bust... so we left that zany place in search of a diner.  the diner was tasty.  climbing was good.  the whole experience at D'Acres lasted from 8:30 saturday night to about 7:30 sunday morning.  it was a different world.

attached are a few pictures of the fire, the yoga room, and climbing.

thank you for reading. 

for today

a case of the mondays.

i'm having one of those days where i just can't keep on top of anything-- my outlook keeps popping up reminders and i am snoozing them... not that effective. despite the fact that i cleaned my desk last week it is starting to look like a pit again.
blah.
tonight my study group is getting together to celebrate me passing my exams! hooray! i hope i can get myself together enough to get out of here, and to enjoy it!

umm...

when did it get to be october? i am panicking here. another late wednesday at work... i wish i was "making it work" instead!

another case of mistaken identity

i am at dan's parents' house now in preparation for rosh hashanah dinner... i am sitting here with dan's mom and i was just telling her dan's case of mistaken identity, only to find out that she too had a similar experience-- she was being confused with a speaker or writer of manuscripts, in florida. her response was something like "i am not the fran you think i am, i am not a writer and i live in the northeast".

like mother like son, i guess.

happy new year to all!

recently knit

i can type while wearing them! (action shot to prove it)

9 exams later

you can call me ARCHITECT!

i must resist...

the urge to buy every item off my amazon.com wish list.

a case of mistaken identity

dan and i were just discussing an email that was sent out to the residents of our condos about noise.  he claimed to have not received it (it turns out he had not checked his email since it was sent) but told me he received a message about the garage door opener-- mind you, we don't have a garage door.  he then reminded me that he's been getting emails for a different condo association-- somewhere in Canada actually-- for the past 3 months.  apparently they have the email addresses wrong so he's on the list.  he keeps trying to get removed from the list, telling these people they have the wrong dan-- and they don't believe him! they just keep emailing him.  so we were thinking that when people see the intended dan walking around they must give him dirty looks, because the unintended dan continues to ask to be removed from the list on the grounds he does not live there.  they must think this guy is crazy.  meanwhile on this end, it's annoying but also hilarious.

a fall saturday

we got pumpkins.

we went climbing. 

and this time the pretzels were a success.

i agree.

i really like this post, especially this part:

Passion = Authenticity: When you are passionate, everything you do becomes truly real.

baby blanket

i knit this blanket for a friend's new baby. it needs a bit of finishing but you get the gist...
i cannot decide what to do for the border-- if it needs one at all...

it is based off of this design, from purlsoho-- found here.

deliberately vague

i don't even know what to say.

i'm going to be deliberately vague here. i am not a joke! treat me seriously. i show up... shouldn't you, too? i can tell "start" apart from "finish".

ok that's it.

short sleeves

the shirts are successful. note the smile.

stay tuned

recently dan took 2 long-sleeved dress shirts to the dry cleaners, and beyond just getting them cleaned, he asked the cleaners to tailor the shirts so that they will be short-sleeved shirts-- these shirts in particular had developed holes in one of the elbows. if possible we will pick them up today. yesterday, however, dan raised a good point: how do they know how short to make the sleeves? is there a standard short-sleeve length proportion based on the size of the shirt? what if they end up too long? or too short-- muscle tee style?

photo to follow later when we see the finished result.

2 part post

1. today i saw the new iPod nanos in the store... they are cool but i somehow felt i was going to break it when i attempted the "shuffle via shake" motion.

2. in search of specific craft items, today we went to both Michael's and A.C. Moore. i'm continually amazed by the fact that no matter which branch of either of these chain stores you go to, there are punk teenagers working there-- more often guys than girls. i mean, seriously, look next time you go if you haven't noticed this. i think i always end up at the checkout counter having my merchandise scanned by a 16 year old guy with dyed black hair, at least 1 visible tattoo, those earrings through his ears such that i can see daylight on the other side (i'm sure they have a name) and/or eyeliner. what about Michael's or A.C. Moore is so attractive to these characters? i am not sure i'll ever know.

look at the pretty colors!

have you seen these yet? i have not seen them in person... but they look cool.  those apple people are genius.  we are so sucked into consumerism.  one of my co-workers mentioned he will get one so i hope to see it soon.  i do have a few concerns, though:

1.  what happens if you're running?  naturally the iPod shakes... does it randomly shuffle songs?

2. with all these colors, and the trends these days... where is the brown one? shouldn't they make a brown iPod?

cheesy cookies

recipe extracted from the family archives.... mmm!

CHEESY COOKIES

1 stick margarine

10 oz. extra sharp shredded cheddar (yellow is prettier)

1 cup sifted all purpose flour

1-1/2 cups slightly crushed corn flakes

have margarine and cheese soften to room temperature

blend and then mix in flour until well blended

lightly mix in corn flakes

form into small balls and place on cookie sheet

flatten with fork (not too flat)

bake 350 degrees, about 15 minutes

cool and store in covered container in refrigerator

makes about 60 cheesy cookies

words

i like random blog posts.

i really like using the word "aforementioned" in emails or memos. i just realized how much i like it when i just wrote an email to our code consultant.

i hope he appreciates it. i also hope you enjoyed the aforementioned randomness (ok fine so that wasn't great but i tried. it was great in the email)

fun friends photos and food

what a weekend-- a whirlwind trip to new york for a wedding, plus mini visits with many MANY meals! some of the photos are posted here

tomato: take 2

this looks promising! 

a photo follow up

[on the way to ben folds in 2001-- i took the picture]

shout out

i like it when something triggers my memory-- a scent, or a song, reminiscent of another time. for example, i was listening to the indigo girls a bunch a few months ago and it reminded me of high school... and currently (this minute!) i am listening to ben folds-- specifically, "annie waits"-- it takes me back to moving to boston 7 years ago and going to see his show somewhere on landsdowne street with kim and tracy (hi, if you're reading!)-- i'll post a picture later.

those were simpler times. it makes me smile.

tomato

after transplanting tomato, the leaves became wilted... i am afraid we scared the poor plant.  i am hoping that water, miracle gro, and sunlight will do the trick to bring tomato back to full spirits!

a summer night

[tomato's new home + dinner]

and another thing

will this be good? 

let me know if you get the sundance channel, and i'll come over.  i will bring a snack for us to share.

make it work

who is watching project runway this season? last week i had a conversation with my mom about the fact that it is not that good this season... which i find disappointing on a number of levels, one of which is the fact that my mom is actually watching the whole season from the start and it's just not that good.  don't worry, though, this won't stop me from watching... in 7 minutes! 

also on an entirely unrelated note i am obsessed with PhotoBooth on my new computer-- especially enjoying the fish-eye effect, and the 4 pictures.  i wonder if it will get old.

wii and blueberries

yes, it was a good few days.  dan and i enjoyed a rowdy game of 4 player wii tennis at tobias and tessa's place.  totally great.  only a few unintentional physical hits with the wii remotes.  today we went climbing in rumney and on the way back, we picked our own blueberries! we left after picking just one pint but i was impressed with the couple who showed up at the same time as us and left with at least 3 pints.  it was clear to see they had more experience picking blueberries.  we are still happy with our crop.

back in business

i am typing this from my new computer, and i'm quite excited about it!

just picked

this morning, yellow tomato left the vine-- i plan to purchase the appropriate accoutrements to accompany yellow tomato in a tasty salad tonight. i sure hope it is delicious, as this is our only successful vegetable! a pepper fell down and broke open before ripening.

[above: final outdoor portrait. below: safely inside on a paper towel.]

hello

hello reader(s). here is a wrap-up of my weekend: friday i took a half day at work so i cram for my general structures exam, which i took saturday-- i hope i passed! i felt ok about it-- i have to say the room was too hot and i ended up kind of bailing on a few questions at the end, so i hope it didn't kill me... we spent saturday night in RI with dan's parents and grandma who was in town from AZ-- it was nice and relaxing and quite awesome to watch some Olympic swimming in HD on their awesome TV! sunday we all went to Mystic, CT for an outdoor art fair, then an early dinner at Mystic Pizza 2-- yum! dan also got the idea to bring home a mystic pizza so we'll get to eat one tonight, too!

i'm totally jazzed about the Olympics but i have to say our TV doesn't really hold a candle to HD... oh well. i have a feeling i'm going to have to be ok with not studying for my next (and final?!?!) exam for the next week or so while i enjoy the games!

shh... guess who?

i just realized i've been subconsciously trying to guess people's footsteps at work-- i hear someone coming and i try to guess who it is. then i sort of silently reward myself when i am right... as i just was a few moments ago. i think i've been doing it because i like puzzles. also because i often get "accused" of approaching silently-- partially due to the fact that i usually wear flats, and partially because climbing has taught me the importance of having quiet feet.

are you wearing hot pink?

yesterday and then again today i spent some time with my college friend jessi who was in town for a work conference. it was a healthy and much needed friend visit... i decided it would be good to hang out rather than cram for my structures exam since jessi always did well in structures... i figured she might wear off on me. i think it may have worked: jessi and her coworker took a cab to meet me after work today, and she called when she arrived... i spotted her and told her to walk ahead to the side of the park where i was seated, and she said "ok i think i see you, are you wearing hot pink?" to which i replied, "yes, are YOU wearing hot pink?" we had managed to wear nearly identical shirts! amazing! i think she definitely started to wear off on me... now, if only i could solve the forces in a truss...

race

i know i'm not a really fast bike rider, but today a runner made me feel especially slow. i was riding my bike home from the gym, and i decided to go the *slightly* longer way, and ride on the bike path. i had my music on and i was riding along, and suddenly i heard this slight panting... sure enough a runner was fast approaching! i rode faster. he ran faster. and then... he passed me. i felt like a jackass.

does this seem funny?

today i had a meeting at work with a group of consultants. since this meeting, i have been corresponding with one of them via email. despite the fact that he shares the same name as the company, his email signature indicates he is the vice president... leading me to wonder, who is the president?

lack of blogging

my absence of personal computer has left me a bit vacant from blogging... i hope to remedy this situation soon. i can't decide if i should buy a new computer on the tax free weekend in MA (aug 16-17) or drive to NH to buy it tax free before then... feels like cheating to drive to NH but i might do it anyway... thoughts?

official news

the dell is dead.

one month shy of its 5th birthday, my dell laptop died.

rest in peace.

hip hip

HOORAY!

naked

just in case you wanted to see another picture of the watermelon

a new way to cut a watermelon

last night dan sliced this watermelon for me so i can take a salad to my book club tonight. have you ever seen anyone cut a watermelon like this?

another movie night

this time, the feature was Aladdin and the screen was even bigger!

glamour shots

twice this week i ate my lunch in the park while reading a book, and each time i witnessed photo sessions-- earlier this week one co-worker took head shots of another co-worker (who, might i add, changed shirts twice in broad daylight-- weird) and today someone taking pictures of someone else lying on their stomach in the fountain. i mean, it's hot out, but really?

going postal

i am eagerly anticipating a piece of mail that refuses to arrive, so checking the mail every day is a very stressful event. today i received this replacement pair of shoes for a pair i got a few months ago that ripped. while not the item i was anticipating, i was quite excited to get these shoes!

looks like a tomato!

this lone tomato is leading the pack in growth.

sunshine

the weather is beautiful today! i think everyone is in a good mood-- i certainly am! allow me to make one remark, though, about clothing choices in the warm months: please know that it is NOT ok, under any stretch of the imagination, ladies (or men i guess) to wear skirts or dresses that barely cover your ass cheeks-- i just saw someone in a yellow number that apparently never got the memo.

one large hula hoop, twice

this morning i went to work the same old way-- bus to subway. while waiting at the subway station, i ran into anna, and together we observed a woman carrying a 5' diameter hot pink, green, and black sparkly hula hoop. she boarded the subway with us and got off at the same stop as well.

(fast forward... later that same day)

i had to stay late at work, and by the time i left, i was a little out of it... i boarded the 10PM bus, engrossed in my book. a few stops into the bus i looked up and who do i see but that same woman with the same hula hoop. seriously.

a few questions come to mind:

1. how did this woman and i manage to operate on exactly the same schedule?
2. a hula hoop? really? what was she doing?

office etiquette

sometimes i worry that i'm talking too loudly at my desk, and i am bothering other people... this stems from the loud T.M.I. talkers i sit or sat near-- for example, the co-worker who spoke to the daycare center loudly about breast feeding... enough. but now there is another individual near me who shares too much... be it about the temperature, computer issues, what's for lunch, weekend plans, running schedule-- simply too much. when i get on the phone, or talk to another person, i do have a bit of a fear that I am too loud. as a strategy when i make personal or semi-personal calls i try to speak very quietly directly into the phone, as if i am speaking to a spy about top-secret information. that, or i take a cell phone call in the stairwell.

note: after i wrote this post, i received a call from a co-worker who could not hear me and asked me to speak up. i ended up yelling about net and gross square footage and feeling like a hypocrite.

same old

it's amazing how quickly i fall back into the same routine... this past weekend was excellent: relaxed and carefree... the week is busy though and it feels like last weekend was forever ago. i'm also getting a little crazy... maybe it's the heat... but i wonder why i haven't heard back if i passed my latest exam-- could it be that i took it less than a week ago? seriously. sometimes i feel like i need a vacation from myself.

refreshed

a nice long weekend of campfire and climbing. it was great! it was the first time this season we made it up to Rumney, and the weather was just perfect. i've attached a few photos.



the campsite, however, was weird-- typically when we go to Rumney we just make it a day trip (it is a 2 hr drive) but this time we decided to stay for 2 nights/3 days-- let me just recommend, though, that if you're considering staying at a campsite that advertises it has sites for camping AND RVs, don't do it. it was like stepping into another universe. last night we went out for dinner and when we came back it was extremely difficult to maneuver the car in and around the GIANT bonfire practically in the road, and the hundred or so people sitting in chairs ready for the fireworks. the fireworks were also terrifying-- the first one went off too early or something and basically landed on the pool deck, though it looked like it was headed our way! we also ran into some weird signs on the campsite-- the first night we saw a small building that said "showers" so we went for it-- the sign in the shower room said "warm water showers only"... which was actually a bit of an exaggeration: the water was cold. i actually almost got sick that night because my hair wouldn't dry, and i couldn't get my core temperature up. saturday we found the hot showers-- apparently the first showers we found were the pool showers?!?! this place was fake fancy. here is our campsite right when we arrived... before we really realized how crazy the place was. note the pop-up camper behind dan is actually another campsite-- they really pack 'em in.