i love iron and wine.

this weekend i did something i'd never done before. i met the child of one of my friends from high school.

a few others have had kids. but i haven't met them. this was a first. and it was really cool.

it also made me feel old while at the same time realizing that we are starting this kids stuff way later then our parents did. we're almost 31. and i'm just now meeting her first child.

when my parents were 31, i was, well, 7.

7.

other highlights this weekend included a date to WA in lawrence for our favorite sushi. if you go, get the downtown roll. a-mazing.

and yesterday, i made pesto. basil, walnut, cilantro, olive oil, 3 cloves of garlic and some pecorino romano. then, i lightly sauteed shitake mushrooms in some olive oil, boiled some noodles and then tossed it all together. it was heaven.

other than that, i've been trying to decide if i want to run the full or half marathon this october. but 6 miles in this heat kills me. so it's hard to imagine going much farther until it cools off. even just a bit.

and for the record, at work i always start my day listening to the iron and wine station on lastfm.