Busy interesting weekend

The busy weekend started Friday night. One of Kelly's co-workers hosts an annual party that they call Prom. We got dressed up for the party and headed downtown. (Pictures soon) We ate at Amicci's first. It was a very nice restraint and good food. After dinner we walked over the party house. The house is a converted warehouse / loft. The house was relatively big and very open inside. One of the most interesting things for me was standing on their deck. I got to see the design and architecture of downtown Baltimore. It was very enlightening to see from that angle. I still don't get the roof decks. In the party they had a live band, a picture taking booth and lots of decorations. It had a luau theme; however we didn't dress that way, more traditional prom. Both Kelly and I were tired so we didn't stay too long. Only until about 10 PM. Pictures

On Saturday we got up and did some chores. I successfully hung a shelf in Kelly's kitchen, and then later failed at hanging one in bathroom. I also did some cleanup on her laptop to help it run as fast as possible. After our chores we headed out with one of her friends to Honfest 2006. The Honfest is a street fair with traditional craft vendors, carney food and live entertainment. I have lived in Baltimore now for over a year, however I have avoided mass crowds such as this up to this point. It was a very interesting slice of humanity that I haven't been exposed as much in my past. It was fun for the most part. The only downsides were points where it was so crowded you couldn't move and the really long lines for so-so food. We stayed at the fest for a few hours.

On Sunday we went on a REI Outdoor School Class. The one we did was an introduction to road bikes. Kelly has a road bike already so she brought hers to learn more about it. I used one of their provided bikes. The bike I rode was brand new since it was the first class they had offered. It was really cool to ride the bike as it was very different than my current mountain bike. The road bike is even lighter and has much thinner tires and frame. Also the gearing is pretty different so it is easier to go faster. We spent a while learning about the bikes, and getting the sizing right. We started out riding on the NCR trail which Kelly and I had ridden recently as well. We then went on to some local roads near the trail. The roads had some pretty big hills. One of the people in the class was not very confident in her riding and especially her shifting. She decided to stop directly in front of Kelly causing her to fall. Luckily it looked worse than it was. We then returned to our starting point for lunch. After lunch we just rode the trail again. In total we did about 25 miles. We were pretty tired afterwards.