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As if you didn't know.....

Cathy has been hard at work getting her boutique off the ground. This weekend we spent part of the time shopping for fixtures, part of the time eating crabs, and the rest working on the space. I stripped and sanded a flight of stairs (I am getting good at this) and Cathy tried her luck stripping a cute bookshelf we nabbed for $5. The chemicals will no doubt give us flipper babies. This might be an improvement (at least for the Chung's).

The flooring is finally in. Here is a little shot of what the space is looking like.



We also spent Saturday night out with some friends at Blob's Park, getting our Polka on. I am so thankful this place has reopened. It seems that the developers who purchased this Maryland landmark in order to construct another suburban wasteland were fearful of building in this economic climate so they leased the venue back to the Blob family. We checked out the great Alex Meixner, accordion freak, who I brought out to the National Folk Festival this past July. At some point early in the evening an older gentleman said to our friend Ashby "it feels like Germany, 1943 in here." I am not sure if I am supposed to be offended by that.

Here are some shots of Cathy and I scaring people on the dance floor. They were taken by the wonderul Michael Stewart who happened to be at Blob's shooting Alex for an upcoming record.