PILA Semiformal Dance 2006

UVA Law's Public Interest Law Association (PILA) hosted a Benefit Auction and Semiformal Dance at the Omni Hotel. The PILA Auction raises money for law students interested in working in public interest law to give them a stipend during unpaid/low-paying summer internships. They get donations of things to auction off like a week in someone's parent's beach house, gift certificates to local restaurants, or activities like dinner hosted at a professor's house.

We pre-partied at Brian's apartment and then had a lot of fun at the dance. I even won stuff in the auction-- though of course, that means I paid for it!

Me and Kevin outside the Omni

Ticket/ad

Kevin, me, and my law school besties Sarah and Audra

Me and Sarah M

Brian and Hyorim

Sarah and James

Sarah's college friends: Mary (from Ramsey!), Ann, and Lizzy

Me, Jen, Tiffany, Akure

Charles, Lisa, Tim, and Jon

Brandon and Becky

The auction is progress!

Group picture!

Alec photo-bombing us. But he's awesome.

Good First Date Yesterday! 2006

My coffee date yesterday night was great. Kevin is cute, super smart, and funny. It was a good time. He's 26 and he teaches at Bridgewater College.

I dressed up to go to the Downtown Mall. I was wearing a black fitted shirt and white jean skirt and white sandals with little heels. Sarah and Donald dropped me off Downtown. Kevin was sitting outside reading the New York Times. Apparently, he does this every Sunday. The first thing I noticed about him was his bushy hair and that he was cute. In that order.

Kevin got me a cappuccino while he sipped a green tea. He tried to impress me with his two-book contract and personal Dave Barry connection (I love Dave Barry). I probably shouldn't have told him that I don't believe in happiness. That wasn't a good move on my part.

Mudhouse in 2006- even from the angle at which I approached.

Maybe he thought some ice cream would make me reconsider happiness? After Mudhouse, he suggested we walk over to Chaps for dessert. I was charmed. He drove me home to Ivy Gardens and asked if I'd be interested in another date. I said, "definitely."

Cathy Visits Charlottesville Again 2006

Cathy came back this weekend. She got here early on Friday, so I did a half day at work and I took her around Charlottesville. We spent most of the weekend partying with my law school friends and she got to meet Sarah, Donald, Josh, and Jon. Good times!

 

Cathy at the Pavillion on the Downtown Mall

Random music on the Downtown Mall

Surprise camera picture while Cathy is on the phone

What fire juggler?

Barrister's Ball 2006

I don't agree with where UVA puts the apostrophe in Barrister's Ball, but they do so very deliberately so I will follow along. It remains my position though that the ball is for all barristers so it should be the barristers' ball and that furthermore, this is the US so it should be the Attorneys' Prom or some such thing.

We had a preparty in Ivy Gardens. We took lots of prom style pictures of people with their dates, but I'm single for this party so I only care about the group picture.

Section B Pre-partiers


Jerry and Lauren- our section couple*

We all squeezed into a van-taxi so we wouldn't have to drive.

I have my ticket!

A tent outside the Live Arts Building

B+F girls = BFs

Roger, Aryn, and Jon

My favorites Audra and Sarah

Crowded but fun! (Can you spot Josh?)

Lauren, Julie, Selina

Evan and Kim

Robin and Steve

Dawn, Beth, and Connie

I'm the reason Darby has a belt on his neck... more on that later.

* Update- Got married years later! So did Sarah and Donald but they hadn't started dating yet.

Girls' Weekend 2005

Last year, my college girlfriends and I went to the beach for our first annual "Girls Weekend." This year, the summer got away from us, so the girls decided to come visit me at my new place. Since I was up in Arlington for Michelle and John's wedding on Friday, Friday night we all slept over Janice's apartment near Pentagon City. Saturday, we bought a bunch of orange shirts, drove to Charlottesville and went to the UVA football game against W. Michigan. GW didn't have a football team so it was a novelty for all of us.

Me, Janice, Laurie, Megan, and Christina

Trying to figure out how to get to the game... (Where does this bus take me?)

Megan and Laurie chilling

W. Michigan v. UVA Football Game!! UVA wins!

Sunday, we had brunch on the Mall, followed it up with some gelato at Splendora's, and then caught a movie. We ate so much for dinner that we had a strange hodge-podge for dinner that included Megan's spinach dip bread bowl, Christina's crab dip, and ice cream cake... because that's how we roll.

Christina and Megan

Laurie and Janice missing Soraya.

Me, Megan, Christina, Janice, Laurie

Movie snacks

Hurray!

Thanks for an awesome weekend girls! And thanks for being some of my first visitors!

South Street Brewery 2005

A bunch of us that are already in Charlottesville emailed each other to go out last night. We went to the downtown mall, technically right off the mall to South Street Brewery. Lots of fun!

This is the after picture.