Water Fire

This weekend my Fiance and I headed to Providence, RI to spend time with my Parents and see Water Fire. If you've never experienced this and live in the area I highly reccomend checking it out.

WaterFire centers on a series of 100 bonfires that blaze just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through the middle of downtown Providence. The entire area is transformed into a Gothic festival with people dressed as Gargoyles, gondolas in the water, live music, and outdoor food stands and bars.

Thousands of people come to see Water Fire and it's an experience for all five senses.

They use cedar wood which gives off this amazing scent while it burns and you can feel the heat of the fires by just standing on the edges of the river.

the fires start at Water Place

the 100 fires burned until midnight

we enjoyed cold beer in the hot hot heat

the acrobatic fire lighter

live music & dancing

The next day we explored Providence going from Brown University to Federal Hill, John Brown's House, the first Baptist Church in America and on a little Trolley tour.

pretending to be college kids at Brown

Federal Hill

the John Brown House

America's First Baptist Church

our Trolley

Providence is such a great city that is rich with history and fun things to do!

And my fashion choices for our little trip?

I chose some airy, girly outfits to keep me cool in the 90+ degree weather.

Top: Express dress, Forever 21 necklace & sandals, vintage bracelet

Bottom: Old Navy skirt, tee and necklace, Jessica Simpson sandals.

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

What Would You Take?

In the movie Leap Year, Matthew Goode's charactor begs the question,

"If your house was burning to the ground and you had only 60 seconds, what would you take?"

My verbiage may not exactly match the movie's but you get the idea.

So this morning on my way to work I was thinking, what would I take?

I came up with 5 things I would make sure I had:

1. Ryan

2. My Cats, Lilly & Jinx

3. My grandmother's diamond ring

(if it wasn't already on my finger or in the safe deposit box where it currently resides.)

4. My laptop

5. cellphone

The last two I would want not because they are expensive but because all of my pictures are on my laptop and I need to call 911 somehow right? 60 seconds may not be long enough for all those things but I would make damn sure I had my cats and Ryan by my side!

So,

What would YOU take??

We Didn't Start The Fire

Ok actually, we did.

Last night we decided to make fried scallops for dinner, the Boyfriend has been wanting them for a long long time. Sooooo we filled a pot with oil and heated it up! The only problem was the pot was too shallow and when we dropped the scallops in the oil spilled over the side. As soon as the oil hit the burner it ignited causing the whole pot to burst into flames.

Luckily, our building has a fire extinguisher of every floor. Picture me frantically running down the hallway in the sweat pants. When I got back in with the fire extinguisher it went like this (screaming of course):

Me: "I got it!"
BF: "GO!"
Me: "I don't know how to use this thing!"
BF: "Pull the pin!!"

I pulled the pin and he took it out of my hands after that and doused the flames.

What. A. Mess.

Our entire kitchen was covered in a fine white powder, our entire home was filled with smoke and dust, smoke alarms were going off, the stove was obviously black where the fire was. It was a mess. We spent the next hour cleaning up the mess, airing out our place, and calming down the kitties. That stuff got everywhere.

Luckily no one was hurt and nothing was permanently damaged. It could have been much much much worse. Not to mention I never bought our insurance policy...definitely doing that this weekend.

So for anyone who doesn't know (thank GOD we did) never try to put out a grease fire with water, use an extinguisher!! I was told that throwing salt on it or covering the fire works too. I knew the covering one but didn't want to take any chances.

Here are the rules of Fire Extinguisher usage for all you people out there:

P - Pull the pin
A - Aim: at the fire (duh!)
S - Spray/Shoot: pull the little handle!
S - Sweep: Use a sweeping motion to cover the fire

I learned this a long time ago but of course forgot it the second I had to use one :)

Next time we are using a bigger pot. Don't think we won't be trying this again haha.

The dust was much worse in person and in piles around the stove.

We had to vacuum some of it because it was so thick!

Bottom right burner, was very burned, the worst of it is below the coils.

I have to scrub it when I get home :(

Smokey apartment! (and a bit messy)