Wendi n' I talking about how good that pasta was!
Mike and Keene. Isn't the barn lovely?
Dennis n' Paula looking adorable :)
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Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Marriage - it's good stuff!
Just a few pics with friends that were on my camera from our friends wedding. They got married in a lovely barn and had "tractor churned" ice cream and pie. It was so cute!
Wendi n' I talking about how good that pasta was!
Mike and Keene. Isn't the barn lovely?
Dennis n' Paula looking adorable :)
Wendi n' I talking about how good that pasta was!Mike and Keene. Isn't the barn lovely?Dennis n' Paula looking adorable :)
Monday, January 02, 2012
Happy New Year :)
Well, let's just say I'm real glad the holidays this year landed in a way that gave us Monday off of work. We spent today cleaning and being happy about our party on NYE. Lots of friends came over and it was a good time. We all walked to the park before midnight (a little stumbling parade of party hats and noise makers...joined by others who were on their way!) and watched the Space Needle fireworks.
Thankfully this cool person took a pretty good video - I was a little too focused on "wooooo"-ing to document:
Some pics from the beginning of the night:
For the early arrivals we had some Chambord Champagne - a great start!
The "tablescape" all ready to get some food on it.
Many thanks to Wendi for bringing over our NYE "flair" and helping make everything look spectacular.
I had fun making our chandelier 2012-i-fied...
I staged the End-of-the-Year-CDs on our coffee table, as well as some of "Annie's International Gifts and Treasures to share" (she was the unofficial Guest of Honor - Manilla was a long way to travel from - we were stoked to have her here!). And don't worry Michigan we received your CDs and I gathered up a batch to send your way!
I made these Peanut Butter Bon Bons (thanks again to Wendi for all the help) and I think they turned out pretty tasty. They were a bit labor intensive though so I'd need some strong encouragement if I was going to do that again...
Mom - the drink tower came in handy again. I didn't think we'd have any need for ANOTHER cocktail around but this thing is endlessly popular when there's water in it. What can I say, people like water. So we had two kinds.
I felt kindof indulgent when I bought this $10 ice bucket at Fred Meyer. But it's paid for itself since we've used it at just about every party since.
Riveting discussions, I'm sure :)
An end-of-the-night arty farty photo by Paula - I like how fancy this Chambord looks :)
Y'All it was a great time. I freakin' love this holiday. To 2012, and Sober January. CHEERS! Mwah!
Thankfully this cool person took a pretty good video - I was a little too focused on "wooooo"-ing to document:
Some pics from the beginning of the night:
For the early arrivals we had some Chambord Champagne - a great start!
The "tablescape" all ready to get some food on it.Many thanks to Wendi for bringing over our NYE "flair" and helping make everything look spectacular.I had fun making our chandelier 2012-i-fied...I staged the End-of-the-Year-CDs on our coffee table, as well as some of "Annie's International Gifts and Treasures to share" (she was the unofficial Guest of Honor - Manilla was a long way to travel from - we were stoked to have her here!). And don't worry Michigan we received your CDs and I gathered up a batch to send your way!I made these Peanut Butter Bon Bons (thanks again to Wendi for all the help) and I think they turned out pretty tasty. They were a bit labor intensive though so I'd need some strong encouragement if I was going to do that again...Mom - the drink tower came in handy again. I didn't think we'd have any need for ANOTHER cocktail around but this thing is endlessly popular when there's water in it. What can I say, people like water. So we had two kinds.I felt kindof indulgent when I bought this $10 ice bucket at Fred Meyer. But it's paid for itself since we've used it at just about every party since.Riveting discussions, I'm sure :)An end-of-the-night arty farty photo by Paula - I like how fancy this Chambord looks :)Y'All it was a great time. I freakin' love this holiday. To 2012, and Sober January. CHEERS! Mwah!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Entertaining n' Stuff
A while back (before I had a job AND school on the agenda), I decided it would be brilliant to host a bachelorette party and then a ladies lunch the very next day. Hu-whaaa? Nawh, it actually all went smoothly and was a lot of fun.
Saturday night: hosting the starting line for the bachelorette party:
I made this Apple Cinnamon Sangria but without some of the fussiness (used more schnapps, didn't let it sit for 4 hours, skipped the "pisco" and honey). I tried to emulate this picture with my apples, but of course it doesn't look quite as perfect. Still cute though, I thought!
Of course we could not forget the obligatory laundry line of panties for the bride. We filed this entire line up with (mostly) impractical underwears :)
Good times were had by all. I know this, because I was a DD and have perfect memory of it all, which was delightful!
Sunday I hosted my first grown-up lunch for The Ladies. It was so much fun! I felt like a real grown-up lady. It was fun to give them all a tour of our house and catch up. It was also the perfect excuse for me to finally buy some of these French Macaroons from Le Rêve. They were a total hit...
I also got a Tuxedo Cake from Macrina and it was seriously good, You Guys. We have over half of it left so if you want to come over and have some please do so!!!
Saturday night: hosting the starting line for the bachelorette party:
I made this Apple Cinnamon Sangria but without some of the fussiness (used more schnapps, didn't let it sit for 4 hours, skipped the "pisco" and honey). I tried to emulate this picture with my apples, but of course it doesn't look quite as perfect. Still cute though, I thought!
Of course we could not forget the obligatory laundry line of panties for the bride. We filed this entire line up with (mostly) impractical underwears :)Good times were had by all. I know this, because I was a DD and have perfect memory of it all, which was delightful!Sunday I hosted my first grown-up lunch for The Ladies. It was so much fun! I felt like a real grown-up lady. It was fun to give them all a tour of our house and catch up. It was also the perfect excuse for me to finally buy some of these French Macaroons from Le Rêve. They were a total hit...
I also got a Tuxedo Cake from Macrina and it was seriously good, You Guys. We have over half of it left so if you want to come over and have some please do so!!!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Pitt: Chapter Two
Y'all ready for Part Two and the Final Chapter of my Pitt visit? Ok, it starts out at our trip to The Mattress Factory, a museum that hosts mainly installation art with the slogan "art you can get into". I loved it because so often you have to stay such a distance away from art, and that 's just not as fun!
There was a pretty awesome view from their balcony. Time to pose!
I'm not sure exactly what these little paper thingies were, but I liked them.
Yay installation art! Time for more photos. I made Shannon do a pose.
Reminiscent of my Bahamas posing. I unfortunately can't tell you which installation this was from, but it was in a room made to look like a high school wrestling lockeroom and there was a political theme as well.
This is in a room by Yayoi Kusama, called "Infinity Dots Mirrored Room". As you can see, it was rad.
Infinity....!
And the second room, "Repetitive Vision". Awesome.
I got a little obsessed with making the installation my own photo booth.
But this quote about the art sortof makes me think that was the reaction the artist wanted: "Her work explores the obliteration of the self, as the viewer becomes part of the work, reflected in mirrors, obstructed by organic forms, almost as if being sucked into the walls."
Ok, and then there was this entire floor by James Turrell that was 2 rooms that were mostly dark, and a third room that was COMPLETELY dark, that is, unless you sat for 15 minutes until the art was "revealed". Shannon and I didn't have the balls to wait the 15 minutes for our eyes to adjust. Wimps! In researching Turrell, I also realized he is the artist who created "Light Reign", that lives at The Henry (y'all know the one). Cool!
And up next: going up in the Dusquane Incline! It's like an old time trolley but SCARY! Not really but kindof.
Never miss an opportunity to ham it up for the blog.
WOAH.
It's steep. We also saw a fawn down below!
Check out the view. It was soooo fantastic to be able to see the city from up high like this. Thank you for taking me here, Shannon!
You could see a ton of their bridges and stadiums from up here.
The city is pretty cool looking. Apparently they have 300+ bridges?!
One last pic for the blog.
Such good times, Y'all! I highly recommend a visit to Pittsburgh. It's even better if you have a great friend living there like I do :)
There was a pretty awesome view from their balcony. Time to pose!I'm not sure exactly what these little paper thingies were, but I liked them.Yay installation art! Time for more photos. I made Shannon do a pose.Reminiscent of my Bahamas posing. I unfortunately can't tell you which installation this was from, but it was in a room made to look like a high school wrestling lockeroom and there was a political theme as well.This is in a room by Yayoi Kusama, called "Infinity Dots Mirrored Room". As you can see, it was rad.Infinity....!And the second room, "Repetitive Vision". Awesome.I got a little obsessed with making the installation my own photo booth.But this quote about the art sortof makes me think that was the reaction the artist wanted: "Her work explores the obliteration of the self, as the viewer becomes part of the work, reflected in mirrors, obstructed by organic forms, almost as if being sucked into the walls."Ok, and then there was this entire floor by James Turrell that was 2 rooms that were mostly dark, and a third room that was COMPLETELY dark, that is, unless you sat for 15 minutes until the art was "revealed". Shannon and I didn't have the balls to wait the 15 minutes for our eyes to adjust. Wimps! In researching Turrell, I also realized he is the artist who created "Light Reign", that lives at The Henry (y'all know the one). Cool!And up next: going up in the Dusquane Incline! It's like an old time trolley but SCARY! Not really but kindof.Never miss an opportunity to ham it up for the blog.WOAH.It's steep. We also saw a fawn down below!Check out the view. It was soooo fantastic to be able to see the city from up high like this. Thank you for taking me here, Shannon!You could see a ton of their bridges and stadiums from up here.The city is pretty cool looking. Apparently they have 300+ bridges?!One last pic for the blog.Such good times, Y'all! I highly recommend a visit to Pittsburgh. It's even better if you have a great friend living there like I do :)
Monday, September 12, 2011
PITT.
Dudes! Pittsburgh was great. You know with friends you haven't seen in a while, it's just so much better to have more than a few hours to catch up. Life flies by!
First things first: we went to the Andy Warhol Museum. It was really cool and well done. Lots of cool Andy stuff that I had no idea about. And things that seemed relevantly irrelevant today (we had some arty farty discussions, it was fab).
I would totally recommend you go there if you ever visit Pittsburgh. Warhol really made some amazing important contributions. Here I am posing in the entrance...I need a new "standing pose"...people are catching on to my obvious knee bend.
Shannon's apartment is adorable! I love the stained glass. The architecture in this city is such a cool mix...I decided it's Baltimore meets Boston meets DC meets some elements of the Midwest.
Shannon is a cool grad student and she had some meetings one day - no biggie cuz I had lots of computer time that I needed to catch up on. Headed on over the the Coffee Tree (?I think) to laptop it. Lots of students hanging out in there. They are all so wholesome looking! "Hipster" has not hit Pittsburgh yet.
I got this "orangesicle" - this sounds lame but it was soooo good. I'll totally be trying to re-create one at home. Also, who still uses a flip phone? ugh.
Later we went to a brewery in an old church. So cool - Pittsburgh has a ton of restaurants that are in converted buildings: fire houses, gas stations, churches, etc. It's neat :)
The inside of The Church Brew Works was like a beer hall! See the altar? And all the beer being made up there?
I can't even remember which beer I got but it was the blonde girly one.
Then....Shannon took me to the famous, Primanti Brothers. Famous because the story goes that Primanti catered to truckers passing through, and they couldn't eat an entire complicated meal, so they just put the coleslaw & the fries all in the sandwich. It was a hit.
My cute friend Shannon.
Menu: everything is cheap. Remember that there are fries IN the sandwiches.
On recommendation of our server ("trust the fat guy", he said), I ordered the pastrami.
It was DIVINE. I ate the whole damn thing.
And that concludes Chapter One: My Visit to Pittsburgh. It was a blast. Stay tuned!
First things first: we went to the Andy Warhol Museum. It was really cool and well done. Lots of cool Andy stuff that I had no idea about. And things that seemed relevantly irrelevant today (we had some arty farty discussions, it was fab).
I would totally recommend you go there if you ever visit Pittsburgh. Warhol really made some amazing important contributions. Here I am posing in the entrance...I need a new "standing pose"...people are catching on to my obvious knee bend.Shannon's apartment is adorable! I love the stained glass. The architecture in this city is such a cool mix...I decided it's Baltimore meets Boston meets DC meets some elements of the Midwest.Shannon is a cool grad student and she had some meetings one day - no biggie cuz I had lots of computer time that I needed to catch up on. Headed on over the the Coffee Tree (?I think) to laptop it. Lots of students hanging out in there. They are all so wholesome looking! "Hipster" has not hit Pittsburgh yet.I got this "orangesicle" - this sounds lame but it was soooo good. I'll totally be trying to re-create one at home. Also, who still uses a flip phone? ugh.Later we went to a brewery in an old church. So cool - Pittsburgh has a ton of restaurants that are in converted buildings: fire houses, gas stations, churches, etc. It's neat :)The inside of The Church Brew Works was like a beer hall! See the altar? And all the beer being made up there?I can't even remember which beer I got but it was the blonde girly one.Then....Shannon took me to the famous, Primanti Brothers. Famous because the story goes that Primanti catered to truckers passing through, and they couldn't eat an entire complicated meal, so they just put the coleslaw & the fries all in the sandwich. It was a hit.My cute friend Shannon.Menu: everything is cheap. Remember that there are fries IN the sandwiches.On recommendation of our server ("trust the fat guy", he said), I ordered the pastrami.It was DIVINE. I ate the whole damn thing.And that concludes Chapter One: My Visit to Pittsburgh. It was a blast. Stay tuned!
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