A Sunny, Western Washington Weekend

This weekend was super fun-filled. It started with post-work-sunny happy hour with Lisa which turned into us meeting Dustin and some other friends for dinner and more drinks in Greenwood.

Lisa, Holly, Me and Kristen (the ladies of the group) at the House Sports Bar 

Saturday, Dustin wanted to take his new car out for a day trip, so we picked up our friends Art and Amy and headed up to Anacortes.

Dustin and his new car in Anacortes 

In Anacortes we grabbed some beers and a snack, walked around for a bit, and then hopped in the car and headed south.

me and some random man in Anacortes

We pulled over at Deception Pass to admire the beautiful views and take some pictures. I would love to head out there this summer and make our way down to the beach below the bridge. How fun!

 

 Deception Pass

Amy and I at Deception Pass 

After driving a bit further we saw some go-carts on the side of the road. It was totally random and kind of ghetto, but Art and I decided to ride the go-carts while Dustin and Amy watched. My go-cart totally died mid race and the guys working the track had to come save me. It was all pretty funny, I was smiling the entire time. And now my leg is really sore from holding down the gas petal - I think that might mean I need to exercise more? Whatever...

 

After go-carting we drove south a bit further and we ended up in Coupville. We parked and walked down to the water and explored a bit. It was still totally beautiful outside and we all wanted to soak up the last bit of sunshine (seriously, days like this in Seattle are SO few and far between).

 

After our walk we went to Toby's Tavern for a few pounds of delicious muscles, fries and beer. Mm! For a random, divvy little bar they had surprisingly good seafood.

 



After we finished up at Toby's, we decided to head up to the Oystercatcher for the second half of our dinner, and we all agreed we made a great decision. The Oystercatcher was absolutely delicious and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is in the area.

Dustin, Art, Myself and Amy at the Oystercatcher

 

We ended up riding the ferry back to Mukilteo and driving back to Seattle late Saturday.

Sunday Dustin and I went to our friends Dan and Kristen's for Easter lunch (HAM!) and mimosas in the sun. It was a great end to a super fun and sunny Seattle weekend.

Memorial Day Weekend

1. Dustin got home from a work trip in Washington DC really late Thursday night. As a result we slept in until 1:30pm on Friday. WHAT THE WHAT? Madness. I felt like a teenager.

After our excessive slumber, we spent the day cleaning his apartment and then going for a leisurely walk (that resulted in a beer break at the Park Pub and then another one at the French Restaurant across the street from his apartment). Walks are my favorite! So good! Especially when the weather is nice(ish) and there are beer breaks.

2. This last weekend, Art, Amy, Dustin and I took an impromptu trip to Canada. More specifically, we went to Vancouver B.C. and spent all of Saturday on Granville Island.

We also spent some time stopping along the way to go outlet shopping, Cabellas browsing and Boomer’s Drine In eating!

When we got to Granville Island, though, we walked around in the sun, visited all the little shops, ate food, drank beers and the boys smoked Cuban cigars at the end of the evening.

3. Also this weekend I got obsessed with the idea of making ice cream. So on Sunday Dustin and I drove to Renton (to Wal Mart, naturally, why else go to Renton?) to buy me an ice cream maker. I then spent the rest of that day and a lot of Monday making ice cream.

And on Sunday night while I was waiting for my ice cream to harden, Dustin and I finally watched the season finale of SNL we missed. Mic Jagger? Kristen Wig’s last episode? SO GOOD YOU GUYS! Am I right?

Anyway… back to the ice cream! I made both rhubarb ice cream and mint oreo! They were GOOD! (I’ll be eating ice cream for days weeks).

4. Monday was spent deep cleaning the Corolla (it looks so gooood now – thanks Dustin), shopping at Fred Meyer and GRILLING, because it was Memorial Day after all (and yes I know the real meaning, but it would have seemed un-American not to grill SOMETHING).

Look at this guy with his cigar and his brats! Love love (him and the brats, not so much the cigar but I deal)!

And that was our super long, 4 day weekend. It was really relaxing and just what I needed before a crazy 9 weeks of bar prep!

Bainbridge Day Trip

Tomorrow morning at 6am I’ll be on a plane to Las Vegas. Dustin and I are going for a wedding and although it’s supposed to be nicer in Seattle than it is in Vegas (that’s a first, WTF? Rain in Vegas? That doesn’t happen) I’m still really excited. I love weddings. I love Vegas. I love Dustin. It’s going to be great.

In the meantime I should be getting ready for my day and doing homework and stuff like that. There is still so much to get done before I leave, but blogging and coffee in bed seems like a better plan for right now.

Last weekend Dustin and I did a spontaneous day [road] trip. We started out by driving south to Tacoma then west across the Tacoma Narrows bridge to Gig Harbor where we stopped to walk around and you know, have a beer (naturally once I found out it would be raining in Vegas I started stuffing my face again – no need for bikini bod just yet, right?).

We went to “Tides Tavern” for our beers and I feel in love with the Silver City IPA. The brewery is right nearby in Silverdale and I will definitely look for the beer again.

I feel like this place would be the place to be in Gig Harbor on a Saturday night. It was sort of divey, and everyone there seemed hungover when we were there, but I got the feeling it would be getting a little crazy later that day.

Gig Harbor was a super cute, beachy, little town. The harbor was filled with sail boats and the beautiful sunny day didn’t hurt anything either. So we spent some time walking around and taking pictures and playing tourist.

After out pit stop in Gig Harbor we got back in the car and drove north (then south) to Bainbridge Island. I can’t believe I have lived in Seattle almost 7 years and I had never been to Bainbridge until this weekend. I’m basically in love. The town is beautiful, right on the water and had almost a Hood River vibe.

When we got to town we parked and walked around the town a little. Eventually we ended up by the water, which, much like Gig Harbor was filled with sailboats. So pretty!!

 

We walked around on the docks and on a path along the water. It was so nice and relaxing.

Oh and did I mention that the beautiful day clearly necessitated some photos…

All that walking made us super hungry so per my friend Natalie’s suggestion we walked along the water just a little further to the Harbour Public House for dinner. And just as Natalie said it would be, the restaurant was definitely quintessential Bainbridge.

After waiting for about 1/2 hour (this place was poppin’ and I can see why) we were finally seated. This was the view from our booth…

 
Totally worth the wait. Right?

Anyway, I was being super fat kid (rain in Vegas, no swim suit, depressed eating from the rainy news, all that) so I promptly ordered another beer (the same Silver City IPA) and some poutine.

 
Now don’t you judge me for eating a super unbalanced meal. Normally I live off of vegetables and other healthy ish. So I ate Poutine. And I din’t even feel [that] bad. And if you haven’t ever tried it, you should. It’s french-fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds. Um, yum, right?

Anyway we chatted and enjoyed our dinner and it was good.

After dinner we walked back to the car so we could catch the Ferry back to Seattle.

Dustin had never been on a Ferry (I had taken one once, during my Freshman year of undergrad I think). So it was an adventure. A mini adventure on our day adventure? Something like that…

 
It was getting dark by the time we got on (and clearly I have NO idea how to use my point and shoot – or it is just crappy) so sorry for the poor picture quality. Anyway, Dustin’s first Ferry ride and the Seattle skyline in the background.

Anyway, during the ride we got out of the car and went up to the deck to explore.

awkward, cold, windy picture? check":
“I’m on the top of the world, on a boat like Leo, if you on the land then you sure ain’t me, yo!” Emma, Titanic? Maybe? Not quite. But that was his intention and he IS on the front of the boat…

Anyway, by the time we finally got back to Seattle it was after 9 and we were exhausted. So, we went back to Dustin’s, played some Yathzee, and attempted to watch some Saturday Night Live (we LOVE SNL), but I fell asleep tough on the couch 1/2 way through and had to be carried to bed, thanks Dustin.

The next day was Easter. We kept things pretty low key. But I did make us some Easter dinner (ham and deviled eggs and veggies and maybe some other things too?) for the second year in a row. And it was nice outside so we sat on Dustin’s deck for a while and enjoyed the sun and then went across the street to the French restaurant for a change of scenery and a beer on their sidewalk patio.

Oh, and did I mention Dustin got to wear his new Mint Green J Crew shorts? LOVE THEM!

It was another good weekend. #victory

& I’m crossing my fingers that the weather people are just lying to me and Vegas will be sunny and wonderful too. In my wishful thinking I’m packing plenty of dresses for day wear (and begrudgingly some jeans too). I can’t wait to share everything with you when I get home!

Until then I’m sure I’ll be Instagramming (user name: rebekaann) and tweeting (user name: osborra) everything I see/do I’m sure. So if you want some real time updates check it.