my lil trip to portland:
I just got back from Oregon. I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE it up there. I'm get nostalgic for Oregon as I went to college there waaaay back when.
I met up with a dear friend in Portland before my visit to Eugene and we had a lil food & shopping adventure!
We went to Pine State Biscuits! I've been wanting to go FOREVER.
oh vegas!
This past weekend we went to Las Vegas for a wedding. It was our first time away from Cooper AND our first time to Las Vegas. (thank you mom!)
Such a wonderful trip. Still tired as a result!
People watching was FANTASTIC and the food we ate was killer. Because Casey and I love eating our way through a city, I made sure book some reservations the second our flights were booked.
Here are some of the places we ate:
*Nobhill (took pictures, but the lack of flash made everything so blah! I am NOT going to be that person who is firing a flash in a dark restaurant all night long. It's like being on your cellphone...but worse!)
*Bouchon (Thomas Keller held the key to our hangover cure at Brunch on Sunday)
which included.....
snippets of geekdom
woke up saturday morning....started the day off right:
ate my weight in oranges (not really)
went to the Maker Faire with the hubs & met some friends there:
we’re back
The hubby & I spent the past weekend in Vancouver. We ate at some really good places!
Photos to come!
Fries, Juice, Sushi, Geeks, Freaks & Chocolate
the weekend started off with a BANG!
Drinks & fries with friends on Friday:
My new juicer was waiting for me the second I got home on friday night! Of course I tried it the second busted it free of the box! Nothing like making Apple, Carrot, Ginger & Celery Juice. *mmmmm*
I woke up the Saturday morning and made this lovely concoction of cucumbers, beets, carrots & celery:
We went out to Sushi with a group of people for my friend Becky's birthday on Saturday night. Happy B-day BDogg!
Sunday we went and saw Freaks & Geeks Speak! (in the city).
Good times...Good times...
And then on the way home we went to Bittersweet Chocolate Cafe on Fillmore. I crave their hot chocolate like you wouldn't BELIEVE!
Here's Casey's Spicy Hot Chocolate (nice and thick with such a good kick!)
I got a Chai hot chocolate with a homemade marshmallow on top:
And then we walked around briefly because it was SOOO cold.
The sky was gorgeous last night:
and then I saw Ryan's name. Hope you are doing well Ryan.
And today, it's Monday. I didn't have to work today. So I've been running errands and catching up on all the stuff I have to do.
Happy Monday!
happy holidays…..
the past week in photo form:
lunch with the family at greens:
dinner with my family at zuni:
finishing decorative touches around the house.....
over-extending myself in the kitchen.....
last minute wrapping...
-Christmas Eve dinner at my parents (too busy to take pics! sooo sad!)
-Christmas Day with the hubbie's family
-Day after Christmas--family portraits taken at the beach.....
- dinner at my house with husband's family (made two soups)
-made it to 100 posts on this blog!!! (thank you for all your kind words & support! It's been fun!)
and......a lot of other stuff happened too...but we finally have some down time....and I have three new magazines to devour.
more soon....
