A weekend to remember!
Goodness me, I am STILL reeling from all the haps of this blissful 3-day weekend. Wherever shall I start?
I came home from work on Friday, not only to these gorgeous earrings made by my soul-friend, UmberDove...but also to an ENTIRE evening of solitude. I took a quick run, I bought a bottle of wine, I made myself some ravioli, I watched an inordinate amount of trash TV, I journaled, I cried over videos of my niece, and I bought my sister a plane ticket to come up to Seattle and see U2 with me this weekend.
A leisurely Saturday morning with tea and ElleDecor...this picture is also starring my new coffee table...which I am absolutely enamored with! I do love craigslist.
couldn't resist the temptations of a lamb schwarma and some ginger iced tea. Oh dear delicious gods. If you ever find yourself wandering Seattle's University district, hungry and thirsty, aimlessly hoping to find the perfect sandwich, let's talk about Schwarma King.
After we returned home, I sat to write for a bit whilst watching Joel work on the tomato beds. Looking back, Joel and I both really enjoyed this time specifically. I love hanging out with him at home, doing the same thing...but I love doing our own things even more...coexisting in different tasks to our mutual happiness. It just gives me great pleasure to look out my window and see him doing something he loves...not to mention the lusty glances that were exchanged through that window. Caliente!
We then strutted our stuff downtown to attend a burlesque show (I purchased this vintage dress when visiting Kelly, and I feel that it and me were indeed meant for each other). We were feeling so fabulous that we stayed afterward and listened to some live music in the lounge, then walked to a new (to us) pub in Pike's Place Market, The White Horse Trading Company. Books and ale, yes please!
After all that walking in my heels, home felt amazing.
We spent Sunday lounging with Jenn, Brian, and Olive...doing laundry, eating homemade cornbread, laughing at Olive. A perfect day. Olive is enamored of cameras, especially Auntie's DSLR. She will sit for whole minutes on end toying with the buttons, snapping photos, and since she always wants to be doing this while in my lap, I certainly do not mind! I took several videos of her entertaining antics.
Monday, I woke to the wonderful news that Devon had her baby boy, Ethan! After a lovely talk with the exhausted mom, I got to work moving all my books, re-potting plants, refreshing the jasmine collection around my house (I'm obsessed lately) and general nesting. We felt we simply had to have mexican food on Memorial Day, so off to soak up the margaritas at Chupacabra . Then it was a leisurely trip to the Goodwill, where I bought even more stemware (if you have been to my house, you know of the inordinate amounts of drinking vessels Joelio and I tend to collect. This time I found two pretty slutty brandy snifters, two victorian-looking wine glasses, one gorgeous leaf-embossed shot glass, and one small-stemmed crystal port glass). I need an intervention. Then we decided to try another bar close to the store, but it was very blah.
We came home to watch several episodes of Doctor Who and plopped into bed happy and wishing every week could be Monday's off.
Don't you????
9 comments:
Most certainly yours was memorable! You look quite smashing in the vintage outfit! You do need an intervention (I am only kidding, how would I know?). I do agree that a monday-less week would work just fine! Happy June 1st Mme! : )
Your weekends always sound so glorious. Seriously, I must make better use of my weekends. Unfortunately the boy generally works them, so it is me myself and I mostly.
BTW - you are looking down right foxy my dear! Kelly's earrings look sensational on you, but the mix of the dress, the earrings, the brunette locks and the red lips? FABULOUS.
Back several handfuls of years, some woman somewhere sat at her sewing table and stitched up a dress, thinking to herself "someday this frock will sit on the right woman and mountains will quake."
I think they're shaking even now. You look like a stone HOT fox.
Damn girrrrrl, you are positivley glowing in these pics, especially in that sassy frock...something fabulous is going on whether YOU realize it or not, I can see it!!! You look so comfortable in your skin, with perfectly red lips and lovely new ear bling...
Also, I totally know what you mean about those moments when you are in the house together but doing your own thing...the sassy glances at your man (or in my case woman), and the simple pleasure of sharing a space with the one you love! Those are moments to treasure!
P.S. That was kind of a long one, sorry for rambling!
Aloha!
I have but ONE question:
how in the hot hell do you stand your gorgeous self??????????
I mean damn, woman.
xoxoxox,
Allison
There's a restaurant called El Chupacabra?? FANTASTIC! We have a chupacabra that lives near our house and visits sometimes... true story.
My weekend sounds exactly like yours. Except instead of all the delicious food and alcohol, I drove up to see my wife who had checked herself into the hospital for non-labor contractions! Booooo. Pretty jealous of your restful weekend.
How beautiful! You do look gorgeous in that dress... and now I have been inspired to go vintage shopping... got a wedding soon so that's a perfect excuse.
Also, you've made me miss the PNW.. My time there last weekend was too short!!!
Oh the lilacs! shared solitude, dressing up, poetry recitals, soul food!
I really wish I was in your family... can you adopt me as your strangely old australian long lost child?
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