This past weekend, we packed up Tristan’s mom’s car and headed to the coast to go on a much needed camping trip away. We all had so much fun, and it was my first time sleeping in a tent! Warning: this post is going to be super picture heavy! Enjoy!
Welcome to Sand Lake!
Lets bury McKenna!
Lets read!
Lets take random pictures!
Needless to say, we had a good weekend! How about you?
These next two weeks I’m officially on “summer break” from grad school! It is going to be heavenly! 🙂 I will not check my email every five minutes, I will not be constantly working on a project or reading a text book, instead I will be reading 50 Shades of Gray and will be lounging around the house. To kick off my break we headed to the Bend area to visit Tristan’s dad and some of his friends. I meant to take my camera… but surprise surprise- I forgot. Instead I took a few shots and of course instagrammed them. So here they are!
What did you do this weekend?
We had some friends from Reno come visit us… and I realized the other day that I never put up pictures from their visit. While they were here we hit up the zoo, some breweries, and just had a good time.
Tammy and Padraic, our visitors.
Me, and Tristan if you look closely!
My handsome man.
So there you have it!
Here in Hillsboro we have a great Farmer’s Market that happens every Saturday. Tristan and I decided to hit it up… and luckily we live close enough to walk! 🙂
I finally got to try a french macaron! It was SO delicious. I  got the pistachio flavor.
A giant beautiful bouquet of flowers I got  for only $10!
Then we headed to visit Tristan’s grandma and enjoyed some Ketchi-Candies. (Tristan’s family is from Ketchican, Alaska)
 
What did you do this weekend?
This past weekend, Boyfriend and I headed down to the Bend area to hit up a fair/Weird Al show. It was super fun! Then afterward we ended up sitting in traffic for 1.5 hours… not even kidding. We weren’t even out of the parking lot. However, I did end up getting some photos from the day:
My view on the drive.
This is Tristan’s awkward “why-are-you-taking-a-photo-of-me-driving” photo.
Then we arrived at the fair.
And finally…
A picture of the Boyfriend and I… Unfortunately… BF hates this photo (sorry deary!) but I like it. 🙂 He was trying to over smile and his face is silly and cute!
So that’s it… I know, I know… I’ve been a horrible photo-taker-blogger as of lately. But dude, I promise tons o’ photos from California next week! Definitely stay tuned!
Over the weekend I headed down to Portland to visit le BF and hit up yet another brew fest.
It was crazy! There were roughly a gazillion people there… all in the 20-30 age range. Which was a HUGE difference from the previous brew fest. This coupled with it being ridiculously hot outside made it kind of irritating.
We ended up taking the max into downtown Portland so we wouldn’t have to drive, or find parking.
Once we got there I took some photos… not many because it was so over whelming… but here are the few I took:
The sign that pointed you in the direction of your favorite brewery.
An example of the lines up to the brewers.
The mug.
The tokens.
And lastly, here’s the infamous shirt that gets le BF tons of attention when he wears it, especially around a bunch of people who’ve been drinking…
Overall it was really fun, except when I got sick. At this point my mother would yell out, “you were drunk!!” but I don’t think that’s it guys… really. Okay, let me explain myself, it was about 95 degrees out, I’m pretty sure I was dehydrated, and all of the beers I tried were crazy kinds like raspberry and orange… so I’m pretty sure that mixture didn’t help. But basically I ended up puking on the max, AND at the max station. It was embarrassing… but as I did so, a couple guys walked by and yelled “Yeah! Brew Fest 2010!” which kind of made me laugh in retrospect.
Anyway, that was basically my weekend… how was yours? What did you do?
As most of you know, I headed down to Portland this weekend to visit the Boyfriend. One of our favorite things to do is hit up the local Goodwills and search for treasures. The usual sections we like to look in are the book section and the electronics. However, at this particular trip- I walked in and immediately saw in the front area (where they lock up the “good stuff”) a Louis Vuitton Speedy 25, in nearly perfect condition. OF COURSE, I had to look at this puppy up close to check it’s authenticity. And let me tell you people, it’s gorgeous- nearly flawless. Whoever had it before- took amazing care of it.
So now I’m at a loss, I can’t decide if I want to keep the bag- or try and sell it on eBay… a new Speedy 25 of this size goes for $665! So I could probably get a decent amount… but I’m so torn.
I actually carried it around for a bit this weekend and loved every minute of it. The only thing is- it’s size. It’s a bit on the smaller side of what I’m used to carrying.
So I want to know what you think, should I try and sell this? Or keep it because it’s so timeless (and I’m kind of in love with it)?
**UPDATE** I can’t find a serial number… which according to google says that it could be possibly made by the “french baggage company” who didn’t use serial numbers… OR it could be fake. So I’m not sure what to do now.
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1. Revlon fingernail polish.
This stuff is the worst on the market, I’m convinced. I’d rather use Wet n’ Wild or NYC brand nail polish (the cheapies) than ever picking up a bottle of Revlon. Which really… is very disappointing. Revlon is a great brand otherwise- why can’t they get their stuff together and make a good bottle of nail polish? Have you tried it? Here’s my conclusion- and yes, I’ve regretfully bought more than one bottle– it’s lumpy, forms air bubbles easily, needs about 465,464,564 coats. And because it needs so many coats, it takes the whole weekend for it to dry, causing there to be gouges in it- because lets face it, I can’t wait a whole weekend before doing something with my hands. Ugh, just terrible stuff, don’t buy it!
2. Elevators.
I used to be deathly afraid of elevators… like wouldn’t enter them at all. I can recall traveling with my parents and throwing such a big fit to get into an elevator that we would have to move on to the next hotel room that had a ground floor room- or one that was stair do-able. (i.e. 2nd or 3rd floor).
Even now, elevators kind of freak me out. I can go in them- but never alone. I can’t even tell you what about them freaks me out. It’s not the limited space, I think it’s the fear of getting stuck in one. Ugh- gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it!
3. Egg-Salad Sandwiches.
This one amazes people, my own family even forgets at times that I don’t like this. Which is funny, because I never have. But people always find this fact unfathomable and say things like, “What!… no, no no no!  How could you possibly not like egg-salad sandwiches?! What is wrong with you?!”
They’re gross. That’s just my opinion.
4. Buying gasoline in Oregon.
I hate that you can’t pump your own gas! This is ridiculous and needs to be abolished immediately- do you hear me Oregon??? I’ve probably wasted two weeks of my life waiting in line at a gas station in Oregon because they only have two gas attendants working a 14 pump station. Come on… seriously… we don’t live in the 1950s anymore. I am perfectly capable of pumping my own gas- and being out of there in less than the 10 minutes it will take you to pump it for me.
5. When people working in shops are snotty.
You know who I’m talking about, just enter any American Apparel or small boutique. They stand folding clothes, won’t even glance your way. They act like you have no right to be in their store. Like if you don’t enter with your credit card taped to your forehead you’re worthless. What’s ridiculous is that THEY are the ones working in a store. I’m not saying that’s a bad job to have… but come on… aren’t you trying to make a sale?? Be nice!
Okay, that’s enough negativity for now. 🙂
But what I want to know is what really frosts your cookies? What gets on your nerves? Tell me all about it!
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This weekend I went down to Portland to visit le BF. We had a good time! On Saturday we headed to McMinneville to go to the Oregon Brews & BBQs. It was great! Basically there were tons of breweries there and we just walked around testing them while listening to live music and chowing down on some bbq food. Here are some photos from the day:
At the fest you paid your entrance fee- then had to buy tokens to test the beers. 1 token = $1. A 2 0z taste was 1 token.
BF and I with our complimentary beer mugs.
Our nifty paper bracelets that said we were there on Saturday, June 19, 2009. Oops!
My shoes got dirty. 😦
The row of toilets—– Gross….
Directions.
The list of breweries, we crossed off the ones we had tried.
BF and I.
Then we decided to walk around town to walk off our buzz.
I took a picture through a fence hole into someone’s back yard.
The road back to Portland.
Then that night we headed down to downtown Portland and ate dinner at McMenamins then walked around downtown looking for other bars to go to.
We also witnessed a 13,000 person naked bike ride on Burnside. You can read about it here.
What did you do this weekend?
This weekend, as most of you all know, I went to Portland with the family to get my new lap top! Hurray! This is what I ended up getting- and I love it! I also ended up getting the second pair of shoes (except for in pink) from my most recent running shoes post, the asics. And I love those also! Sister and I took them for a spin yesterday.
Yesterday I also met up with JHall at Target, for some shopping, talking, walking around and then ultimately eating at Red Robin.
I got the chicken salad and she got a bbq chicken wrap. It was really good! And because they took so long to bring us our food- we got a free basket of fries. Hurray!
The most interesting part of our dining experience was definitely our waiter. He was overly excited and kind of looked like a younger version of the guy from this painting:
He kept on telling us to have fun. Example:
Waiter: “Hey guys!!!! Do you know what you want?”
Me: “Yeah… blah blah blah.”
Waiter: “OK! And you?!! (looking at Jessica)”
JHall: “Yeah… blah blah blah.”
Waiter: “I’LL HAVE THOSE RIGHT OUT!!! Remember! Keep having fun!”
Uh ok?? thanks…
Then because we were seated in an area where one side was booth the other side was chair (I was in the chair) he’d sit down next to Jess on the booth and put on a very concerned face when asking what type of fry sauce we would need.
Overall, he was just intense- and refilled our waters every 2 seconds. Maybe his service was just a little too good…
Then we headed over the the mall to just look around. Went to Best Buy so I could show Jess my new lap top- of which I proceeded to set my blog as the internet home page. Good times…
How was your weekend?
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