Month: March 2012

my weekend in pictures.

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{sadie loves cats. even though i think she is completely scared of them.}

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{a scrumptious dinner at lunchbox laboratory.}

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{typical night at our house this weekend: aaron playing xbox, misha & sadie cuddling on the couch reading the hunger games.}

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{an awesome coke machine. vanilla root beer? yes please!}

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{an entire box of red vines for me!}

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{we saw this means war. better than i thought it would be!}

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{the beautiful chihuly glass at lincoln square.}

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{sunday brunch: filled pancakes. yep, those are hershey kisses in the middle row.}

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{sadie waiting to go on a car ride.}

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{pre-bought our tickets to see the hunger games when it comes out. movies are the best on the IMAX!}

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{aaron & sadie stop to pose in front of the space needle.}

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{our newest kitchen addition: a dutch oven. now, where to store it?}

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{aaron had a minor oral surgery last week & everything is healed up! all done with the antibiotics & stitches out tomorrow.}

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{enjoying tea & the hunger games. sidenote: do you see a pattern here? i know, i am obsessed. i really didn’t pay attention to the hunger games at all until earlier this week. now i haven’t been able to put down my kindle until i am thru the third book!}

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{my grandmother wanted to throw away this beautiful ceramic stool. so glad we were there to take it off her hands!}

ugh. that is all i have to say about daylight saving time. you would think the one hour time change wouldn’t have that much effect, but it sure has – slept in late sunday, went to bed late sunday & could barely get up this morning… you would think i had completely changed time zones & was jet-lagged. nope, still in seattle & trying to figure out why in the world daylight saving time makes sense. at all. anyone?

i have to share a joke that i was recently re-introduced to as it captures my thoughts on the time change perfectly: when told the reason for daylight saving time change the Old Native American said, “Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.”

how was your weekend?

M

a visit to new england: boston.

{there are lots of photos so i thought it would be best to share the trip over a couple of posts.}

aaron and i had a chance to visit new england last week as a way to celebrate valentine’s day, my birthday, & to get away just the two of us. while it may not have been the best time to travel (um, winter), we only had a few days of really, really cold (thanks beantown!).

we flew in & out of boston on a direct flight via jetblue & it really lived up to the rave reviews: first checked bag free, nice flight attendants & in-seat tvs. {sidenote: aaron & i both watched in time on the flight home & it was really good. i had never heard of it before but if you haven’t seen it, definitely put it in your netflix queue.}

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we took the T out to the sam adam’s brewery tour almost as soon as we landed. {this was aaron’s favorite part of the trip; me, not so much.} then we took the party trolley to doyle’s & dined on the best reuben sammie & clam chowder that boston had to offer.

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our hotel {the omni parker house} was right on the freedom trial, across the street from the old city hall & just a few short blocks from the boston common. we were able to walk or take the T everywhere we wanted to go, it was fantastic!

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even though the red sox were in florida for spring training, we couldn’t miss an opportunity to visit fenway park. it was great to hear the tour & learn about all of the secrets of the old park – it is actually bigger than when i was last here! we got to sit out in the green monster seats – very hard to get tickets for as there is a lottery system each season – & up in the press box – the biggest in the MLB.

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while we were strolling around the common, we also visited the granary burying grounds where we paid our respects to mother goose, samuel adams & paul revere.

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we also took the T out to cambridge & visited harvard university.

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that wraps up our time in boston! stay tuned as i will be posting pics from the rest of our trip.

have you ever been to beantown?

M

my weekend in pictures.

sorry for the delay in posting today, the busy weekend overflowed into my monday!

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{gummy calcium supplements, yes please!}

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{i tried out a fishtail braid in my hair.}

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{aaron brought me breakfast in bed on saturday!}

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{there are beautiful spring bulbs blooming all over our neighborhood!}

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{sadie was enjoying a bit of sun & fresh air. she is eagerly waiting for the weather to be warm enough that we can leave the car window open all the time.}

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{we went to matt’s for one half of dinner & a movie.}

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{the oysters on the half shell were delish!}

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{we saw the artist. i really enjoyed it – the costumes were fantastic! can i just wear 20’s fashion all the time? have you seen it?}

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{eleven eleven – make a wish!}

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{brunch at the barking frog in woodinville.}

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{fresh dungeness crab was one half of sunday night reef & beef dinner.}

my mom was in town visiting this weekend so it was fun to catch up & hang out with her. aaron started feeling sick late saturday, but is on the mend. how was your weekend?

M