Do you know what a Slough is?

While driving down to Cannon Beach this morning, I kept seeing signs on small bridges along the coast with the word Slough in them. I knew it had something to do with water, but I wasn't sure how it is different than a creek, swamp or river.


Definition of Slough:
1. An area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamp like region.
2. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.
also slue.
3. A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.
4. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.

New Favorite Salsa

Both Wes and I love Chips & Salsa! I'd say we have it 1- 2 times a week and every time we go out of town, we 'need' to get some to snack on. Being in Cannon Beach this weekend, I had to try some new Oregon Salsa called Emerald Valley Salsa . I was a bit skeptical at first, because I'm very picky about different kinds of salsa. But o man!!, this stuff is good. If you know of a grocery store that sells it in Seattle let me know, because I need to go get some.

Another Salsa that I really like it the Arriba brand. I have tried most of their different flavors and they all taste great. I've had it soo much, I needed a change and the Emerald Valley stuff did just that.

2007 Holiday

This holiday has been a bit more crazy than usual (the reason why I haven't been writing). Last Friday we headed down to Yakima to go skiing the next morning up at White Pass. Wes, my bro and I all went up to White Pass on Saturday and were very lucky with the nice snow and pretty good weather. On Sunday we celebrated Christmas with my family in Yakima. We did the whole lunch/dinner (lunner), opened presents, filled our candy bags, did stockings and sat around and hung out.

Monday afternoon Wes and I took the long drive from Yakima to Montesano over White Pass to make it to his parents house for Christmas Eve/Day. On Christmas day we opened presents, drank, ate all afternoon, took naps, watched lots of CSI and just hung out. It was my first Christmas away from home, but I enjoyed it with Wes's family.

We headed back to Seattle on Wednesday night, to work on Thursday. Both Wes and I worked all Thursday and after work went out to dinner with one of Wes's best friends. Dinner lasted until 9:30pm and we still had to head back to Montesano that night, to make it to Cannon Beach Friday morning. It's about a half way point from Seattle to Cannon Beach.

We made it to Cannon Beach this morning from Montesano around 10:30am. It's a bit rainy off and on, but very fun and relaxing.

San Fran Trip Day 3

It was finally Saturday and Wes and I would get to spend the whole day together. We got ready for the day and headed out to find Wes some new clothes. We started at Macy's and ended up staying there for a long time. First I found him some cool new sneakers and then he got two pairs of jeans. After spending a few hours there and no luck with shirts, we went to FCUK. I went there two days before and found a great shirt that I thought would look good on him. He tried it on and ended up really liking it.

Both of us were getting pretty hungry and I had been craving sushi for the past two days, so we ended up across from our Hotel at Hana Zen. We both got the sushi combo with 7 pieces of nigiri and 1 spicy tuna roll. This was one of the best sushi places I've ate at so far.

After lunch we hung out in the hotel for a few hours before we went ice skating at Yerba Buena Rink in downtown San Fran. It has been a few years since I had been ice skating, but about 15 years since Wes had been. I picked it up right away, but Wes had a rocky start. After a few rounds, he picked it up pretty good and was even doing turns and skating backwards with me :)

It was about dinner time and there was this great looking Italian place across from our Hotel called Puccini & Pinetti. Wes has ate there before and said it was pretty good, so we decided to eat there. Once we got there, she hostess said it would be an hour to an hour and half wait, so she took our number and we hung out at the hotel. It was only about 45 minutes until we sat down. I got a Penne Pasta with chicken, sun dried tomatoes, and a gorgonzola cheese sauce with a Spice Cake Martini. All of it tasted sooo good. Wes got spaghetti and meatballs with a hanger 1 vodka drink that tasted like the lemon head candies.

Both of us were so full, we didn't have room for dessert. We ended up watching a movie before we went to bed.

San Fran Trip Day 2

Wes left for work around 8:45am and I stayed in the hotel and got ready until around 10am. Since I didn't get a chance to check out the rest of Westfield Mall the day before, so I headed over there. There are about 8 different floors of shopping, the bottom is mostly a food court, the top 4 floors is Nordstom and the middle 3 floors some pretty good mall stores.

When I was at Bakers finding some shoes, I asked the girl who worked there where a good Pedicure place was. She recommended this small nail place in the Flood Building. It was across the mall in this huge old building that Wes's old office was in on the 7th floor. A pretty random place for a nail salon.

It was about lunch time, so I meet Wes and his co-workers at his office and we walked to Jones and Geary. We ate at Pho Hoa Vietnamese Restaurant a great restaurant in 'The Loin", scary! After lunch I rested at the hotel for a while and Wes went back to work. A few hours later I wandered around Union Square and found some cute jeans at Levi's.

Wes and I were headed to Parker and Lauren's house for the night, so I met up with them at their office. We took the Muni train up to their house in the Cole Valley neighborhood and then hiked up the hill for about 10 minutes. Parker made some lamb with rice and a great salad. I'm not a big fan of Lamb, but I tried a few pieces.

After hanging out and eating some chocolate ice cream, Wes and I walked down to The Castro neighborhood just down the hill to catch a cab. We took the cab back to our hotel and passed out right away!

Reader's Digest New Logo

My last job was with Allrecipes.com, who was bought out by Reader's Digest, so I was actually employed with Reader's Digest. Well anyways, they decided to re-brand their really really old logo, but not much has changed. The typography is different, but it's the same old boring black text with a little extra splash of red as the apostrophe.

What do you think? Is the old logo or the new logo better? And what is the big chunk out of the 'D' in Digest? It looks like the red apostrophe was once there in the 'D'.

1st Day in San Fran

I left Seattle at 6:15am and landed in San Francisco around 8:20am. It was a great flight and there was no one sitting in the middle of the three seats in my row, so I had extra room to stretch out. My bag was sent to San Fran the night before, so it was there waiting for me when I got to baggage claim. That was nice not to wait 20 minutes.

I found the Bart (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and took it downtown San Fran to Hotel Fusion where we are staying. The hotel is in a great location, right in the middle of the shopping area, about two blocks from Westfield Mall and about 3 blocks from Wes's work. I made it to the hotel and got ready for the day, since all my makeup was in my bag that was already in San Fran.

Before heading to Wes's office and getting lunch with his co-workers I had some time to do a little shopping. I went to FCUK and DSW Shoes for about an hour. There were some fashion sneakers that I really liked. It was about noon, so I headed to Wes's office and we went and got sandwiches at Witch Craft. It's a very popular sandwich shop where lots of business professionals eat.

After lunch I found a really cute casual black dress at Armani Exchange. I also ended up buying those cute fashion sneakers at DSW Shoes and at H&M 3 shirts and 1 belt. Wes's friend Parker told me about a great gelato place in the Westfield Mall called Melt, so I decided to get a treat. There were so many good flavors it was hard to choose, but I picked the Toasted Coconut Almond Fudge gelato. And man, it was as good as it sounds.

It was about dinner time and Wes was almost done with work, so I met him at his office. About 20 - 30 of Wes's company and I went to an Irish pub called the Irish Bank for dinner and drinks. It was a really great pub, with a good atmosphere and great people. We were there for about 4 hours and I got to know his co-workers and they are tons of fun!

My Flight to San Francisco

My trip to San Francisco has been great, but it had a bumping start. My flight out of Seattle on Wednesday night was suppose to take off at 8:30pm, but it was running 45 minutes late. I had a connecting flight in Portland that I was going to miss because of this delay, so they told everyone who was going to San Fran, not to get on the flight. They made the San Fran passengers wait until everyone boarded before they told us not to get on, geez!

They had no other flights to San Fran that night, so I was stuck in Seattle. They rescheduled my flight for 6:15am the next morning with a direct flight to San Fran. There was a couple that didn't live here, so they put them up in a hotel and gave them a free dinner. Since I wanted to go home, they gave me $100 worth of coupons for a later Alaska flight.

Alaska Air did a pretty good job in helping us out and they were really nice. I had this same issue before with connecting flights and delays with US Airways a few years ago coming back from Las Vegas (connecting in San Fran). US Airways wouldn't even put us up in a hotel for free. They were going to give us a discount rate of $70 dollars to probably stay at run down motel in San Fran, so we ended up sleeping on the floor in the airport where all the terminals are. It was so cold and we couldn't get to the gates where you wait for your flight, because they closed security.

DSW Shoes Online Store Goes Live Early 2008

If you don't have a DSW Shoes in your hood and love their shoes, you will be excited to know that you will be able to shop on their online store starting early 2008. Working for an online retailer, I personally think every retailer who has built a solid store, should have an online store.

Here are a few retailers that I wish had online stores:
Express
The Limited
H&M

The Little Gym of Bellevue Cheerleading

As I'm sure most of you know, I work for the The Little Gym of Bellevue part time and it's such a positive environment for kids and their parents. We are starting a new Cheerleading program starting in Feb in our Winter/Spring session. All the teachers got together today and we had a training day. It was really neat to see how these little Spirit Bugs, Giggle Poms, Cheer Friends or Flyer Flips will be able to learn to do basic stunting, chanting, rhythm and counting skills and even a bit of gymnastics incorporated into the class. This will all be in a non-competitive environment where kids can build their confidence, motor skills, development skill, social skills and gain trust of their peers.

I would definitely recommend this new program to anyone who has a little kid from 3-12 yrs old that wants to try something new or even just wants to build skills in a team environment.

True Zen

I'll take it:

Villa Victoria Tamales

Villa Victoria sounds like such a delicious place to eat. They serve homemade tamales, just the Los Hernandez in Yakima.

I doubt they make tamales as good as Los Hernandez, but they may make the best burritos, salsas, salads, guacamole. I guess I'll just have to go to find out. Has anyone else ate at Villa Victoria? The are located in Columbia City right off Rainer and Edmunds Street in Seattle.

A Dog's Dream

Ok maybe not every dog's dream, but definitely Kokanee's dream!

Getting Ready for the Slopes?

Cougs Win the Apple Cup 2007

GO COUGS!!!!! We won the Apple Cup, because we rule!

Your Neighborhood Walk Score

My walk score was 71 out of 100. I must live in a great neighborhood to walk in. What is yours? I heard about this website from Alex Garcia.

"What's Walk Score? We help home buyers, renters, and real estate agents find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods. Walk Score shows you a map of what's nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment. "

Happy Turkey Day!

I hope everyone is having a great turkey day! Wes and I are in Yakima right now and we are waiting for family to come over around noon and eat lots of yummy food.

Gobble Gobble.

Spitfire Sports Bar in Belltown

This past monday Wes and I meet some of his old Onvia friends at a sports bar in belltown called Spitfire. The bar is very spacious and there are tons of TV's on the wall, so matter what direction you are facing you can watch the game. The service was horrible. The waitress would only come back every 20-30 minutes (we even timed it) to ask us if we wanted another drink or food. Then at the very end Wes and I were leaving early, so we asked to pay for our food/drinks. She split ours out, but then charged the whole bill on Wes's credit card. EK!

Cool place though, maybe I would go back if there was better service. Also, the food was pretty good, for bar food.

Vertigo - New Bar in Bellevue

Last night Jaime, Courtney, Meghan and I went to this new hot club in bellevue called Vertigo. It's a restaurant during the day and lounge with a Vegas feeling at night. It's located on 112th below the 989 Elements apartment building.

When we walked in, I didn't feel like I was in bellevue. There were white chairs, white/black tables, white leather couches and a small dance floor with a DJ. The ceiling was open, so you could see all the pipes to put a industrial style to the club. The walls were mostly white, except for all the colorful lights.

This is not the type of place I would usually hang out at, I would rather go to a dive bar. I don't think I will go out here again, but maybe for dinner.

Here are some pics:

Northgate Mall's New Stores

Northgate Mall in north seattle has been remodeling for the past year and they are finally finished this weekend.

Here are all the new stores & restaurants:

Bed, Bath & Beyond
Ulta
Panera Bread
Chipolte Grill
Romano's Macaroni Grill
Stanford's
Verizon Wireless
XXI Forever
Starbucks
The Ram Restaurant
Barnes & Noble
A brand new and expanded Gene Juarez Salon and Spa
DSW
Icing
Subway
Blue Fin Sushi and Seafood Buffet

Doggie Door

I really want to get a doggie door for Kokanee. She loves going outside all the time and I think this would allow her to go play in the yard when she wants.

More Doggie Doors

Shells with Crispy Pancetta and Spinach

I was watching Giada on the the Food Network this morning making this recipe: 'Shells with Crispy Pancetta and Spinach '. It looked so delicious and the reviews overall are pretty good online, but there are a few bad reviews. I might have to try to make these sometime.

HomePub™ Keg in the Fridge

I love this new fridge, it's just like a small kegerator.

STANDARD ACCESSORIES:

Special shelf for 5-litre beer keg

Special box for beer keg/CO2 cartridge and tap system in door

Drip-tray with grooves in door – easy to clean
Egg-rack

2 crisper drawers

Storage box in fridge door

Ice-tray

Ice-scraper

The Old Starlite Lounge is Haunted

The Starlite Lounge, a bar in belltown closed this year. 1921 First Ave is where the Starlite Lounge resided and every few years new businesses would open and close constantly. The Starlite Lounge building use to serve as a mortuary in the 1900's and a few years ago, a shaman sensed 19 spirits living in the building. The Shaman said, "I see 19 faces looking down at us right now," to the old owner of Fire & Ice (the bar that was there before Starlite).

Read more about the Haunted Starlite Lounge


Other haunted places in Seattle

Holiday Inn's New Logo

Almost everyone knows what the Holiday Inn Hotel's logo looks like. You've seen them driving on the freeway, you've visited them on vacation or you even have them in your own home town. Well, they have a new and improved logo. Which one do you like better, the old or the new one?

The new one almost looks like a toilet paper logo, but it also catches your eye. The soft lines in the 'H' feel like a comfy white bed with an elegant flare. They could have used a better front for the 'Holiday Inn' below the H, it's too boring.

Napoleon Bonaparte Quote

"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet." Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon I (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, later Napoléon Bonaparte [1]; 15 August 1769–5 May 1821) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic, and Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français). He was also King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.

Seattle's Haunted Houses

Who doesn't love a great haunted house? A safe place to have fun and get your adrenalin running by getting scared.

The Seattle Metroblog is one of my favorite blogs to read and they had a really great post today about Haunted Houses in Seattle.

Here is the list:
Nightmare at Beaver Lake is a chilling walk through the woods in Sammamish.I know there must be others out there--if you know of one I've missed, please post it in the comments.

Seattle Haunts puts on what are hand-down two of the most scary Haunted Houses ever: The KUBE haunted house and the multi-sponsored "House of Terror".

Wild Waves in Federal Way offers Fright Nights through Halloween.

Stanwood's Haunted House is too scary for toddlers but safe for everyone else and the money raised goes to support Stanwood senior services.

The Everett Haunted Forest is another family-friendly haunted house that raises funds for community efforts.

Theatrical Nightmare is a very spooky house at Ft. Lewis

Stocker Farms' Corn Maze is in Snohomish and is very, very creepy.

Maris Farms's forest in Buckley is lovely and inviting during the day, scary as all get out at night.

Is Shawn Johnson the next Mary Lou Retton?

Will Shawn Johnson , 15 year old gymnast from Des Moines, Iowa become the next Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci or Kim Zmeskal?

She is currently training for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She's in the line up to go to the 2008 Olympics, but you never know with Gymnastics if she will make it or not.

Kokanee as a Lady Bug

Look at my dog Kokanee in her Halloween costume. She let me put it on her once, but she wouldn't let me again. We'll see if I can get it on her again for Halloween :)

My Cousin Matt Edgers in Snowboarder Mag

My cousin Matt Edgers is a huge snowboarder. He made it in the Snowboarder Magazine November 2007 issue on page 115. He's doing a sick trick, go buy it at the store.

He also had a pic in Transworld Snowboarding. Here's another one from Mt Baker:

My mom just sent me this pic of Matt doing the famous Mt Baker highway jump! (3/3/08)

BIG S UNLIMITED PLUS PASS!

Snoqualmie Pass was bought by the owners of Crystal Mt. and now have a season's pass that includes passes at both ski resorts.

With the Big S Unlimited Plus Pass you get these extras:
5 visits to Crystal Mountain*
10 visits to the other Boyne resorts listed here*
Tons of great discounts through our BIG S Club
Discounted tickets for our Tubing Center - only $5
Unlimited use of The Summit Nordic & Snowshoe Center Trail System

Twelve By Twelve

Twelve By Twelve is Forever 21's new high end collection. For those of us that are business women over 22, we can rarely find anything work appropriate at Forever 21. Twelve by Twelve actually has some clothes that I can pick and choose from and are still affordable. Here are some of my favorites so far:

Coug Flag always on ESPN Gameday

All I gotta say is 'Go Cougs'! ESPN Gamedays travels around the country to host the show at a different location every week. The WSU-Cougar flag keeps appearing behind the host in the background. Ol' Crimson Booster Club is a non profit organization that has so much cougar pride that they follow the show to each city and they are going to follow them until they come to Pullman.

Scout.com posted a great article: http://washingtonstate.scout.com/2/196503.html

Tourists in Paris

Our view from a cafe in Paris...... can you say 'tourists'.......haha

STREB Show

Wes and I are in Yakima this weekend and went to a show at the Capitol Theater with my parents. They have season tickets to the theater shows, so we got to sit in the 2nd row, pretty awesome. We saw STREB, a Brooklyn based dance company that explores gravity, gymnastics, risk taking tricks, with the poetry and split-second timing of dance.

The show was very short, wasn't as exciting as I thought. I would give it a 5 out of 10. I wouldn't see the show again, but I would definitely take some of the classes. Take a look: http://www.strebusa.org/pages/classes_adult.html#descriptions. Since I can already do flips, this would be perfect for me...... if only they had it in Seattle.

What direction is girl turning?

Is this girl turning clockwise or counter-clockwise? Answer this before scroll down.

If she's not moving fast, check out the website to answer this question: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses logic, detail oriented, facts rule, words and language, present and past, math and science, can comprehend, knowing, acknowledges, order/pattern perception knows object name, reality based, forms strategies, practical and safe.

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses feeling, "big picture" oriented, imagination rules, symbols and images, present and future, philosophy & religion, can "get it" (i.e. meaning), believes, appreciates, spatial perception, knows object function, fantasy based, presents possibilities, impetuous, risk taking

*All I can see is right/clockwise, but Wes saw both.

Nerd Hoodie

Check out the nerd hoodie , I bet Wes wants one of these.

Two Headed Turtle In Pennsylvania

http://www.itchmo.com/pennsylvania-pet-store-displays-rare-two-headed-turtle-3132

Swing Dancing at Century Ballroom

Wes and I have been taking Swing dancing classes Sunday night up on Capitol Hill at the Century Ballroom . This building not only holds the Century Ballroom, but also Velocity Dance Center and Freehold Theater. Apparently the building was just sold and no one knows what they new owners are going to do with it. Will they leave the building up, or will they tear it down to make more condo's?

http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/blogs/dailyweekly/2007/10/will_dance_be_run_off_the_hill.php

Montgomery Wards is still around?

I was reading the Internet Retailer and they posted an article about Wards.com adding more than 50,000 products for the holiday shopping season. I had no clue that this store still existed. There was a Wards in Yakima, but was torn down when I was about 15 years old and I haven't heard about them since.

Check out their site: http://www.wards.com/wards/default.asp

Half of all web users will shop online this holiday season...

"More than half, or 50.7%, of Internet users will do at least some of their holiday shopping online this year, up from 37.6% last year, Burst Media says in a new report. "
http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=24017

This is what Macs are good for

http://www.popgadget.net/2007/10/couch_made_from.php

Couch Made From Old Mac Computers

Brady, WA Chapman Pumpkin Patch

Last year Wes and I went to the Chapman pumpkin patch/corn maze in Brady, WA and it was so much fun that we had to go again this year. Last year it was raining, but not that bad, so we went through the corn maze and spent some time walking through the pumpkin patch picking out the perfect pumpkin. This year it was pouring down rain, so we were there only about 30 minutes. I had to search around for the biggest/best pumpkin. Mine was 54 lbs and Wes's was 42 lbs!!

Pumpkin patch kids have a field day at Brady , article from The Daily World.

Chapman Maze and Pumpkin Patch 239 Brady Loop Rd., Montesano. 9am to dusk. Cost is $3 for the corn maze. 360-249-3317.

Pics from this year:

Pics from last year:

McLovin T Shirt

http://www.nerdyshirts.com/

It's my B-day!

It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm officially really old :)

Take a Vacation to Sri Lanka

Lunuganga is 'One of the world's Hot New Hotels' according to Conde Nast Traveller UK & USA. It is located 5km inland from Bentota on Lake Dedduwa on Sri Lanka’s west coast. There are 25 acres of Italian inspired gardens with spectacular views over the lake and tropical jungle.

What's Your Dog Costume for Halloween?

Krispy Kreme Dog, Mc D's French Fry Dog, Eat 'n Park Dog or Burger King Hamburger.

Exchange Lives with someone in New York

Wooloo.org is a company that provides professional online profiles for artists. They are also conducting a Life Exchange program, where you can exchange lives with someone for an extended period of time. 10 people will be picked to live in another persons home, switch jobs, wear their clothes and use whatever they own. You have to live around the New York city area, be able to exchange lives for at least 24 hours (or for however long you want) and apply before Oct 21st.

Marcel Prins Interior Design Work

I just love the way this hallway looks. See some of this other pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76189003@N00/sets/72157594503067081/

RottenNeighbor.com - Google

If you are thinking of moving and want to read reviews about that area or have lived in a place that has horrible neighbors write about it here: RottenNeighbor.


Their website is still in the Beta phase; so post reviews so Seattle's complaints can grow.

Go Cougs!

Cougs Seattle Game 2007

Lauren Conrad's New Fashion Line

Lauren Conrad from The Hills has a new clothing line. The new South Cali fashion line is a laid-back lifestyle with dresses, tops and silhouettes. For now you can only buy her clothes online, but soon they will be in stores. Check it out: http://laurenconrad.seenon.com/

Ben & Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Crunch

My favorite new ice cream is Ben & Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk. It's a mixture of creamy cinnamon ice cream with chunks of oatmeal cookies & fudge. You gotta try it.

Shopko's New Logo

All I can say is FINALLY Shopko is getting a new logo. The old logo is so late 80's/early 90's and reminds me of Rite Aid. The new logo is elegant and reminds me 50's style fashion.

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/the_softer_side_of_shopko.php

Most people in Seattle do not know what a Shopko is. It's basically a small Target and in smaller towns. There are two in Yakima and 1 in Pullman, WA. Every time Wes and I drive down to Montesano we see one in Olympia also.

"We love because it's the only true adventure."

Nikki Giovanni
"We love because it's the only true adventure."

Are you going to ride the Seattle SLUT?

No, this isn't a porn blog post, it's about the S.L.U.T = South Lake Union Trolley. It's a short trolley ride from Westlake to South Lake Union costing $50.5 million dollars. I think it's more of a tourist attraction, than functional public transit for Seattle. The SLUT is suppose to open in December and is already selling Ride the SLUT T-shirts at Kapow! Coffee house on Harrison Street.

They have now renamed it the 'South Lake Union Streetcar' SLUS :)

The Real Facts About the Streetcar

Amazon Fresh - Groceries

If you are a busy person and would like food delivered to your door try Amazon Fresh. I would rather come home from work and have my groceries sitting at my door, than go to the crowded grocery store and wait in long lines and not be able to start cooking dinner until 7pm.

Amazon's new grocery delivery service is in Mercer Island, Bellevue, Kirkland, Capitol Hill and Queen Anne.
If you try this, let me know how you like it.

Car Dog Beds

These car dog beds are too funny:

Furarri Dog Bed

New York City Taxi Cab

Have you heard of a Bootine?

If you shop at Payless shoes or watch the commercials, you should know what a 'Bootine' is. It's a shoe and it's a boot. Take a look:

Apparently this is the season's hottest shoe, do you think people will buy it?

Would you dare to buy a Bootine?

Fremont Friday 15% off Boutiques

If I make it home early tomorrow I'm definitely going to this.

Thirteen shops are joining forces to offer a 15% discount this Friday night. That’s 15% off regular-priced merchandise. The discount runs from 5pm-8pm.

Participating boutiques:
Horseshoe
The Industry
Les Amis (discount doesn’t apply to jewelry)
impulse
burnt sugar
frankie
Lambs Ear
Kimberly Baker
Flit
Bellefleur Lingerie
Essenza (discount doesn’t apply to jewelry)
Lola Pop
Tininha’s

http://www.seattlechic.com/

OMG Cute Dog

This is such a cute dog:

Dan Wilson in Yakima

About two to three weeks ago Wes and I went to the Bears game in Yakima with my family to see Dan Wilson make an appearance on Sunday's game. We were up camping at Nooksack (near Bellingham) Friday and Saturday and I started to get the flu Saturday so we drove back to Seattle that night and didn't drive to Yakima until Sunday morning. Even though I was feeling horrible I still wanted to go to the baseball game. My parents got us tickets and Dan Wilson was my favorite Mariner (oh and I liked Jose Cruz Jr. the best too) so I had to tuff it out.

We made it to Yakima and sat only a few rows up, but the stadium really isn't that big. Every seat is pretty much a good seat. Dan was going to throw the first pitch before the game and donates all the money he made that night to a kids foundation. Usually when the Bears get famous baseball players to come make an appearance they have to pay them to come, but Dan Wilson out of the good of his heart came for free.

After his first pitch he was going to sign autographs, so my parents and I ran down and waited in line for about an hour to get his autograph. I was very excited, but while we were waiting in line I had to keep sitting down because I was so sick.

Here are some great pics from that day:

Nectar in Fremont = Pet Friendly

I love going to restaurants/coffee shops during the summer where I can sit down and eat with some friends and bring my puppy doggy Kokanee along. I'm gone all day long at work, so I feel bad when I go out with friends after work and leave her in my apt the whole day and night.

One of my best friends Jaime and I decided to go to Nectar in Fremont tonight to get some beers and dinner. We had a great time chatting and hanging out. We actually ran into my friend Brittany and got to hang with her for a little bit. Everyone loves Kokanee, they always come up to her and say she's so cute. I think it's because she's so original looking and small. What do you think?

What is a Murphy?

I was reading the Seattle Metro Blog and I came across this article: 'So What's a Murphy'

Have you been to Kidd Valley? Do you know of the garlic fries at the Mariner's Stadium? If that is a yes, then you know what Kidd Valley is. Apparently they call their regular fries murphies. That is such a random name, since their chili fries and garlic fries have normal names. Does anyone know the meaning behind this?

Auburn Drive In Theater

Today during our Holiday walkthrough/rehearsal at work we started chatting about what each of us where going to do this weekend. One girl said she was going to the drive in theater in Auburn. I had no clue that there were drive in theaters in WA still. I use to go to the drive in theater in Yakima a lot when I was a kid and it was always a lot of fun.

If you ask me I think the drive in theater is a great deal. You usually get two to three movies for like $15 dollars per car.

Check out The Valley Drive In, in Auburn. It's only $7 dollars per person and they have some great movies playing.

Asymmetrical Dress

What do you think of this dress? I like everything but the color, but it might surprise me if I try it on. The jersey/nylon fabric would give it a comfy fit that you could were anywhere day or night. The asymmetrical fit is suppose to give it a flattering look, but you can't really tell because the model is so thin. How much would you pay for this?



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The Little Gym of Bellevue

I took the last two months off of teaching gymnastics and I missed it so much. I'm subbing for the next three weeks and then I'll have a few classes one day a week in the fall/winter to teach. It's so great to be back. Just to see the kids laugh is enough to make me happy. The best feeling in the world is when a kid is excited to see you and says they have missed you.

I love The Little Gym of Belleuve!

IsaBelt; a great invention

Isabelt is a clear belt that won't create bulk near your stomach when wearing a long shirt or sweater. It almost looks like a clear bra strap. I have a short torso (ok I'm short all over) that most of my shirts are longer than they should be and there is a huge mountain of a belt under my shirt.

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Daria Theme Song

I use to love this show... good old memories.....

H&M Moving to U-Village

For the past few months, I've heard rumors of H&M moving to Seattle. There was some talk about it coming to the expansion of Northgate, but it's actually coming to U-village in Spring 2008. I almost feel like it doesn't fit in well with all the high end shops there, but people from every class seem to like this store.

Family Reunion this Weekend

This weekend my whole family from my Dad's side are in town and getting together for my Uncle's birthday Sunday. The last time I saw my aunts, uncles and cousins from S. Carolina was April 2006. Our family is pretty small, my grandma and grandpa only had 3 boys, one my Dad. Wes gets to meet the rest of my family.. haha I hope he's ready ;)

I can't wait to see my twin nieces, it's been about 2 months now. That's a long time for me. Don't you think they are just so cute???