35 & 36/52: The Last Hurrah/Summer Vacation

Summer vacation was amazing this year and as always it kicks off with Brian's birthday (September 1st).  We headed down to Lake Morton, perhaps for the last time this summer and had dinner with friends and watched the sun set fade across the water.

Sunday morning it was up bright and early for a surprise trip to Los Angeles (Brian was told the night before) and by early afternoon we were walking through the historic Venice Canals and down to the Venice Beach Boardwalk.

Monday it was down the coast to Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and the picturesque Point Vicente Lighthouse before making our way north of downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium.

We wrapped up vacation week with our final Seattle Mariner's game of the year and Brian's first foul ball EVER!

Wonderful memories of a fantastic vacation!  

Enjoy!
Stacy

34/52: The Dog Days are here

The dog days are here and the long days of summer are fading.

Last week Chick and I went to our one and only minor league baseball game in Portland (Hillsboro) and saw the Hops play on a sticky, smoky night.  It's always a highlight of summer to go to as many baseball games as possible and this year we have been to quiet a variety of games.

I spent a long weekend in Seattle working on Friday, but taking some time to eat my lunch down by the Puget Sound (Me Kwa Mooks Park).  Then a late afternoon walk up to the Beveranda (Beveridge Place) for happy hour with my guy.

The rest of the weekend was quiet.  We harvested cherry tomatoes off the vine to make a rich pomadora pasta sauce. Brian made a beautiful fritatta for brunch and we pickled fresh jalapenos for a delicious plate of nachos on Saturday night.

Enjoy!
Stacy

33/52: Seattle Sports Weekend with Pop and Rosemary

We had an amazing long weekend in Seattle with my parents. 

It began on Thursday night in West Seattle where we enjoyed wine on our backyard patio and a wonderful home cooked meal courtesy of Brian.

Friday we explored Alki and had breakfast at the Alki Cafe and then took the water taxi from West Seattle to the Waterfront and had Happy Hour at Anthony's.  

We made our way to Key Arena to see the Seattle Storm (WNBA) take on the NY Liberty Friday night...and to see Mercedes Russell who grew up in Springfield, OR.  My Dad and Rosemary have been watching her play all her life and this past spring she was drafted out of the University of Tennessee to play in the women's professional league.  As a rookie, she isn't getting much playing time (she played 53 seconds on Friday night) but it was still a great game and a nice way to support her.

We had an amazing brunch at Cactus on Saturday morning and made our way to Safeco Field to see the Mariners take on the Dodgers Saturday night.  It was a tough night for me.  I love my Mariners, but grew up a lifelong Dodgers fan.  I took a lot of grief from my family, but still decked all out in my Dodger gear!  The Dodgers lost on Saturday night (still won the series 2-1), and we all had a really good time!

Sunday we headed back to Portland and my parents went back to Springfield.

Great memories this weekend!

Enjoy!
Stacy

32/52: Train with Hall and Oates/Summer Baseball in Seattle

Chick bought tickets (Bday gift) to see Train with Hall and Oates at the Moda Center in Portland.  The show was last Thursday night and it was fabulous!

Pre show drinks and dinner at Altabria City Tavern on a 95 degree day in Portland!  We couldn't sit outside, but we had a nice table in the restaurant that looked out over the city.

Train opened the show and they sounded amazing and played for about an hour....so many great songs.  We have seen them before and they are always exceptionally good live.

Hall and Oates came out and played just over an hour (with encore) and opened their set with Maneater and ended the evening with You Make My Dreams Come True.  All their classics and even a few songs with Train front-man, Pat Monahan.

Saturday night in Seattle, Brian and I headed over to White Center to see the Highline Bears final game of the season.  The Highline Bears baseball organization is a summer collegiate team in the Pacific International League.

It was a fun night to see small community baseball in a small park.  It reminded me of being a kid and watching baseball at Civic Stadium in Eugene.

Fun summer memories!

Enjoy!
Stacy

38/52: Last M's Game of the Season

We had a fun filled weekend in Seattle with Chick including our last M's game of the summer.

Friday night, Chick and I did a West Seattle pub crawl and checked out three new places, Nook, Alchemy and The Lodge.  Each one a bit different, but great places to people watch and have a glass of wine.

Saturday's game was fun!  It started out with Bloody Mary's and ended with an M's loss (but each of us went to the team store and came home with a treasure from our afternoon adventure).

How did you welcome the first weekend of fall?

30/52: Saturday at the Ball Park

We had an amazing day at Safeco Field and I shot a video (Vlog) for our YouTube channel so go check it out!

25/52: First Mariners Game of 2017 and Seeing the B-17 Bomber

It was a weekend of firsts this past weekend.

Our first hot hot hot weekend of summer!  Temps in Seattle reached the upper 90's (over 100 in Portland).  A great night to head to Safeco Field for our first M's game of the summer. Not a great game by the Mariner's, but it was Turn Back the Clock night and we each got a free hat and a T-Shirt so it kinda made up for the Mariners loss on the field.

Sunday we went to Boeing Field to see the B-17, B-24 and B-25 bombers exhibition.  Cool old airplanes rich in history and a chance to actually go inside (a bit claustrophobic, but interesting).  Brian really enjoyed the adventure!

Enjoy!
Stacy