Old Photo Friday: Happy Birthday, Sandra!

WHO: Sandra K. Suter (to the left, girlfriend, Terri)
WHAT: North Eugene Basketball game
WHEN: 1976 (the year North Eugene won the State basektball championship with Danny Ainge)

Happy Birthday, Sandra!

Enjoy!
Stacy

16/52: New York, N.Y.

Tony Bennett sings a great song about leaving his heart in San Francisco, but I honestly left my heart in New York City.

I thought I would be overwhelmed by the city, but instead I embraced it.  I felt welcome and warm.  I met tons of great New Yorkers rather born and raised or transplanted.

We managed to check off just about every box on our list and we had wonderful weather for most of our trip (one half day of sprinkles and one full day of heavy rain).

Almost everything about our trip was perfect, from our flights into La Guardia, our hotel, all our excursions (that we pre-booked) and finding our way out of the city and back home (we managed to navigate the subway system like pros).

A big thank you to my aunt and super travel partner.  She put up with my excessive planning and I think it really paid off big time.  Not only did we have all our Broadway show tickets, museum and tours tickets well in advance, but we also paid for them months ahead of time so that our budget could accommodate $175 dinners for 2, $20 glasses of Chardonnay and $25 bright yellow New York Cab pajama bottoms.

Enjoy!
Stacy

13/52: Let the 50th Celebrations Begin.....

I have an amazing group of friends.  New friends and old friends.  Best of all, friends that know how to throw an amazing dinner party in honor of my 50th year.

Jenny and Brent hosted an elegant dinner party for 9 including a champagne fountain, a 4 course meal and a jazz duo (Jenny provided amazing vocals) the first Saturday in April.

It was an amazing evening and one that I won't soon forget.  Thanks for my friends who are like family for celebrating my birthday!

Enjoy!
Stacy

12/52: March Madness

Another successful March Madness is in the books!

My Pop came to visit for a week and we ate and drank like Rock Stars.

Brian arrived on Friday and Chick's best friend, Terry came up on Saturday and we had a raucous party (we stayed up until 11 PM).

Great games, buzzer beaters and upsets.

Enjoy!
Stacy 

7/52: Valentine's and Kasey Musgraves

I didn't get to spend Valentine's Day with my love, but Chick and I had a wonderful dinner and presents in Beaverton and Brian and I set out on an adventure Saturday the weekend after Valentine's Day (Thankfully all the snow had finally melted!)

Monday night was Kasey Musgraves in Portland and she was fabulous.  Soccer Mommy opened the show and they were also really great.

We had an amazing dinner at Swank before the show and although the food was mixed (some dishes were great and others just so so), we had a wonderful bottle of wine, our service was excellent and the restaurant itself had a great vibe.  We'd try it again, or head next door to Swine, their Bistro/Pub next door.

Enjoy!
Stacy

5/52: Welcome February

We kicked off February with a girl's weekend in Portland with a Friday night crab feed, Bob Seger in Concert on Saturday night and then Super Bowl Sunday.

Enjoy!
Stacy

1/52: Chick's Birthday Weekend

Sandra's birthday weekend was filled with fun, food and friends!

From Friday night at Five Spice in Lake Oswego to Sunday night's Golden Globe Party at home, we had a wonderful time celebrating a special person and her special day.

Enjoy!
Stacy

Old Photo Friday: Happy Birthday, Sandra!

WHO: Sandra K. Suter
WHERE: Silver Lane, Eugene, OR
WHEN: 1975 (She looks to be about 14 or 15)

Happy Birthday to my Aunt Sandra who celebrates her special day tomorrow!

Love,

Stacy

44/52: Halloween and Welcoming November

I am finally getting caught up on the blog after an extremely busy few weeks.  My apologies for the blank posts!

Halloween is always a fun event at Rebecca Lane.  Chick and I love to dress up, hand out candy and drink wine.

We bought a few new decorations this year so our house looked awesome.

Over the weekend, we welcomed November by changing our clocks forward and talking a windy walk through Lincoln Park in West Seattle where Brian finally got to test out his new anemometer.

Enjoy!
Stacy

39/52: Girl's Weekend featuring Keith Urban

We had a long Girl's Weekend this year that started off with a road trip to Eugene to see Keith Urban and Kelsea Ballerini at Matt Knight Arena.

The show was amazing and we had a fun evening catching up with friends at the Wild Duck in Eugene before the show.

After a quick trip to see my Mom and Kenny's new home in West Eugene, we had a relaxing Friday night back in Beaverton with plenty of time to cuddle with cats in pajamas (us not the cats) while eating a classic wedge salad along side a steak dinner.

Saturday was our annual trek down NW 23rd for shopping and lunch.  We each bought a few trinkets and our lunch, including a rich and creamy wild mushroom papardelle was fantastic.

Sunday was spent relaxing while watching everything from the 1976 version of "A Star is Born" to a couple of really good football games followed by 4 episodes of General Hospital.

It was a wonderful way to say goodbye to September and welcome October.

Enjoy!
Stacy