last weekend.

Happy Birthday Raptor. Love you.

Better late than never, right? Last weekend I made it down to the cities in celebration of Kelly's birthday. I got there early so we could get our hair done at Denny Kemp. Kelly chopped off 5 inches and ended up with the cutest cut. Then we met up with friends for dinner at Barrio followed by drinks and karaoke at the Uptown VFW. Kelly was animal/house sitting so I got to stay with her at the house and hangout with 1 cat, 3 dogs, fish, a bird, and 2 turtles. So fun.

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Have a nice weekend! I am finally going to see Black Swan.

weekend.

This weekend:

Concert (s)
Brunch
Shopping. I love you BlackBlue.
Best Dinner. ever.
112 therapy session.

hollah.

this weekend...

(( I am feeling under the weather, but I am determined to head to cities tomorrow))

I will be hanging out with these lovely peeps (plus some! I don't have cool pics of all my friends...)
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I will be seeing Dr.Dog
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I will be eating here and loving every minute.
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I will be having some serious girl time. yes.

These extremly awesome portraits were taken by Tucker during his Sunday Dinner segment.

weekend.

This last weekend was a lot of fun. Sunday was a beautiful day and Leslie and I spent the day at the beach before getting ready for our sailboat bbq. 20 or so of our closest friends showed up to the docks to grill, drink cheap beer, and catch up. We had a few friends in town that had been traveling the world so it was great to finally see them and hear their stories. Our friend Megan and her boyfriend just got done biking 3,000 miles around Cuba and Guatemala!

Kelly was my witness at our wedding. She has a dear place in my heart. She also was the DJ for the dance party we ended up having at April's later on in the evening. Derek is the owners of one of my favorite restaurants here in Duluth. I just discovered my new favorite summer drink at his bar: Death's Door Gin and tonic with rhubarb bitters. Amazing.

Our friend Mo brought her newborn Liam to the party too!

After the sailboat party we headed the Zinema movie theater where we were lucky enough to have a whole theater to ourselves! Leslie had been collecting and putting together pictures from the past 6 years of a lot of our friends and we got to watch it on the big screen! It was so special to know everyone in those pictures is still a part of my life and how amazing my friendships are.

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The evening ended with a dance party at April and Chris's house where we danced our pants off (literally for some) to DJ Raptor Face Kelly.

Before Kelly and Leslie headed back Monday we drove up the North Shore along Lake Superior to get lunch at the Scenic Cafe. It's a special place to us because this is where we met! We all worked there as servers in college. On our days off we use to drive up the shore for hours just drinking coffee and talking. I'm lucky enough we still get to do that every once in awhile.

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So that was my weekend! Thanks for letting me share.

weekend.

What a busy busy weekend. My friend Kelly (cute girl in hat) came up from the cities and stayed with me Thursday night. We caught her up on all the new restaurants in Duluth and checked out our old stomping grounds for lunch Friday. I didn't spend as much time outside as I wanted, but I did get out of the house for some estate sales (scored that table for $8), ran 9 miles (eeep!), and baked this rhubarb tart that I found here. It was SO GOOD. We ate it warm with vanilla ice cream. Thanks Stephanie. It was a real treat and so easy to make! Ben and I were also watching our second favorite pup in the world-Ruby. She's a Vizsla that has known Argos since he was a baby. It was so sweet watching them cuddle and kiss each other.
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This week I'm planning on updating Hello Victory (lots of major finds), and getting things organized before we head to Canada this weekend. Can you believe it's going to be Memorial weekend already? Geeeez.