Showing posts with label sailboat party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sailboat party. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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.

Friday, July 23, 2010

guest room + Happy Friday

We have lots of people coming in town for our sailboat party* this weekend, so I've been trying to get the guest room finished. I would say I am pretty close and I'm at least pleased enough to let people stay in it without cringing. Besides a few things (bed + curtains + wood art) I've found all the decor in the room through either estate sales or thrift stores. The most money I dropped was on the rug ($80) which was a total steal in my opinion. The mid-century white table won't be in there permanently, but for now I need it for Hello Victory. I would also like to hang something (maybe Bull horns**) over the bed. TBD.
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*This weekend is going to be OUT OF CONTROL fun. Some of my favorite people in the world are coming up for our first annual Sailboat Picnic/BBQ. On Sunday we are throwing a little shindig down on the sailboats, where we will be taking people out for rides, grillings, enjoying the sun (fingers crossed), and drinking fun beverages. THEN, thanks to some super awesome friends of ours, Leslie is debuting her slide show at our indie movie theater. She has been collecting photographs of all us good friends for the past 6 years and it will be shown on the BIG screen! Should be an amazing time. If you are in Duluth stop by the marina from 6-9! Have a great weekend!

**totally unrelated and the definition of random, but my great grandfather was killed by a bull. no joke.