Just a cute lil collage from my Aunt’s bday party two weekends ago – sorry for the delay in posting – been a bit sick over here. Hit up Noble Court for a bomb Chinese dinner then came home to this wicked dessert buffet. I made pumpkin whoopie pies, which I had been dying to make ever since I pinned them on Pinterest, oh let’s say, three years ago! They were actually very easy to make and the recipe I used (check it out here from the Eat Drink Pretty blog) made a TON of cookies.
Just a few shots from our engagement/housewarming party over the weekend! My plan was to take all sorts of pictures but I failed on that front. Figured it was more important to visit with guests vs. taking their pictures. I did manage these few shots in between the two parties. Enjoy!
Bagel-mobile. My car smelled like a bakery for days.
The empty food sorting table. So lonely.
Unloading the trucks!
The full food sorting table. So happy!
Well sorted soups.
Been so caught up in “Wedding Planning 2014” that I failed to share this killer JFS event – our annual Food Sort – which happened the morning after we got engaged. I was in charge of hospitality and spent the morning picking up the 25 dozen bagels and making sure our volunteers were caffeinated and snacked up throughout the event.
The event included food delivers from local community groups as well as a large sort where volunteers went through the TONS of food and box them up according to categories ie. soup, vegetables, noodles. I’d say it’s by far one of the most popular events we host and I’m always glad to partner with our Food Bank staff to make it happen. Those guys (and gals!) rock!
Took one day out of my vacation week (aka house labor week) to straight up relax and catch up on the Seattle music scene. The BF and I had our eyes on Bumbershoot – Monday’s line up was pretty killer and we had a free ticket coming our way. He got on good ole CL the morning of the festival to pick up another one for yours truly and ended up trading a Sonicsgate DVD and t-shirt for two additonal FREE tix (keep in mind, tickets at the door were $60!) Besides lunch and a few beers, this ended up being a cheap day for us 🙂
Rocked out to MGMT, swayed to Alt-J (the best performance of the day.), threw our hands up with Sol, crooned with Allen Stone, questioned what I was doing watching the darkness that is Deerhunter and ended the night with The Joy Formidable who somehow broke their drum set and took a 20 minute break right in the middle of their set – weird. Overall, a great day! So glad Bumbershoot is steppin’ up their musical game again…..this girl can dig it.
And not to be overshadowed by the local music festival….SNOOP LION (aka Snoop Dogg) was in the hizzle a few days prior to that so we hit up Showbox SODO for his show. I think we were all hoping for more “Lion” and less “Dogg”, but it was a fun show and he rapped plenty of hits. Westside!
Spent the weekend taking it a bit of culture at the Seattle International Film Festival with the BF whose documentary, “Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington” premiered. As you can see, it was a tad crazy as people were trying to get into the theater! Luckily, we snagged some good seats and spent the rest of the evening exploring the controversy around Initiative 502 (which did pass last fall). Those guys work their asses off and it was great to see such support and enthusiasm for their project!
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