Francophile in the West

Spring has sprung! It was a beautiful weekend in Seattle, and Kris and I took advantage of it! Since Kris is going to be livin' it up in Singapore and Indonesia with his good friend for the next couple of weeks, we decided to live it up together this weekend before he left.  On Friday night, we enjoyed delicious beer and free shuffleboard at The Duchess (a classic UW bar near our place) with some of Kris' coworkers. On Saturday, we hit up REI to spend our dividends, and spend them we did! Kris wound up purchasing some excellent travel clothes, and I waltzed out of the store with a swim suit for Hawai'i, a great 100% wool dress, below-the-ankle hiking boots, and a super cute shirt. We did great! We then had lunch at the Lunchbox Laboratory, which is a really tasty throw-back burger joint just around the corner from REI (I highly recommend it!). After that adventure, we headed back to our place and walked over to the park for a nap in the sun! It was glorious to feel...

Well, the rain continues. But I mainly wanted to share a post of some recent pictures! I finally uploaded the pictures from Whistler onto my computer, as well as some others. Here are a few! Skiing on Whistler Mountain! A quick beer with some other guests before the wedding at Whistler. Kris and our Whistler 'roommates' being silly after the wedding and shenanigans. We spent the evening Friday and the day Saturday in Bellingham! We were walking around downtown and found this awesome antique store called "City of Subdued Excitement" with this sign inside. Needless to say, they were closed. Haha. Playing chess with Kris' brother & his girlfriend at the Black Drop coffee house in Bellingham. What a great place and super delicious coffee! <3