Adrienne's Box of Chocolates: June 2009

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Ladies Weekend!

Hey Folks! Last weekend, I went all the way back to Columbus, OH for Alicia's bachelorette party!!! I was so excited to spend time with everyone back home and celebrate Alicia's last hoorah before getting hitched. It's been awhile since I've had a girly weekend complete with pedicures and fancy drinks, I cherished every moment!

My trip started out a lil' rocky with a few delays because there was low visibility in New Jersey (my stop over...yes I know it's crazy for my stop over to be in Jersey). When I finally made it to New Jersey, I had a pleasant surprise at the boarding gate...I saw this familiar person wearing this bright red OSU shirt and making friends with elderly folk. When I walked closer, I realized it was Amy! Holy Cow! Soooo I quietly tip-toed up behind her like a ninja and tried to steal her bag. After confused looks by her and people around me, she recognized me and we hugged (sigh...). Though I was not happy about being delayed for a few more hours in Jersey, I was extremely happy to spend the extra time with Amy. She was on her way back from Portugal, and it never occured to either of us that there may have been a chance we would be on the same flight home.

Above is Alicia's Garmin. It's pink, just like my camera...I had to take a picture!

Below are pictures of Alicia and J's new house...

Party Time!!! Below are pictures of Alicia's bachelorette party (rated PG). We started with drinks and appetizers at Alicia's new house and then dinner at Bucca di Beppo. After dinner, we were off to have more drinks and find boys that would buy them for us. LOL!

This is Alicia's Freshmen year composite pictures for her sorority. For some strange reason, Amy had it in her purse. We decided to put it up in Buccas among all the other pictures. Hopefully one of the girls will go to Buccas next week and see if it's still there. :)

Ladies, I had such a fabulous time! It was so great to see all of you again. Thanks to everyone who met up with me during the weekend and working with my schedule! Also, Alicia, thanks so much for letting me stay over and hang out with you all weekend...it was just like old times!

-XOXO

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Portland Rose Festival

This past weekend Tom left me for a boys weekend in Kansas City. :) Being on my own, I got to eat loads of healthy food, such as, ice cream and cookies for lunch and dinner. I also got to put off folding laundry and watched some girly movies. It was a good time. hehe.

A few weekends ago, Oregonians started getting ready for the Portland Rose Festival with pre-events like the Starlight Parade and Starlight run (costume 5K). Unfortunately, Tom has all those pictures on his camera, which I'm sure he'll be putting up in a few days. This past weekend Oregonians gathered by the river front for the Portland Rose Festival. I only got to see a little bit of the parade on TV, but it looked like a huge turn out. Around the waterfront, they had carnival games, rides and food tents set up. They left out some of the floats for people to look at. All the floats used fresh flowers, and all visible parts of the floats had to be decorated with natural materials. (its very Oregon, I know). :)

If you can look closely, they used rice, seeds, and nuts to make this part of the float. Many of the floats were covered/decorated like this...even the Beast in the picture above. His whole outfit was colored seeds and rice. Crazy!

In addition to the Rose Festival, it was Fleet week here in Portland. Many of our bridges were raised to make way for some of the big boats to dock here. The one below is a WWII boat. .