For the first time in a long time, I finally took a vacation! I was returning home for the wedding of my beautiful friend Natalie, but decided that a weekend just wasn’t enough so I tacked on a couple of extra days and tried to go off the grid from work. For someone who hasn’t really taken a true vacation (outside of company holidays) not checking email was extremely hard for me! I’m the only person on my team who gets a notification to my phone every time a new email comes into my inbox and it’s helpful in urgent cases, but causes me to have a sense of urgency 24/7. Having to ignore that on vacation was tough, but got easier as the long weekend went on. Here are just a few snaps from a very memorable return home.
Seattle greeted me with the most beautiful end of summer weather!
Every time I’m home, I find myself completely stretched for time and wanting to eat at all my favorite places and not enough home cooked meals as I would’ve wanted! I was supposed to catch up with a friend for happy hour at my favorite place in college – Cha Cha’s, but when I heard that he would be late, I made a very quick decision to sprint like 7 blocks down the hill to Taylor Shellfish for half a dozen oysters. That’s all I thought I would have time for! They must’ve thought I was crazy for running in and out of there and…by myself, but it was so worth it!
This is the face I make when I try and get second opinions from friends on the clothes I’m about to buy. I think I look kind of like a garden gnome here, but I absolutely love this TopShop for Nordstrom dress.
My girlfriends let me pick the dinner place of my choice one night so obviously I chose my favorite Capitol Hill cafe – Oddfellows. I was nervous picking the Sweet Corn Risotto w/ heirloom tomatoes and local sheep’s cheese because I’m not a huge fan of cheese to begin with, but it wasn’t as overwhelming as I thought it would be and it was pretty much perfect.
The prettiest ice cream hues from Molly Moon’s! More on this later… in fact a whole dedicated post!
My family and I don’t joke about fish and chips.
Natalie and Scott having their first dance to John Legend’s “Stay With Me.” Nice choice, Nat – one of my favorite first dance songs. Sodo Park was a gorgeous venue! I’m so glad I got to finally see it in person.
How cute are their pie toppers?! We had the apple and sour cherry and I loved it so much that I thought about going to Shoofly Pie the next day in West Seattle and taking one back on the flight with me.
I met up with my friend Meggles the day that we were leaving for brunch and she really set the bar high for the best meal on the trip. The Wandering Goose served me up the best tasting biscuit and gravy I’ve ever had with a fried chicken in the middle! I’ve been craving it since I left…