Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Weekend Blate

I'm positive that I've never crammed as much awesome into my weekend as I did over the past 5 days that Melissa was in Portland. 

Not only did I get to meet this beautiful and confident lady in the flesh, Brooke and I were able to show her some of the "greatest hits" that the Portland Metro area has to offer. She's got the cutest Canadian accent and we enjoyed pointing out how it was even more obvious when she'd get excited. Trust me, there was tons to get excited about.

Food, scenery, girl chats, good music, wine, meat(!!!). Such a packed weekend that I don't even know how to recap it all.

Let's list some of the yummy places that took my moneys this weekend. So many meat sweats I can't even count them all.

- Tilt
- Willamette (rhymes with "Damn it") Valley Vineyard






Each day was something differently epic. Wine tasting, hiking and taking advantage of the beautiful things I sometimes take for granted in this city I live in. I know the song is "Don't go chasing waterfalls" but why?! They are beautiful, I want to chase them all!


On Melissa's first night she even got to see the unicycling bagpipe playing Darth Vader ride by while all of the Portlanders looked at him and immediately went back to what they were doing without taking a second look. #KeepPortlandWeird



Maybe the biggest win was that Melissa realized how not-normal Brooke and I actually are. Surprisingly she seemed to be okay with that!

Blate weekends rock. Can't wait to see you again, Melissa!!

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28 comments

Kathy@MoreCoffeeLessTalky said...

looks like a fantastic weekend blate!! that hike you guys did looked amazing.

-kathy
Vodka and Soda

Kathy@MoreCoffeeLessTalky said...

looks like a fantastic weekend blate!! that hike you guys did looked amazing.

-kathy
Vodka and Soda

Jenn said...

I love blares! I can't even imagine how fun an entire weekend would be! Glad you guys tackled so much fun :)

P!nky said...

Looks like a blast, I'm so jealous I wasn't there :(! Especially since I was just on the west coast!

Amy's Fashion Blog said...

Glad you had an amazing weekend. Blog meet ups are the best.

Lauren said...

You had me at unicycling bagpiping Darth Vader. Love it.

Tami said...

Omg. unicycle darth vader. My life is complete.

Brittney, Breaking Free said...

aww looks fantastic and the unicycling darth...all the wins!

Tracey said...

Looks like an awesome time...I will try to hide my jealousy :)

MakeMeUpMia said...

I told Brooke yesterday I want to come hang out with you girls!

JMO said...

aw how much fun is this! Love that ya'll had a blast and ummm I miss your snaps!! xoxo

Kristen said...

aw you guys are too cute, glad you had a great time!

Melissa Nicole said...

THANK YOU FOR FINDING THAT VIDEO! no one back home believed me. jokes on them...

brooke lyn said...

not even a little bit normal.... who's next for us to host?!

Rachel @ Love, Rachel said...

you guys are the cutest! Love this idea!

Unknown said...

SO much fun! I went to Smokehouse 21 recently and LOVED it!

Kasey Lynne said...

one day, i will be smack dab in the middle of you two in that same photo and i cannot wait!

wine, meat, girl talk, weirdness...it's going to happen!

Helene in Between said...

what a freaking fantastic weekend!! i love that pic with the waterfall, lol

justmeng said...

More weekends like this ... It needs to become a tradition to meet bloglovin girls!

Nadine said...

Well this is basically full of awesome! Looks like you guys had a great time!

Lora Ashley said...

Hey what's normal? Ha!

Looks like you had a great weekend!

Katie Elizabeth said...

Looks like it was a fun weekend!! Wish we could all meet somewhere for one huge blate, how crazy would that be?!

Brittany said...

Jealous!! Looks like an amazing girls weekend :)

Kay R. said...

Sounds like you guys had a blast and you all look gorg in that pic!

Amy @ Living n Learning said...

Looks like an amazing girls' weekend! And I won't lie, I'm jealous. Some day maybe I'll get to have a blate...

Amanda - Voyage of the MeeMee said...

Top left corner looks like a straight up wet doodie!

Him & Me (But Mostly Me) said...

I'm totally jealous!!!! I'll have to plan a trip up north!

Chelsea @ Delipsch said...

anytime I can get together with girlfriends to eat, drink and chat is a great time (wherever it happens) I am totally envious of your trip...looks like a blast!