On Friday evening, after a crazy beautiful day that I spent outside playing tourist in my own city, I returned home after getting my hair did and competed in the first annual “Building Bake Off” with my neighbors and some friends. I had initially planned to enter in two different baked goods, but in the… [Read more…]
January 21, 2012
1. All Paper Zone locations are closing, and I’m really sad. A few months ago, I bought a LivingSocial voucher of $10 for $20 worth of stuff at Paper Zone, and we went to redeem it a few months ago but couldn’t find anything that we really wanted or needed at that particular moment in time.… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
“IT’S ONLY DAY 4!” I wailed to Heather as I walked in the house this evening after being SO GOOD and not eating any of the delicious food that was served in each office at the Tour de Vance open house tonight. I was SO GOOD! I only drank water and I skipped the bites… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
I was kind of surprised that searching “Elizmas” on my blog yields very few results given that it’s the second best holiday of the year. Elizmas is Elizabeth’s birthday and since she loves Christmas so much, we’ve made it into a perfect mash-up. We use Elizmas to take advantage of all of the holiday activities… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
This weekend was the Coinstar, Inc and Childhaven ”Season of Sharing” event at Central Cinema, a great local theater in the Central district of Seattle. We invited the families of Childhaven to attend for an afternoon of holiday cartoons and music videos, BINGO, pizza, popcorn and candy. I ran around town (Seattle AND Tacoma) like crazy… [Read more…]
November 1, 2011
I learned an important lesson this Halloween. After years (YEARS!) of INSISTING that I make my own costume and wrapping myself in flimsy paper and packing tape and running the risk of my costume falling apart mid-way through the night (which it always did), I discovered that Halloween is WAY more fun if you’re comfortable.… [Read more…]
October 31, 2011
We hosted a Southern feast for Casey Shea’s birthday tonight. I’m pretty sure we are all going to have heart attacks later because there is an appalling amount of cream, butter, and oil in this meal. But Casey Shea’s wish was our command: Fried Chicken Mashed Potatoes Creamed Collard Greens (subbed kale for collards because… [Read more…]
October 21, 2011
On Thursday night I attended a party celebrating the Awesome Foundation’s very first grant in Seattle. If you haven’t heard about the Awesome Foundation, let me enlighten you by stealing some language off of their website and pasting it below: Need some funding for your crazy brilliant idea? We award $1,000 grants every month. It… [Read more…]
October 11, 2011
In honor of my philanthro-friend and fellow EPIP Board member Edgar’s visit to Seattle, we threw him a dinner party of epic proportions and leveraged all of our daily deals in order to do so. This was particularly appropriate because Edgar also just launched his own consulting firm, Leverage Philanthropic Partners, so it all tied… [Read more…]
September 27, 2011
I had such a nice time (the ultimate compliment I can pay) at Reese & Eric’s “Hillman City Oktoberfest” last Saturday. It was held at their home near Columbia City, which we traveled to by light rail and climbed some monstrous hills to get to, but all that was forgotten the second we arrived and poured ourselves… [Read more…]
September 19, 2011
Even though we didn’t make the trip down to Tacoma for Homecoming at the University of Puget Sound this year, we still managed to have a reunion of sorts at the Redhook Brewery and Columbia City Theater! Mitten, an indie pop band from Brooklyn (and Joanna, 1/3 of the band) showed up in Seattle for… [Read more…]
September 19, 2011
For our final service call of the year (can you believe that?!), six Service Girls attended Fashion First fashion show benefiting Rise n’ Shine. Rise n’ Shine provides emotional support programs, stability, advocacy and AIDS education for children and teens affected with HIV/AIDS. Our job was to help seat guests at the show, held in the Showbox SODO… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
Here are a few scenes from my 28th birthday. Now that I look at the pictures, it appears that I only ate and drank, which is quite true. What’s missing are photos from birthday dinner round two (same night as round one) at Elemental Next Door and trash cans at the Moon Temple. Ever classy.… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
August 23, 2011
Here’s my advice if you’d like to throw your own Iron Chef Party – and you should! It was SO much fun. Pick your opponent, choose a date, and craft your guest list! Obviously we had a built-in rivalry as roommates, but you should definitely make sure to battle against someone who you know is… [Read more…]
August 23, 2011
Sunday was the first in what I imagine will be a series of cooking showdowns between my roommate Heather and I. We hosted an “Iron Chef” competition (three dishes to make and three hours to cook) and were joined by a dozen of our friends who were eager to judge. We solicited suggestions for the… [Read more…]
July 6, 2011
I read about the Dîner en Blanc a few months ago on Oh Happy Day and immediately fell in love with the concept: “everyone” (invite only, of course) wears white, packs a picnic – complete with tables and chairs and heads to an undisclosed location for a 3 hour outdoor dinner. The best part is… [Read more…]
June 27, 2011
My most favorite philanthro-friend Elizabeth made a spur-of-the-moment decision on Thursday afternoon to come spend the weekend in Seattle, and I had exactly 46 hours to show her everything I love about the city. On Friday afternoon, we went to happy hour at re:public and then to the Seattle Public Library to see Harry and… [Read more…]
June 20, 2011
As I mentioned in the toast, Kendall’s name was never the first to come out of anyone’s mouth when we speculated about who would be the first person to get married. We definitely laughed that she would probably be the first person to have a child, given her general hatred of them – so that… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
In honor of William and Kate’s nuptials, I threw a Royal Wedding viewing party that started at 1am on Friday and lasted until 6am. It was exhausting. First of all, I’ve been terrible at my calendar and didn’t realize until it was too late that I’d signed up to volunteer at the Women’s Funding Alliance… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
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