We left the airport Friday morning and Josh and his dad dropped me off at Bellevue Square to meet Taryn for lunch and a little shopping. As always, it was wonderful to spend the afternoon with Taryn. We both got some good shopping done, each leaving Nordstrom's with new shoes.
Friday evening, we went to Josh's brother's house, and I went to bed super early (I was exhausted having only slept two hours the night before). Josh and his bro, Kitt, hung out, caught up, and drank a little beer.
Saturday morning, we headed down to Olympia bright and early to set up "the grange" for the anniversary party. I had no idea what "the grange" was (despite a few covert google searches on my Blackberry, with no luck). For those of you city girls like I, "the grange" is an association of farmers. The association usually has a little social/dance hall for its members. This particular grange was built in 1928 and reminded me of 1940s dance halls my grandma used to talk about. It was really very cute and rustic.
Josh's whole family was there, and Josh's grandparents seemed so happy. They danced and mingled with the rest of the family, and Josh and his brother selected some great Big Band music that seemed to complete the whole feel. Oh, and there was lots of wine. :)
Happy 65th anniversary!
After the party, Josh, Kitt, Kitt's wife Arian, and I headed to downtown Olympia to celebrate Arian's 30th Birthday!
We started the night off at McMenamins Spar Cafe. I had been here before McMenamins took it over, and it looks pretty much the same. We found a little table in the back, ate tots, and Kitt and Arian played pool.
After leaving the Spar, we went to The Royal, a bar set up to look like a trendy living room from the late 1970s with bocce ball games set up on either side of the bar. I really loved this bar. It was cozy but hip. Who knew such cool bars existed in Oly?
I'm not sure what's up today. Guess that's all part of the adventure of hanging out with Josh & family. :)
8 comments:
Very Mayberry. ;)
it looks like a grand ole time in the pacific northwest.
how awesome that his grandparents have been married so long.
Happy anniversary to them! So sweet!
did you just say you ate tots? if you mean tater tots, that is awesome. ;-) happy 65th to his grandparents, too!! they look beautiful together.
what a fun weekend. and a very happy anniversary to his grandparents! :)
this looks like such a good time!
65 years. wow!
aw, i heart oly! i'm happy i just checked up on your blog, it's been far too long!
That sounds so cool. Yay for 65 years and a great time!
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