I arrived Tuesday evening and surprise surprise both Anais and Matt picked me up at the airport, with a cold Diet Coke for all of us in hand! mmmmm Do you see why I love going there? Yeah well that was just the beginning....
I ended my special day with dinner @ my favorite restaurant...Rio Grande!!! BSGs reunited...Jill, Caroline & me....
...and a shot down the table....Caro, me (mmm quesadillas!), Lacey & Rachel...
...and the other side....Chris, Christy & Anais....
One of the things that set this trip apart from those of the past couple of years was the amount of time that I had with everyone. I got to see all my friends out there at least 3 or 4 times. On Saturday morning, we all gathered at Lacey's house for a Stampin' Up! party!! Robin Merriman, a demonstrator who lives in VA, prepped everything for us....
Christy and Lacey just having a ball....and then below is Amber, Carolyn & Caroline....
I don't have any good pics w/Robin--so Robin you've got to send me whatever you have! :)
The rest of the week was filled with a billion other things...shopping, more movies, visiting, one more of Matt's plays (loved it!), Mr. Yogato, walks through the beautiful city & suburbs, late nights, fun tv shows, important CNN business, and then--my friends really spoil me by letting me go to my favorite restaurant as much as I want--even twice a day! This was the 3rd to last time I got to go there....
Anais, me, Lacey, Rachel & Christy....this picture includes a big portion of what I always called my urban family when I lived out there....those that I lived with, laughed with (cheesy but true), watched ALIAS with, etc...I spent some seriously amazing years in DC!!
And that's about the most of it!! Hope you aren't asleep by now because above all, I think this post was mostly for me and the "journal" side of my blog. I'm lucky to still have all these gorgeous people in my life!
8 brilliant comments:
Photos are forthcoming - I promise! I'm so glad you had the BEST visit! It was very fun to spend time with you and all your buds AND to celebrate your birthday! xoxoxo!
Looks like a good time! HB!!!
Looks like you had a fun time and to have a Diet Coke waiting for you once you got off the airplane is fabulous! I'm glad you had a great time.
Looks like you all had a fabulous time! Happy Belated Birthday.
I love it. And I love our urban family the most. I have a picture at OBX with some of the people who aren't in this pic-- Heather and Carlos, Tom, Matt, and Brian S-- and everyone from this picture. It is my fav!
I so wish that I could have seen you!! It was such a crazy week here and by the time I talked to you I was not feeling well. Boooooooooooo. Hopefully I'll see you soon. xoxoxox
Happy Birthday, Shannon! It looks like you had an amazing time. Yay!!
It was so much fun to have you here I wish you never moved!! It's just not the same without you!!
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