take me out to the ball game. by orange

A few items that made my day on Tuesday:

fantastic Seattle evening.

4/15 celebration! by orange

The husband is a tax accountant by day - so he has been extremely busy for the last three months.  He said good bye to Saturdays about 2 months ago and said good bye to Sundays as well for the last couple weeks.  Needless to say, when 4/15 comes around it's an all-out celebration in our house. 

Last year, we headed to a Mariner's game the night of 4/15 with a bunch of friends. 

it started innocently

violet joined in the fun

then...we started to drink

and take some pictures

like this one

This year, we are headed out to dinner at Tutta Bella and then meeting up with friends at Barrio in Capitol Hill.  I think it'll be a tad classier than last year's events. 

Then to really celebrate that the husband has some free time we are headed to Leavenworth, WA for the weekend with our friends Jared, Katie and Signe.  Oh and 4 dogs.  Should be lots of fun.  Pictures to come soon!

baseball season. by living in sin

We are very excited to introduce - living in sin! She is our friend living in the middle between single life and married life. And as you might gander from her "screen name" she is currently living with the boyfriend. You will be seeing glorious posts from living in sin here and there.

Enjoy!!

My mother is a very wise woman. She has given me about a million little jewels of advice over the years and I’ve managed to remember a few of them.

One of which is that every year right around the time that baseball season starts men start to go a little haywire.

Now before I go any further I would like to lay out a few qualifiers. The first of which is, this piece of advice was probably given to me during a time the boy I had followed around lovesick had decided I wasn’t worthy to lick his spikes. So it was clearly designed to make me feel a little bit better about this fact.

The second is, before my current and wonderful boyfriend and all the other men in my life throw their arms up in disgust, I think this applies to women as much as it does to men. But I digress…

It’s really the theory about catching spring fever. Girls start to wear short skirts and suddenly the dude that was hanging on your every word all winter can’t be bothered to return a phone call. Point is once the bats come out dudes get restless- they get that itch.

They are reminded of the possibility life once had. The season is full of promise - new players, a clean slate to wipe away the last years long, hard slog. It teases men with the idea that this is The Year. This is the year their team wins the pennant, their favorite player bats 400 and the manager finally trades away the bum in center. That maybe they could date someone just a little bit better. Not that anyone could possibly be better than you, so let’s say someone shiny and new.

How could you not get caught up in the allure?

Hell, the Mariners are leading the American League West – anything is possible.

marrieds v. mariners. by orange

as mentioned in a previous post - to celebrate the end of tax season 2009, the marrieds headed out to a ball game.

here is right when we arrived...

however...then this happenend.

are these evidence that we do not get out enough?

rut ro

yes, i am hugging myself with my new blue warm fuzzy mariners sweatshirt.

***pictures provided by mr. joseph pisano. pls. inquire for his services.

a "crazy" week for the marrieds. by orange

sit down and buckle up. the husband and I are on a roll of going out. I think once you hit a certain age, or maybe it just occurs to people like me who can nap at anytime - going "out" only happens about once a week. well this week/weekend - the husband and i will be venturing "out" 3 times - yes I said 3. here is the scoop:

Wednesday night: yes on a school night! the husband is a crazy tax accountant, thus he has been working many many hours for the last 2-3 months. to celebrate the coming and going of tax day/april 15th - a bunch of friends and us went out to the mariner's game. and they won! something crazy like 11-3. well let me tell you - we celebrated not only with beers at pryamid after work, but with more beers, more hotdogs and more fries that night. the only bummer of the night - i forgot that april nights are still chilly - a short sleeve jacket will just not cut it. thus, i have a new mariner's zip up sweatshirt in my closet.

Friday night: we are headed out with another couple for sushi, drinks and comedy. sushi and jello shots (yes they sell jello shots) will be at Nijo near Pike's Place Market. comedy will be at Comedy Underground. we shall see how funny it is.

Saturday night: yes, two nights in a row! man...do i sound old or what? we will be headed to our new favorite place in West Seattle - The Beveridge Place. we haven't decided quite yet if we will tow along Meika as dogs are allowed. this place is a perfect date spot - drinks, can bring in food OR order take out while there, board games galore and comfortable seating.

all this activity will make sunday a rest day for sure. i'm imagining movies and naps.