The Grand Lodge

For the first part of our little staycation, Andrew and I drove out to Forest Grove and stayed at The Grand Lodge for two nights. The Grand Lodge was a "Masonic and Eastern Star Home" back in the 1920s. Its now owned by McMenamins, the company I work for. It's has a hotel, frisbee golf course, two restaurants, two bars, a spa, and a soaking pool!



One thing I love about McMenamins' properties, is that there's art and paintings everywhere. Every wall, corner, nook, and cranny is painted or decorated with something.

Me and Andrew had a lovely time at the Grand Lodge. We both had our first massages ever, which was ahhhmazing. We ate lots of yummy food, drank some delicious cocktails, walked around a lot admiring the property, and relaxed as hard as possible. It was definitely a good way to start off my staycation!

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Hey, guys! Just wanted you all to know I'm not dead, just alive and very much enjoying my staycation. I probably won't be posting much until next week, as I still have a lot of fun activities still going on this week. (Tonight is Super Happy Fun Time Girl's Night Party Time!) For now, here's some instagram picturessss.

1. bright colors&glitter!   2. Froyo with Kendra

3. Beautiful interior of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, where we saw the wonderful Regina Spektor!

4. First manicure in literally years.

5. loving how bright my hair has been lately   6. Robot Matryoshka

7. Kendra's Strawberry Banana French Toast   8. I got a Blythe doll! (or at least, a cheap knockoff of one.)

9. Haircut= I can see my eyebrows again   10. packing for my staycation

HannahFestNorthWest

I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm going on vacation! errr...a staycation! I have a week off work, so I'm filling it with lots of fun and chillaxing in the local area. Tomorrow, I'm off to Grand Lodge for a couple nights. After that I have some loose plans for a trip to the beach, a house party, a 3 hour Portland cruise, and some hangouts with some of my favorite people ever. I probably won't be around the interwebs much the next week, but I'll be taking lots of pictures of my adventures so I can show you guys all the wonderfulness later!

Camping at the Coast

Last weekend, Andrew, Zak, Faye, and myself headed to the coast for some camping and meteor-shower viewing. We went to the same lovely campsite we did last time, only the weather wasn't quite as nice this time. As in, nowhere near as nice. As in, rainy, foggy, and cold. Curse you and your finicky ways, Oregon Coast! We had planned the trip specifically around an annual meteor shower called the Perseids, but had no luck seeing them as the sky was completely cloudy. Oh well! We still managed to have a good time, despite the cold.

Yummy mint chocolate s'mores!

toys!

I know I'm finally an adult because I have extra money to buy all the silly little toys I've ever wanted. I love most of the collections that Kidrobot puts out, but I'm especially obsessed with Dunnys! They're the cute little bunny shaped creatures that I have way too many of. I love collecting Dunnys, because they're fun, unique, and well-made. They're all designed by different artists, like Tara Mcpherson, Aya Kakeda, or McBess.

See that top shelf? That's my super duper all-time favorites.

I get most of my toys on ebay and Missing Link, an amazing local store. The four characters on the right are "Peecols". Their heads, torsos, and legs are all removable so that you can build them in any combination you want!

Gloomybear! Cupcake android! Tokidoki! anddd some of Amanda Vissell's adorable Apocalypse series.

I picked up these awesome little space rangers at a local dollar store. Aren't they great?!

Cyberman baked you a cake! 

outfit: dots&hearts&bows

dress: Forever 21
tights: House of Holland, ASOS
shoes: Anarchic, ebay
brooch: my shop

I got a much-needed haircut this week. It always feel weird to see my eyebrows after getting my bangs cut. They seem to grow so fast, it's like my eyebrows are always covered by them. My lovely little sister took this pictures for me. The whole time, this craaaaazy cat was hanging around us. His name tag said "Rex" and he would just not stop meowing.

Tonight, my sister and I are going to see Regina Spektor. I'm oh so excited! She makes such beautiful, eccentric music. It's at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, which I've never been to before. It's going to be odd going to a show where I can't push my way to the front of the crowd and dance my ass off. I'm not used to shows with CHAIRS where you sit down and just listen. I'm sure it will still be enjoyable. I just wanna dance!

July in Pictures

sunset in Portland, with a full moon
Our friends Zak and Faye have such an awesome view of the river and bridges from their balcony.

my new favorite leggings ever of all time

my awesome little sister
She moved to Oregon this month, and it's been fun hanging out with her and going on adventures!

pink raspberry cake with lavender cream cheese frosting

bowling with Stacey and her fantastic mom
I remembered that I'm absolutely terrible at bowling, (I think I only got 38 points on our first game), but Stacey and her momma taught me some tricks.

brownie pops!
delicious, but there's way too much work and waiting involved. I'm not that patient when it comes to baking.

new/old books from Powells!
I've always been a big reader, but haven't had as much time to read the past few months. This month I decided that I need to set aside time for reading, and went back to carrying a book in my purse everywhere I go.

Stacey and her broseph, Andy being guitar heroes
We all took a trip to Big Al's, which is very similar to Dave and Buster's. If you haven't heard of either of those, just think of Chuckie Cheese with good food, alcohol, better games, and prizes that you actually want.

Andrew playing the biggest game of Connect Four ever.

What I traded 600 arcade tickets for
furry purple pillow and a rainbow led magic wand (with glitter in it!)

A used lego store?!
We stumbled across this while checking out a local nickel arcade. I ended up with an Admiral Ackbar minifig, a pink lego lightsaber, and a batman/catwoman lego set.

A nature walk in Marquam Park

my hair changes shades every time I wash it
It's went from dark purple to bright purple to fuchsia and is now on its way to pink. I love my ever-changing hair!

outfit: icecreamcones

Apparently I really like dresses with ice cream cones on them, as this is the second one I've bought recently. And this one has huge (actually-functional!) pockets. I'm getting more into lighter colors lately. I distinctly remember just a year or so ago when I wore pretty much all black or darker clothing. It's nice to branch out a bit and wear whites/pastels, though I find myself being paranoid the whole day about spilling something on it.

dress: ASOS
 tights: Target
shoes: Anarchic, ebay
ring: Forever 21
necklace: handmade