Weekend Wanderings - September 14th-16th

The weekly post that provides my readers with all the cool happenings around Seattle for the upcoming weekend.  You will have no excuse to not get out and make memories.

Friday, September 14th

Organic Beer, Cider and Chocolate Festival – An event that pairs craft-made chocolate with delicious ciders and beers.  They're also organic, which is fantastic.  It's also located at a chocolate factory.  Pretend you've got the golden ticket for a day and drink from the chocolate river.

Details:

• 7:30pm and beyond... 
• Located at Theo Chocolate in Fremont
• $20 admission for 10 tastes of beer or cider and 10 tastes of chocolate 

Saturday, September 15th

Taste of Lynwood – I'm not talking about what we all know as Lynn-hood, I'm speaking of an event in the heart of Bainbridge Island at the Lynwood Center.  It's a day full of:  music, arts and crafts vendors, food and a beer garden.  There are plenty of options for kids as well in the kid zone.

Details:

• 11am-8pm @ the historic Lynwood Center
• This is a FREE event with free parking, bring cash for goodies at the festival.
• Caspar Babypants will be on stage featuring Chris Bellew from Presidents of the United States of America

Good Fest! – Redmond Town Center's biggest kids' event of the year.  Full of train rides, music, balloons and games.

Details:

• 12pm-5pm @ Redmond Town Center
• This is a FREE event!

Sunday, September 16th

Blend – This is the third annual event of "The World's Best Wine, Food and Places".  It showcases Washington's hottest blends from over 40 wineries.  There is a barrel blending station, a bubble lounge and gourmet cuisine, plus a whole lot more.  Did you read that?  A BUBBLE LOUNGE with sparkling wine, champagne and oysters.

Details:

• 3-6PM @ Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Alaskan Way
• $49 at the door which gets you food and entertainment.

I will be checking out the chocolate festival on Friday, a Husky game Saturday and Blend on Sunday.  An amazing, action packed, fun filled weekend.

Have a great weekend!

Friday Fun-day: Shopping, Sample Boxes and Concert Recap

Franz Ferdinand Concert Last night I went to the Franz Ferdinand concert at the Showbox with my friend Bridget.  On my way to meet up with her, I had to stop and take in the view of the new waterfront ferris wheel.  I think the ferris wheel is gorgeous, and an amazing addition to the waterfront.  However, I'm not so pleased with the price to ride; 13 freaking dollars!

  We pre-funked at the The Pike Brewery for some delish beers and decent eats.  I was super happy with the environment, the staff, the beer but was not so pleased with my food.  I ordered the chicken wings, which usually can't be bad.  These were really greasy, non-saucy, not spicy, blech!  Bridget, however loved her veggie quesadillas.
I am a Franz Ferdinand fan based on their first self titled album.  To be honest I haven't listened to anything more recent.  I ended up falling in love with the opening band, The Carnivores.  They were the cat's meow, for reals.  The girl keyboardist had an amazing outfit on and made the coolest facial expressions and head movements.  It was amazing.  I describe her top as being a tassle-y, moccasin shirt.  As my friend Daylon would say, "so navajo."  Franz Ferdinand was great too.  I had an amazing time.  My favorite part about concerts is paying $10 for a beer; I love sarcasm.

Carnivores!

Zulily:  My First Purchases My friend Liz told me about Zulily over two years ago; she likened the concept to Groupon and Living Social.  The target audience is for mothers.  She knew I'd be interested because I'm obsessed with my niece Chloe.  I love spoiling her and buying her cute stuff.  I've always received the emails but just didn't get into it. The other day when I needed retail therapy I clicked on over.  I made two fine purchases and they arrived yesterday.

My amazing new tunic (I love that word)

Chloe's amazing new mary janes

Sample Boxes

I've recently learned of the concept of monthly sample boxes.  Where have they been all my life?  So I haven't received my first ones yet, but I know I'm going to love them.  I think it will also be fun to review what I receive with my friends and followers.

Beauty Box from Birch Box:  Monthly deliveries of trial-sized samples from both well-known brands and emerging gems.

Foodie Box from Petit Amuse:  Every month I will receive 3-4 samples of small batch artisan foods from hard to find specialty producers.

Weekend Wanderings

Brought to you by Shane @ Whispering Sweet Nothings

I totally agree with Shane about the crickets in the blog-osphere over the weekend.  So I'm linking up for a good cause!  Let's share our weekend adventures.
"It feels like the blog-osphere begins to die down come Friday, then trickles off on Saturday, with far less posts than Monday through Thursday. My quick fix? A rules free, anything goes link-up! Link-up your plans for the weekend, tutorials, giveaways. The best part? You can come back and link-up the entire weekend until Sunday at midnight! Then have fun wandering with some new friends!" -Shane

On that note, I'm definitely going to the South Lake Union Block Party this evening.  They have a bunch of local restaurants and food trucks offering samples for $1 each.  It's a true "Taste" much like the Taste of Chicago.  I'm so excited!  And I definitely will be stopping by the beer garden.
Have a great weekend all!