The Beach with My Best Buds!!!

The Blue Jacket Diva weekend was a complete success!!  Sally and I rode in her convertible in absolutely beautiful weather to meet Jan and Perla at Hump's in Clatskanie for breakfast Friday morning.  The next stop was for Jan and Perla (as her caddy) taking on a Gearhart golf course while Sally and I cruised to Cannon Beach.  We bummed around, viewed some shops, then stopped for crab cakes before returning to Sally's home in Seaside.

At that point, Janel showed up so we had cocktail hour before departing for Bigfoot restaurant for dinner.  Prime rib - yum!! After getting a tip from our waitress for karaoke, we ended up at Twisted Fish in Seaside - no singing but a Journey tribute band was playing.  We drank and talked and drank and laughed and made two new friends - Trish and Tom.  We ended up at home after 1am....talked and laughed some more before hitting the hay.  I laid my head down to sleep and Mr. Nauseous came to visit.  Ugh.  Had to get it out of my system so made a trip to the bathroom, getting rid of Friday's dinner.

Saturday morning, after plenty of coffee, we made our way to Sally's brother's estate sale then grabbing lunch at Seaside Brewery, historic place that was previously City Hall.  Then an afternoon of shopping Seaside ensued, including a stop at Zinger's Ice Cream - never been there but the homemade ice cream was scrumptious!

At that point, we were dragging so back to home.  A little relaxation, then a few cocktails, and were back on the road to Cannon Beach, in pursuit of meeting Trish and Tom for dinner at Driftwood.  Alas the line at the restaurant was too long and T&T no show so we then cruised down the street to Fireside Grill, where we had dinner and drank Armando's Bloody Mary, one of the best I've ever had.

Learned how to use panoramic feature on my phone from Janel

Returning to the car, Janel popped back into Driftwood where she found Trish and Tom, letting them know we'd be at the Twisted Fish.  Back to Seaside, we snagged a table from the band (with whom we'd become friendly ala groupies) and sat back for the show.  After the previous night's episode, I limited my alcohol consumption some, not wanting to repeat the pukefest.  Band was great, T&T showed up, and people watching both inside the bar and on the street were priceless.  I took a sneaky pic of a gal with serious 80's hair - so permed yet so thin and bleached it was a sight to behold.  It's at those moments I wish I was an ambush makeover host; her poor little look begged to be remade.

Sunday morning arrived and we were all ready to pack and hit the road for home.  The weather continued to be warm, cloudless and blue sky - could not have asked for a better beach scene.  Convertible ride home was just as nice as the drive there.

Was a great weekend with friends and a nice diversion from missing Michael. Can't wait to plan our next trip!!

The morning after

Give me coffee!

Help my hair....please!