MSN and the Romantic and the Family

They sure know how to make you feel special up in Redmond: Getting married? Find tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. (from an MSN email footer). Maybe next they’ll have: Dying soon? Visit our online mortuary!

Well, it was a busy ole weekend. Had the matriarch side of my family up, and that’s always a good, exhausting time. My bro and I hit it pretty hard when we go out…though I was really good saturday night, mostly because I was pretty well spent from Thursday and Friday. The lot of us cruised around from restaurant to house to restaurant to gelato place, pretty much stuffing ourselves most of the time. I just wish that they weren’t so limited in food selection…pretty much just brewery food (Laurelwood, McMenamin’s are favorites)…and there’s so much more out there. But it was fun, it’s great to see my gramps, he’s a healthy dude, though he’d never admit it, and my mom, who is super-sweet. Friday, we ate ate Bella Facia, and then cruised back to my place for some beverages. I think we did a pretty good job on my uncle and ourselves, drinking scotch rocks (Famous Grouse) and Terminal Gravity IPAs. Saturday morning did not come kindly. And now I’m sad they’re all gone.