Life in the Emerald City

Hello, hello!  I know I haven’t posted since last week, but that’s only because there hasn’t been that much stuff going on around our house!  That doesn’t mean we haven’t been having lots of fun, though!

On Monday, Labor Day, I had to work…who ever has to work on Labor Day??? I thought Labor Day was a day to celebrate those who do Labor…and give them the day OFF!!  But I digress.  Anyway, when I got off we took a nice long bike ride down to Granada Beach (A.K.A. The Dog Beach!)  A neighbor let Sean borrow her extra bike (Sean’s was stolen back on 4th of July…I told him to move it inside, he never listens.. )  The bike down to the beach is about 3 miles.  The dogs just love the exercise on the way to the beach!  You’d think they’d be tired by the time we get to the park, but as the pictures show…they still had a blast!!

Kenzie jumps right into the water after all that running!  She’s really loves to play in the water!

I wish Kenzie was facing forward in this picture, but it is nice to see the two of them playing together!  Maddie just admires Kenzie and I think Kenzie is finally warming up to her too!

Introductions: Maddie meets the big dawgs!

Sean and Kenzie do some tricks…the other pups look on with jealousy!  Kenzie is so athletic!  Just look at that poor pup, he wishes he could jump like my girl, Kenzie!!

I just love the reflection in this photo…so artistic…I can’t believe I took it!  Doesn’t Kenzie look like she’s trecking across a desert?  Still carrying that ball of course!

The bike back was long and a little tough on the pups, especially after all that play time at the beach!  We made it though (I did carry Kenzie half way cause she was slowing down a bit.)  I know she’s spoiled, but she’s my baby.  The dogs have been resting ever since..sore muscles you know!

On Tuesday morning I was treated to a rare sighting of peacocks near my restaurant.  Well, I guess it’s not that rare acording to the neighbors, but I’ve never seen peacocks in the wild, so I thought it was rare!

I believe this is the female, as in most bird species the females have less color and are not as pretty (radically different than humans!).  However, don’t quote me because I know nothing about peacocks except the famous color (of which I have many favorite outfits!)

Look at the color on this peacock!  To me it’s even more rare to see a peacock pair!  These two were traipsing around enjoying the sunshine!  I was running late to work but had to stop a snap a few photos.

Wednesday was my day off and I slept half the day, then worked on wedding questions throughout the afternoon.  In the evening, Sean and I met up with an old friend of his from high school, Sara Tayyarah.  We went to Wasabi for a sushi dinner, and it was delightful!  We bought 5 rolls: Spider, Dragon, Crunchy Dragon, Baked Lobster & Jalepeno.

The were all very good, but my favorite was the Spider Roll (not in picture).  So so yummy!

On the walk back home we stumbled across one of those new European cars that looks like a squished up SUV.  Not as cute as the mini cooper, but still adorable!

The pictures are a bit grainy and blurry, but the car still looks good!  I just think they are so cute.  This one happened to be for sale, but they are waaayyy over-priced for now!

The week has been fun…good fun, lots of fun and still another 4 days to go!

Ciao!