My Swanky Weekend.....

[Claire]

I've been bitching and complaining about this little old preschool auction for many moons now....and it's OVER. I was the chairperson in charge of procuring all the items for the auction and we pulled in about $60K in merchandise and services, hoping to net about $30K.

We did it! It was awesome....we had a blast at the auction. I had to help set up on Friday, but with the kids gone, Kelly and I were able to head out and do some thing together, too.

On Friday, I missed out on buying Sin City tix during the day and the theater we tried was sold out, so we saw Bride & Prejudice (again for me) and in a theater with reclining rocking seats...so I had a blast.

Then we headed out to Doug Fir on the Eastside for late night drinks and food with friends.....we waited in the lounge for about 45 for a table....where we came across my ex-boyfriend who recently got his damn recording contract and has subsequently become kind of a jerkoff. But other than that......oh my gosh, we had the best time. The place is a freak show. I love it!


It's so Twin Peaksy! We hung out in the lounge and outside around the Jupiter Hotel which is on the same property. I know I've posted about Doug Fir before, but now that it's really caught on, the place is always packed. It was Kelly's first time, and he looooved it. We ate Fir Burgers, while petting beaver pelts at the bar.....lots of fur and beaver talk that night....juvenile stuff. Anyway, I love the place so much! www.dougfirlounge.com

We had our auction at Montgomery Park in NW Portland. The site is awesome....I'd only been there once or twice, so I was really impressed. The beer and wine were included with our tickets and we'd bought a table of ten, and invited my sister, her fiance, Kelly's brother and his new wife and two other couples who are close friends. We drank, bid, and spent much cash....we had a blast. My sister and her fiance ended up with this giant walnut wine cabinet with 30 bottles of premium wine....then at the end of the night, they sold off all the wine and champagne for $5/bottle.....all $30+ bottles of wine! We scored! I ended up with some laser facials (2), a haircute and color and some jewelry. We all spent about $400 a couple....I was shocked that any of us spent that much....we weren't intending to.

After we lugged home the wine cabinet, we freshened up and headed to www.fezballroom.com


as my favorite DJ was working this weekend. She spins mostly Indian (Bangra) hiphop and Bollywood soundtrack re-mixes. We had a drunken orgy of dancing for a few hours, then headed back over to Doug Fir.

This morning, Kelly and I headed out for breakfast at The Gypsy Lounge. It used to be my "jumpin off" spot back in my bar hopping days. They do this amazing (and cheap) breakfast on the weekends.....oh my gosh. So freaking good. A little hair of the dog, too. Mmmm.....bloody mary's...
Here are some pics from someone's blog about the Gypsy:

[quote] Just after this adventure we happened across Gypsy, a bar and restaurant with a groovy space-age bachelor pad / lounge-inspired interior.
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Hee hee, just thought I'd share!!! We had the best kid-free weekend!!