Manzanita

We spent a lovely weekend at the coast with Carrie, her boyfriend Thatcher and some of their friends and family. We stayed at Carrie’s family beach house in Manzanita and although the weather looked abysmal Saturday evening, we were rewarded with perfect beach weather all day Sunday. We went on a nice hike, a couple walks on the beach, Graham and I tried most of the coffee stores in town and of course we had some very tasty meals.

June Birthday’s

We celebrated my Mom’s Birthday, Wednesday the 4^th, with a nice dinner at her house prepared by Rita and Matt. After dinner we went on a very nice walk and ended up at the new Gelato shop and had dessert. I took the following Friday off from work and my Mom and I drove to the coast – trying to mimic the Portland to Coast route. I don’t think we were successful at staying on course but we did find a very nice Mediterranean restaurant outside of Vernonia – The Blue House - very yummy!

Ann’s Birthday was Monday the 16^th and we celebrated dinner with her at Marrakesh. I had so much fun. There were ten of us at dinner and if you’re not familiar with Marrakesh, you should know this is a very unique restaurant. Most of us had been there before, but a few people were new to the experience – I’m not sure if they will ever eat there again, but they were very happy to give it a try. Marrakesh is a Moroccan restaurant and you sit around low tables on pillows or couches and you eat all the meals, family style, without personal plates or even silverware. This is the only restaurant I know of, where eating with your hands is expected. I loved it when I was a kid and it is still very entertaining although I think the newbies were all a little shocked.