anderson island ladies weekend

this past weekend was my annual weekend away with my best girlfriends in seattle. i've known them for over 4 years now and in many ways i feel like i've known them forever because of the close bond we formed right from the start. i feel so lucky that i found amazing friends here. i know moving to a new city can be a very isolating experience, but i was so fortunate that that wasn't the case for me. i tell people who ask how i met them that they pretty much fell into my lap thanks to a friend i grew up with connecting me to his friend heather who moved here around the same time.

now onto the weekend! my friend heather is an attorney and has been traveling back and forth to california for a trial all of september. back when we booked this trip, she did not know this would be happening and for a short while she was worried she wouldn't be able to come at all, but she managed to fly back for the weekend and spend 24 hours with us. we were so happy! with the exception of vanessa, i hadn't seen any of these friends in almost 6 months because life got busy, but it felt like no time had gone by at all. 

four of us in our group left friday morning. we had lunch in steilacoom at a really good restaurant and then hopped on the 20 minute car ferry to the island. 

anderson island is 7 miles from end to end and about 1,000 people live there. there are only 2 restaurants, 1 convenience market, and gas station and a golf course. but it's such a beautiful spot and was perfect for our getaway. we rented an air bnb that had 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a huge kitchen, and a beautiful deck with a hot tub overlooking the water. 

we spent the rest of friday eating nachos, drinking wine, hanging out in the hot tub, and chatting while curled up in our pajamas. it was so nice. we didn't even stay up late! 

saturday morning i couldn't sleep past 7:30, so i went down to the sun room with my book and read and drank coffee while everyone slept for 2 more hours. i read more than i have in weeks :) it was a rainy morning, so it was perfect for it.

 heather came in on the 12:30 ferry so we went to pick her up and then planned to go for lunch at "the nicer" restaurant. haha. but it was closed for a private event until 2, so we went back to the house. vanessa and i were the only ones who felt like going back to the restaurant at 2, so we had a little date over burgers and delicious poutine. 

when we got back, we all sat out on the deck and enjoyed the sunshine. 

meredith cooked us butter chicken and rice for dinner (so good!). we went in the hot tub again and then relaxed the rest of the night. we always say the weekend goes by way to fast and we just want to pause time and this weekend was no different. 

sunday morning we cleaned up the house and then headed to the ferry because we needed to drop off heather at the airport. then the other 4 of us drove to columbia city neighborhood of seattle and went out for brunch/lunch at geraldine's counter. it was delicious and a nice way to soak up the last of the weekend. until next time...!