Girls Shakespear Festival

I joined some friends at the beginning of June on a trip to Ashland, Oregon to see a Shakespeare play. Two of us came in from California, one was in the process of moving to Bend and the rest of us carpooled from Eugene. On the way down we stopped at Heaven on Earth and enjoyed a cinnamon roll Brandi told us was to die for. It was pretty tasty and HUGE! If you ever find yourself near Ashland, stop and check out this restaurant. They have a large array of desserts and it's a quint place with very friendly employees.

There were ten of us in all and Sandi found a gem of  a house for us to rent out in the country. It had two master suites along with four other bedrooms and a fabulous kitchen with gorgeous views from every room.

The view from my bedroom balcony.

View from the back porch.

View of part of the house. There was a hot tub and 

a ping pong table which we never got a chance to use.

We arrived on Thursday and hit the town to shop. There were lots of cute and trendy little stores with fun things to look at. We shopped on Friday as well and we all found things to buy for our families and ourselves. We also enjoyed some food at tasty restaurants Margaret's friend told us about. If you want good Thai go to Thai Pepper. Cucina Biazzi for tasty Italian. Martolli's had amazing pizza, even great the next morning out of the fridge. We also enjoyed Breadboard for breakfast one morning.

Friday night we went to see the play Taming of the Shrew. They didn't wear Shakespearean costumes, they wore clothes from the 60's era, which was different but the play was hilarious. They left the words and language the same but took today's culture and threw it in. Example, they had a band playing and in the background on a projection screen there was Guitar Hero playing as if they were playing the game with their guitars. It was an excellent show, we all enjoyed it.

Saturday we hit some more stores then grabbed a couple of pizzas, some scones, the movie Pitch Perfect and enjoyed a night in together. I always enjoy getting away with the girls and having fun. We laugh, we cry, we can be our goofy selves and we get rejuvenated for our families once again. Plus M would never go to these destinations with me so he says I need to do it with my friends. Someone mentioned going to New York on our next trip. Sounds good to me, I have always wanted to go there, and again, M refuses to set foot in that state.