When It’s Nice In The Pacific Northwest, It’s Really Nice!

Boy have we been getting some nice weather! To take full advantage of this we have been getting outside and soaking it up.

Croquet, once the gentile lawn games of the aristocrats.  But now it’s so much more with a group of friends all paling around. And  if you thought you only get to see folks true colors when playing Monopoly, try the playfully cutthroat game of Croquet. When we went for drinks after it was clear we all had a great time!

The Hiking Gods must love us, because we have been having such great timing on our hikes. Gorgeous Waterfalls full with spring runoff, Wonderfully clear vistas before field burning haze tints the sky. The smells of the forests and meadows in bloom and flowing with sap. It’s a great time to hike!

Events And Adventures Seattle

Mingles to Laser Tag!

Sometimes you want to a bar  “ where everyone knows your name” to steal a line from Cheers. With a city as big as Seattle that can be hard to do if you also want to check out some of the fun and different neighborhoods.

Answer:  Our club does all kinds of mingles, all over the city.  Mingles for food, mingles for trivia and mingles for our Young Professional and for our Premier Club members. Recently we had a Young Professional Mingle at one bar and across the street at another bar we had our Premier Club Mingle. Then after a few hours we brought them both together for one big mingle.

While mingles are a great social event, you got to add a little action in now and then.

How about Laser Tag! Truly one for the most requested events from our members and a heck of a lot of fun!  Believe it or not,  it can be a great workout and I find it to be a good way to warm up for skiing as I always come out with sore leg muscles from crouching…. But maybe that’s just cuz I’m so tall.

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Snowmobile Adventure Weekend!

Seattle finally got some snow… Well at least we have snow up in our hills!At our Snowmobile Adventure Weekend we headed up into the hills and over near Leavenworth WA. For a fun weekend getaway.It can be a game of guessing as to what month / weekend would be best. We need to have enough snow on the ground to play in, but not too much so we can’t drive over there.And we hit it just right!Even though it was snowing kind heavy on the way there we all made to our private lodge and boy what a wonderful space. Very rustic log style design with everything you would need to a getaway. We had a pool table, hot tub, big old fireplace and lots of room for all of us.We made dinners and breakfast in the big fully equipped kitchen and we could even see the house drawn sled going right past our big front windows.

We also had a great time riding around the mountain on snowmobiles. The lodge owns the snowmobiles and all the snow trails around the lodge so we didn’t have other snowmobilers to get in our way.

The only concern the whole weekend was wondering if we would get too much snow and be forced to stay longer, wouldn’t that be sad.

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10 Ways E&A Will Change Your Life....#1

New Blog Series ” 10 Ways E&A Will Change Your Life”

1. FEEL LIKE A KID

        When you are a kid making friends is easy.  You are constantly around other people in sports, school, your neighborhood, summer camp, cousins/family, band, church etc… that you constantly are able to talk and meet and play with people your age and of similar interests.  We take that, along with a million other things, for granted when we are young.  When we are adults and we move cities or become suddenly single for the first time in a long time we can feel very alone; sometimes for the first time ever.  Commute, work, eat, sleep-repeat becomes “life.”  That isn’t LIFE as we know it in E&A.  Every day offers a new adventure to us.  Every weekend is new chance to explore, be creative, to love people, to like, to fail, to get back up, to test my limits, to find my strengths, to face my weaknesses to meet new people and most importantly find out new things about ourselves.  E&A might make you feel like a kid again when we do fun things like Trampoline Dodgeball, Cosmic Bowling, High Ropes Course, Go Karting and other things…you might feel like a kid again but you will most certainly FEEL ALIVE again.

Stay tuned for 2-10 in Future Blog Posts, in the meantime lets get out there and have some fun! 

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Snowshoeing In A Winter Wonderland!

Our Members took to the hills for a little Snowshoeing. We got up early in the morning and headed up to Steven’s Pass to go walking in a winter wonderland!

I bet there are a few spots back east that would not need to “head to the hills” to go snowshoeing.  For our group we were rewarded with a great day and some grand views. Afterwards we stopped off to warm up and  mingle a bit before getting back to the city. Events And Adventures Seattle

A Valentine's Engagement from our Minneapolis Club!

We are so excited when we get stories like this that we thought we would share it with everyone:
Tonight was an E&A experience I will  never forget... and I'm sure the same goes for everyone!   We had a great turn-out at our Valentine's Day party, live music, food, drinks, indoor bonfire pit and much more!  After all of the hard work put into this party prep, it definitely paid off!  We spent our evening eating, drinking, dancing, singing, and the live band event pulled up people to be guest singers or tambourine players... but my favorite moment of tonight was when one of our members, John, was pulled up to sing.  After the hooting and hollering stopped after the song had finished, he had a few words to say... he thanked the owners of the barn for allowing us to hold our party there tonight and then proceeded to thank E&A for the opportunity for him to meet Kris, another member in the club, in which the two of them met on his FIRST EVENT... then... he stepped out from behind the mic stand, took the mic in his hand, dropped to one knee, and asked Kris to marry him!!!!!!!!  She smiled at him and gladly said," YES!" (This picture was taken shortly after he slid the ring on her finger!!)  I couldn't believe it... it was such an awesome moment for all of us to be a part of!  And after talking to them afterwards, John said that he never thought that he would meet someone on his first event, but now he knows it's possible for anyone!  And it could be for you too!  Maybe not on your first event like John & Kris, but maybe your second, or third, or........ Congratulations to the happy couple! Events And Adventures Seattle

Seahawks Win The Superbowl!

I guess you can’t have a blog in Seattle without talking about the Seattle Seahawks and the huge parade that drew an estimated 700,000 revelers to Seattle streets on Wednesday.

That’s 700,000 not counting the folks that were working in Seattle!

The whole city was getting into the spirit, Boeing even painted up one of their planes and flew it over the city during the parade. We love our Seahawks!                 Events And Adventures Seattle