It is the afternoon on the day before we leave for our new life in San Diego.
The car is packed and the suitcases by the door.
And on the balcony, planter pots lie empty waiting to be filled again.
There are no recipes to share today, my friends, just a few things to share.
Seattle and the area around it has been my home for the last 10 years. And during those 10 years, I was lucky enough to make a few very great friends. Continue reading
I saved my plants yesterday.
From a certain watery demise.
Just between you and me, it could just be putting off the inevitable.
But I’m not telling my plants that.
You see, it’s been raining a lot here in the Seattle area. And when I say a lot, I mean The-Second-Coming-of-The-Ark a lot. Continue reading
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Happy Friday, everyone!
First and foremost, thank you to all who responded to my last post (and giveaway) so far!
All your thank you entries were so touching, and I am so glad that you decided to share them. I know that those you chose to thank, absolutely, positively had their days made.
Speaking of giveaways, it’s now officially underway! Don’t forget — if you are interested in entering — to make sure to do so no later than 11:59pm PST on Monday, October 8, 2012. Don’t want you to miss out!
Okay, a few upcoming, important things to let you know about: Continue reading
This past weekend, the honey and I hightailed it to Seattle for a movie night and super-dinner get-together over my brother Niko’s house.
Replete with the best of friends — Sarah and Jon — we celebrated over salmon, mashed potatoes, caprese salad and wine and finished it all off with the best chocolate cupcakes ever (you rock, Sarah)!
I don’t have a picture of them ’cause they’re in my tummy.
We shaked our bon-bon, had a dance off, repeatedly tried not to accidentally step on the cat, and sang a very loud, out-of-tune rendition of “Happy Birthday to You” to Jon. Baring the early birthday tune, pretty much “the usual” for us. Continue reading
With Fall just around the corner, Summer becomes much more important.
We in the Pacific Northwest wait for it like some wait for Christmas.
We hold our breath, afraid that if we blink a few too many times — due to the what-the-what-is-that?! blinding orb in the sky — we might miss it.
It arrives crazy-fashionably late, like a flaxen-haired princess on the back of a chariot. All too soon, her ride turns the corner and we find ourselves holding a half-eaten corn dog and nothing but a faint, Vitamin-D memory of her. Continue reading
There’s this amazing place called Paseo.
If any of you have ever been to Seattle, you may have heard it talked about in not-so-subtle-ways when asking locals if they knew of any good, cheap-eats sandwich places ’round here.
Now, those in-the-know will mention Paseo. And inevitably, the reactions to the mention of Paseo will most certainly go something like this:
“Oh, my god, their Cuban Roast sandwich is amazing!”
or
“Holy, f___ s___, isn’t their roasted pork sandwich f___ amazing?!”
And, yes, I know I am repeating myself, but people tend to do that when talking about Paseo’s Cuban Roast sandwich. I have seen otherwise mellower-than-snail-persons practically lose their bleepin’ minds talking about this sandwich. It’s that freakin’ good. Continue reading
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