Posted in At Home, Favorite Places on Oct 14th, 2011
I am hungry again. PHEW. I am hungry for a lot of things. I want to eat a lot of food that I make myself, I want to redo my website, I want to hang out with my friends voraciously, somehow all at the same time, and for weeks. I want to get into some [...]
Posted in At Home, Favorite Places on Aug 1st, 2011
I never took a picture of the amazing fish and chips Peter and I made at my parents’ house last year. It’s sad because I can’t stop thinking about how good they were, especially with the salty, slightly effervescent white wine we had to go along with the whole thing. It was a greasy, really [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on May 27th, 2011
Peter and I found ourselves in a situation recently where we were sitting at a table with five plates of macaroni and cheese in front of us. This was a great moment in my life. We were with another couple, and so yes, we ordered three kinds. We had to try more than two. I’m [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on May 3rd, 2011
I have felt extremely lazy lately. It’s as if all I can do after working all day is get immediately into my pajamas, pour myself a glass of wine and sit on the couch all evening. However, I have been working out like a champ, so I don’t feel as guilty as I know I [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on Apr 22nd, 2011
The first time we went to The Dray I thought, “wow there are a lot of squirrel things around here”. The second time we decided to go I thought, “there really are a LOT of squirrel things”. Their logo is a squirrel. There’s wood all over the place, which I really love (warm, crafted, shiny). [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on Mar 25th, 2011
Peter and I have recently had the pleasure of enjoying Hazlewood. We have lived in Ballard for a while now and are kicking ourselves a little bit for not taking more advantage of this little gem on Sundays. Sundays are cheap, and we get to sit at the bar and drink old fashioned, lost cocktails [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on Jan 20th, 2011
Peter and I have tried all the sushi restaurants in Ballard, and lucky for us, the one closest to our house is ohttp://tomatoesontomatoes.com/wp-admin/revision.php?revision=438&action=editur favorite. Peter mostly likes Japanese restaurants for the sushi, and I mostly like them for the udon soup and yakisoba, because I can’t seem to get enough noodles. O’Shan has the best [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on Jan 10th, 2011
Along with the blur of holidays came a circumstance that found my family unexpectedly in the Chicago area. My grandpa had passed away. He hadn’t been feeling well for quite some time, and as life has it, the potential news may not have been considered far away but it never seemed true until it was [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on Dec 23rd, 2010
Well this post really should have happened a long time ago. We discovered La Carta de Oaxaca probably four or so years ago (or I did, as Peter probably didn’t exist in Seattle quite yet, or was still getting acclimated). I would assume everyone in Ballard, if not all of the Seattle area already knows [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on Nov 9th, 2010
If anyone has ever wondered what a dinner might look like with squid ink as one of the ingredients, just take a look at the above picture. That is about it. There may be some barely noticeable highlights and shadows in there somewhere, but it’s really, really black. We thought it might be a very [...]