I’m not a huge mustard fan. Like, if I’m listing off foods that I won’t eat it immediately starts with shrimp and then probably shortly there after I’ll say mustard. That being said, there have been several cases when mustard and I are “fine”. Places mustard is not okay? Hot dogs, sandwiches and pretzels. I…
I really don’t want to jinx it, but the flower garden is …. doing well. Last year was pretty much an epic failure with the exception of the sunflowers crushing it hard. So any success this year is just really thrilling. But this week, I was out socializing on Monday and Tuesday … and then…
Everything has felt so late and slow this year. The weather has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Tanktops have been a rarity. Vest season has lasted a lot longer than prior years. So, it also felt like peony season was really behind schedule… just like my tomato plants. Well apparently that was a…
Spring just feels so late coming this year. I’m not totally sure if that’s the truth but that’s how it feels to me. I needed the weather to be just a little bit warmer and it finally feels like it is turning. Thankfully I had the last few months to plan for the garden. Burpee…
I think I tend to make quinoa cakes like once or twice a year – and normally when I feel like I need to pull myself together and get back to square one. Square one being actual meals… and not sourdough toast. Don’t get me wrong toast is amazing – but there are no real…
Sometimes, I write up recipes because they are an amazing success. I practically sprint to the computer and do it that same night. I’m so excited to write it all up. Other times, I’m writing up a moderate win pretty much to make sure I do better the next time. This is one of the…
I was listening to a podcast yesterday and the person being interviewed was talking about the importance of understanding what goes into all your food. Now, I’ll admit that my diet in the last couple months hasn’t deserved any blue ribbon awards. But – when I was standing in my kitchen last night opening and…
Ah the last day of our trip. When we started fleshing out this trip, I oscillated on whether we should stay closer to the airport … or in the city. We absolutely made the right decision on staying in Seattle. It enabled us to really do so much the day before – including an awesome…
I’m really glad that we came into Seattle the day before – instead of this morning. While we weren’t exactly trying to cram a lot of activities into Seattle… that extra breathing room made it easy for everyone to see what they wanted to see. I had last been to Seattle in 2010 on a…
The agenda for the day was certainly different from the prior days. We were beginning to scale back the nature and bring on the city life. Up until like 4pm we still hadn’t determined where we were sleeping that night. Do we stay on the coast somewhere and then get up early for Seattle? or…
