Spring is Here!
Comfort Food: Chicken Meatball and Daikon Soup
Thanksgiving 2008
Saro walking at Carkeek Park (he’s way ahead of me in
green there).
This
year we spent Thanksgiving at home here in Seattle.
Saying Goodbye and Visiting Family in Japan
This week we have been back in Saro’s hometown in
Japan. We’ve come to participate in the “49th Day”
following his father’s passing. This is a time where
the family moves the ashes from the home to the
grave.
After the Mounds...
Okinomiyaki Night!
Top Chef Birthday Mystery Tour: Day Two
view of adjacent “room” to our balcony: actually a
brewery!
Early
to bed (for us)...early to rise. The next day I
needed to get a jump-on to set things up for our next
dining adventure.
Mystery Tour: Breaking Bread
My
gift for Saro’s birthday was this surprise trip to
Vancouver, and in keeping with the “Top Chef” theme
to the birthday: a 10 course dinner. As per tradition
one breaks bread to start the meal...
Saro's "Top Chef" Mystery Tour Birthday
A
birthday tradition for us has been to take a “mystery
tour” which provides a nice break for both of us.
Earlier this year for my
own birthday we
decided to keep it local because we wanted to stay
nearby to take care of our cat Nyaji.
As Nyaji seems to be doing better, and I could time
his injection with the travel schedule, we decided it
would be okay to do an overnight somewhere. So that’s
what we did...
Separate Tables
I hate eating alone at home. When Saro has gone on his business trips like this weekend, I usually eat out.
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Gosh-O-Mighty
Duck Tape
Yesterday evening I had to laugh. It was first the
sounds, then my imagination. Let me
explain.
Birthday in Town
Another
birthday! We've made it a tradition to do "Mystery
Tours" for our birthdays. One taking the other B-day
boy out; without the destination known.
Christmas Parties and Dinners 2007
Thanksgiving at Dillon Beach 2007
Thanksgiving Day was spent visiting with my Aunt K
and her step daughter's family who make a tradition
of renting a beach house at Dillon Beach each
Thanksgiving. This is the second year I’ve joined
them. The first year (last year) both Saro and I
joined them. Both times have been really a great day
relaxing, walking the beach, playing games and
enjoying a great meal with family and extended
family.
Pit Stop @ Olive Pit
For years I’ve ridden and driven along I-5 and have
passed the town of Corning, ignoring the chance to
pull over and visit the Olive Pit. Why? I
love
olives! Ever since mom opened up a can and I placed 5
on each finger tip to do the
“Look Mom, Mickey Mouse”
wave, I’ve loved olives: in salads, on a pizza, out
of dad’s martini (when he wasn’t looking) or straight
out of the jar or can.
Good Morning Grants Pass!
If one is on the ball and waking up at a Motel 6 in
the early morning, you’re likely hushing the kids
from waking the neighboring rooms, packing up and
loading up the car before the sunrise, and getting
out of there... But I haven’t been a kid in years;
and I’ve never had to hustle a bunch of them into a
car for a road trip; so I have found when I wake up
at the “6” the parking lot is just about empty - all
the families, recreation seekers, empty-nesters, and
motel trysts have left and I’m the last to rise;
having slept through all the doors opening and
closing and engines revving up.
Road Trip for One
This is weird. I’m on the road alone for the first
time in a long time (17 years). The last time I was
on the road on my lonesome was going cross-country to
see the land having just returned from living in
Japan and before finding a job in Seattle. Saro was
still in Japan, preparing for the move, and I decided
to go off across the country in my Chevy “Margaret”.