Monday I worked at the Douglass-Truth Library, and then walked to Capitol Hill, intending to go to the big QFC on Broadway and buy some food, get some cash, and also charge my orca card. I came to the Whole Foods first, though, and shopped there which turned out to be a bit of a … [Read more…]
On Saturday, I put myself to bed at 9:00 p.m. with a hot toddy (bourbon, honey, lemon, hot water) trying to cure my cold. I didn’t sleep all that well because it was really stormy that night – it felt like I spent most of the night listening to the rain and wind hit the … [Read more…]
– but starting to act almost as if we live here. On Wednesday we went to the sculpture garden and then up the space needle – pretty tourist-y. We took the bus home at close to rush hour though, almost like we live here. On our first morning here, last Saturday, I woke up feeling … [Read more…]
On the second-to-last-day of 2018, we went to the Seattle Art Museum and looked at “Peacock in the Dessert“, five centuries of royal art from India. Which seemed fitting since we’re in Seattle because my brother & sister-in-law & niece are in India. My current blog banner is food at some kind of royal game … [Read more…]
I walked the dog and she didn’t escape. I made coffee with my brother’s stove top espresso maker and only boiled the milk over a little bit. Electric stove … And I couldn’t find the nice little All-clad pot for the milk. I wonder if he took it with him? I obviously brought the right … [Read more…]
We’re off to Seattle where it’ll be 45° and rainy, leaving Wisconsin where it’s 35° and rainy. We’ve been having a warm, snowless, winter. Things started off with cold and some snow in November, but around Christmas it got mild. Just another addition to what has surely been a difficult year. Not so much for … [Read more…]
Last year we didn’t have much of anybody around for me to cook for so I didn’t make much in the way of big fancy holiday meals. This year we have an exchange student, but as I’ve mentioned before, she’s not keen on my cooking, so again I’m trying to keep things in check. We’re … [Read more…]
In the spirit of this year, it’s Tuesday and I’m only just getting to writing about the party that happened on Saturday. Originally I thought I’d get all the boxes packed Wednesday to mail Thursday but that didn’t happen. Instead I was up until 2:00 AM Thursday night/Friday morning packing, and mailed on Friday. I … [Read more…]
To the end of my list of cookie kinds to make, that is. No almond rainbow bars. Here’s what I had by Wednesday. The chocolate toffee bars look blurry, but I made another batch Sunday (a.k.a. post-party, but more on that in a minute.) Raspberry almond bars, good batch this year. Peppermint pattie brownies – … [Read more…]
So this year is the first cookie season in a long time without the black cat, Ivy of our Holly & Ivy duo. She had to be put down in February. She was the smarter and more trouble-making one of the two, and she loved people food. She’d steal your egg off your plate if … [Read more…]