Category Food
Playing in Portland: Gardens & Art
We got up early on Sunday morning and headed back out to the Division Street neighborhood where we’d been the day before. Vanessa had recommended Pine State Biscuits as a good place for lunch, so we thought we’d check it out. In what began to feel like deja vu, we stood in line for a […]
Playing in Portland: N Mississippi Ave & SE Division Street
Okay, so if it’s Presidents’ Day weekend and you don’t get the holiday off of work, it’s just a normal weekend, right? Wrong! It’s time for a road trip to Portland with Amanda! Amanda flew in from Denver on Friday night and I picked her up at the airport. We were both on THE VERGE OF […]
Dad and Lady do Seattle
As you know, I’ve been looking forward to an inter-holiday visit from my parents for the past several months. Now that I live on this side of the Mississippi (and within driving distance of Reno), they wanted to come see my place, explore Seattle and spend time yours truly. This meant getting the house into […]
Ashley does Seattle
A few weeks ago Alaska Airlines announced a new flight from Kalispell, Montana, to Seattle and starts promoting it with super-cheap round-trip tickets for travel between Thanksgiving and Christmas. My dear sister Ashley, adventurous bargain-hunter that she is, saw the promotion and decided it was time for a siblings weekend in Seattle. Next thing you […]
Labor Day weekend on the shore
As you know from my last couple of posts, I spent Labor Day weekend on the East Coast, catching up with DC friends and enjoying a few more days of summer at the beach. I arrived on Saturday afternoon and met up with a few friends from the firm for dinner and dessert. On Sunday […]
The Hike: Dungeness Spit
The Olympic Peninsula is this fantastical place on the other side of the Puget Sound from Seattle. It’s home to a famous rain forest (they get about 200 inches of rain there) and sparkly fictional vampires (the Twilight books are set in the town of Forks) and not enough decent hotels — or so my friend […]
The Hike: Mount Si, followed by Seattle’s Dragonfest
It finally feels like summer in Seattle! The days are long, the skies perfectly clear and sunny, and plenty of things happening. I had originally planned to spend the weekend Getting Things Done. You know, because now that I’m back from vacation it’s time to be a responsible grown-up and actually take all that stuff that’s […]
Another food tour! (It just doesn’t stop…)
Because Amanda and I apparently can’t go more than 24 hours without eating delicious food, and to avoid going into withdrawal after two weeks of such good food in Japan and Korea, we spent the bulk of this afternoon on a gourmet food tour through downtown Seattle. Run by Savor Seattle, this “walking culinary tour” […]
Tokyo (last day) – Tokyo National Museum
Our last day in Tokyo was rainy and gray. We packed our bags, but our flight wasn’t until 7:00 pm. What to do until then? Well, first thing: breakfast at Denny’s. You might wonder why we would choose for our last meal in the food Mecca that is Tokyo an American chain that we would […]
Tokyo – Dinner at Ukai-tei Ginza
For our last night in Japan, to celebrate the conclusion of our trip and take one last moment to enjoy the glories that are Japanese cuisine, we went to dinner at Ukai-tei Ginza. This Michelin-starred restaurant was just a few blocks from our hotel and despite our best efforts to get lost (and contrary to Michelin’s […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 