Growing Vegetables in the Street?
If you can’t afford a $10 cauliflower at the Madrona Farmer’s Market, it seems people in Seattle have no problems growing vegetables out in the street!
If you can’t afford a $10 cauliflower at the Madrona Farmer’s Market, it seems people in Seattle have no problems growing vegetables out in the street!
We had a fantastic evening at Seattle’s Seafair Torchlight Parade last night.
Thousands lined 4th Avenue from The Seattle Center to Qwest Field and we found a spot on Washington that saw a lot of action from the 100 groups of participants that had come from from all over the Pacific Northwest.
Ashley’s sister, Aubrey, cobbled together this amazing comparison from our baby photos and the Baby Center emails we’ve been getting.
What a difference 37 weeks makes!
I cannot tell you how excited I am!
John Stewart – England is AWSOME! from Tim Deiling on Vimeo.
Watched Prime Minister’s Questions on BBC America the other day and knew something like this would be put together!
Utterly hilarious!
So proud to be British….. 😉
Thanks to my brother James for the tip!
On Fridays, about a 3 minute drive from our house in Capitol Hill, you’ll find the Madrona Farmer’s Market doing a roaring trade between 3-7pm.
Located in the car park of Grocery Outlet, you’re spoiled for choice as you meander the stalls getting tempted at every turn by produce of every shape and colour.
Had lunch at the Carnegie Deli in New York a couple of months ago. I know it’s a famous sandwich joint, but honestly! Look at the size of what I ordered. All the sarnies they were serving were that big too!
I’m learning to get two meals out of each order. One at lunch/dinner, and the next day having the left-overs for lunch. I’m also walking to work in the mornings as I’ve put on 10 pounds since arriving 3 months ago. The stroll takes 40 minutes and I’m loving it so far as it hasn’t rained on me – which is odd for Seattle!
It does depress me how much food gets wasted over here though. I love the quality of the grub and the service, but is there really any need for such HUGE portions??
And how many gherkins (pickles) can one man eat. Do they stick them back in the jar after we’ve left the table??
Really?
Last month, I took Ashley to the Cave B Inn on the Columbia River Gorge in Eastern Washington. I was determined we’d have one last hurrah (Ashley called it a baby-moon) before our child was born, so what better destination for a pregnant lady but a famous winery!
We bought this chair in The Cotswolds and think it’s at least 150 years old.
The whole thing was was tired and dirty, so we shipped the whole thing over to Seattle with some fabric I’d bought in London, and I walked into several antique shops in West Seattle asking for upholsterer recommendations…..
Supped this little beauty en route to Cave B in Eastern Washington a few weeks ago.
Seattle and the surrounding area prides itself on “micro-brews” and, although I find most of them to be a little too much on the bitter side, this Roslyn Dark Lager seemed to come as close to English “real ale” as I’ve come.
It’s also one of the first bottles I’ve come across that shouts out the alcohol volume on the label. In the UK it’s law I think, but over here I often don’t know how much I’m drinking which would be a pain if I ever passed my US driving test!
Pretty Chop from The Standard Hotel
Have a few Taste posts backed up now because of all the hectic travelling, but this was one of the best meals I had in NYC this month with the fabulous Kristen and Jamie from MediaVest.
New York’s Standard Hotel, Restaurant and Beer Garden down near Soho House does these enormous chops, with a delightful fruity (mango I think) accompaniment.
Look at the size of it!
Seriously the more I eat out in America, the more I realise how stingy UK eateries can be with their portions, especially when it comes to meat and seafood.
Thoroughly recommend going there. Don’t expect to be able to get the draft beer the beer garden patrons are sipping though, because they don’t serve it in the restaurant……which was the only shame about the place!
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