Seattle foodfest: wrap-up
Odds and Ends
Our Seattle adventure concluded with a great visit Chez Sheckler. On Friday night, we went to a local pizza restaurant for dinner. The pizzas were superb, with the thin, crispy crust you find in Naples. I opted for a goat cheese variation on the evening’s special: white pizza with fresh Meyer lemon slices and caramelized onions. It was really good and something I want to try at home.
The next morning we walked to downtown Magnolia and had amazing cinnamon buns for breakfast (and finally, a coffee fix for me!). We spent a lot of time wandering from shop to shop finding, among other things, long fireplace matches ($1.49 at the hardware store versus $11 at the home/garden store – yeah for Tate!) and ‘Hoops & Yoyo’ talking/singing cards by Hallmark. If you haven’t seen these charming cards, I encourage you to visit your local card store. They are precious. And at $5 each, not cheap. But we were having so much fun listening to them, I just had to buy some. If you regularly receive birthday cards from us, don’t be surprised when you get one this year!
The boys immediately got to work on long-distance flaming arrow shooting. Brett, the quintessential do-it-yourself Dad, got into the spirit and made a 12″ bow from some odds and ends in the garage. It definitely made the arrows go farther. But he skyrocketed into ‘cool Dad’ territory when he brought out a blowtorch to light the arrows. At this point, I think, I missed Paul the most. This kind of thing is right up his alley… and to have a partner in crime, double-score!
The kids had a little contest to see whose arrows went the farthest. One of my boys won, I think, but I can’t remember which. Larisa and I watched from the upstairs window and hoped the neighbors would not call the cops. Luckily, no one noticed their shenanigans and the afternoon passed slowly and mellowly. We had a great picnic-style lunch with agrumi salami, olives, bread, pickles, cheese and strawberries. Larisa and I even slipped away for a little wine tasting excursion. It was the perfect end to a perfect trip.
Seattle, we’ll be back soon!
kathy