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Morton’s Steakhouse!

We had dinner at Morton’s Steakhouse in Seattle earlier and it was YUM! We’ve been to this steakhouse before so Hubs and I knew what to expect already. It’s a basement type restaurant and it’s pretty cozy (i like the ambiance of the place).I think this steakhouse has been here in Seattle for the last 20+ years and you can tell that by looking at the wall frames around the resto, it’s kinda cool to see the “opening day of Seatac airport” in one of the pictures I noticed in the place. Anyways, the food was great! Hubs really liked the Filet mignon Oscar style he ordered. I normally order the filet when we’re in a steakhouse but I wanted to have something different tonight. I checked their menu online yesterday (I was that excited!) and found out they have braised short ribs, so I knew what I would be getting. Let me tell you, it didn’t disappoint! My goodness the ribs were super flavorful and melt in your mouth tender! I will go back to this place for the short ribs alone.We also had seared tuna and lobster bisque (we will not order this again, it was kinda bland) for appetizers and mac and cheese to share (we didn’t finish all the food though…always good for leftovers). Hubby liked his drink but it was way overpriced (i think). It was an expensive dinner but we really had a good experience and will most likely go back in the coming months.

Braised Beef short ribs with pappardelle

can't wait to dig in! — can’t wait to dig in!

thank God for our yummy dinner:) — so full:)

We decided to walk around Seattle after dinner, because we need it! We were so full and it was a nice summer evening and we wanted to use our new camera that we got this week. It’s a Nikon D3300 and so far we are loving our new gadget. Hubs is still teaching me the basic things about DSLR cameras. My iPad is acting up so the new cam is really handy right now.

long line at SB and hubs is not very happy about it!

streets of seattle — lots of one way streets in seattle

on our way home,we saw the super moon tonight. And this is my attempt to capture it but I failed big time!lol — on our way home,we saw the super moon tonight. And this is my attempt to capture it but I failed big time! (inside the car + flash = bad pics) lol

Hope you had a good weekend friends!

Happy Birthday Riley!

Riley our mini schnauzer turns 4 today! We had a simple celebration yesterday with my In Laws. We ate pizza and cupcakes. Riley loved all the attention and gifts he got from everybody. While writing this post,the birthday boy is just sun bathing in the yard. He really think he’s a little human being! The funniest and most adorable dog in the world!

Sister’s Visit to Seattle (part 2!)

More pictures of our fun activities while sis and her friends were here last week!

While sis did the EMP,Hubs and I did the SAM.

Richard and I at the porcelain room (Seattle Art Museum!)

We did the Argosy cruise and this is our view! — We did the Argosy cruise and this was our view!

we're grilling pork and tuna belly — we’re grilling pork and tuna belly

i LOVE this pic of Riley staring at the smores my sis is eating — i LOVE this pic of Riley staring at the smore my sis is eating

dinner at Earl's (Bellevue) — dinner at Earl’s (Bellevue)

another filipino breakfast! dried fish and eggs

meatballs and spaghetti,guacamole and chips for our last dinner with them

Sister’s Visit in Seattle!

My sister joined the Seattle Rock n Roll last weekend (she’s from New York). Two of her friends joined her because they’ve never been to Seattle. It was so much fun doing the touristy things with them and spending time with family and friends. We miss them already ,but hopefully we’ll see them again later this year!

enjoying the view of Seattle in Alki Beach

dinner at Duke's! we enjoyed the sunset while having dinner here. — dinner at Duke’s! we enjoyed the sunset while having dinner here. This is my crab cake dinner:)

day of the race! early morning to avoid traffic in Seattle!

Weekend Fun!

I hope you had a great weekend all. It was a quite and relaxing one for us. We are dog sitting my In Law’s dog Lexy, I don’t mind it because she s such a good Havanese. We watched the new Tom Cruise / Emily Blunt movie (Edge of Tomorrow), lots of play time with the doggies, watched a couple of documentaries on Netflix(Fat,sick,and nearly dead; Killer at Large; Forks Over Knives). My SIL also visited us and had Sunday dinner with us. We enjoyed Thai food from my favorite local restaurant. Scenes from our weekend:

Good deal at Krispy Kreme to celebrate national doughnut day!

Thai food for sunday dinner — Thai food for Sunday dinner

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Family and friends! He is Risen! Jesus is Alive!

We had a simple Easter celebration at home. We went to the first service at 8:00am (usually we attend the 10:30am service) because we invited my In laws for Easter brunch. For the previous years, we usually go out,have a brunch buffet in one of the hotels near our church but this year we decided to just have it at home. We prepared french toast, crab benedict, bacon and eggs and banana pudding cake (prepared by my SIL).Brunch was tasty and I’m still full right now and will probably skip dinner! I hope you had a great and blessed Easter weekend! Jesus is Alive!

Hub’s 2nd Crab Benedict with Hollandaise sauce

Tulip Festival!

Hello Family and Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! We had a lovely weekend here. Spring is finally here and we’ve been enjoying our nice warm weather here in the PNW! Every April there’s the Tulip festival in the Skagit Valley,Mt. Vernon WA!The last time I visited the festival was 2 years ago (the traffic is one of the reasons why we don’t visit yearly). It’s usually 1 and 30 minutes drive from our place but with traffic we end up traveling for 4 hours. What nasty traffic! I guess everybody had the same idea on how to spent their Saturday. Anyways, the Tulips are so pretty, my favorite colors were the pinks and deep purple ones! After the festival we decided to have sushi somewhere in Everett. Enjoy the pics!

yummy sushi for dinner after the festival!

Riley totally passed out when we got home!

Anniversary Weekend!

Yesterday (april 5th) Hubs and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary! Time flies really fast. I thank God for my marriage and for giving me such a loving and patient husband. So blessed to be married to my best friend. Hubs is super busy with work this month, so it’s really hard to take time off so we decided we’ll just have a “late” celebration next month and travel somewhere.We did go out this weekend and had dinner at John Howie’s Steakhouse Restaurant. We watched the new Captain America movie and had dinner after. What a fun weekend!

Roasted Bone Marrow!so rich and good but not the healthiest!

my order:filet mignon "oscar style" — my order:filet mignon “oscar style”

mac and cheese, french onion soup,hubs steak

Last Friday night we had a Pre-anniversary dinner at our local favorite restaurant here in Issaquah (Flat Iron Grill). It was another delicious dinner with my Hubs:

Muscovy Duck! so so good.. — Muscovy Duck with truffle rissoto! so so good..

I had flat iron steak with goat cheese polenta! — I had a flat iron steak with goat cheese polenta!

For Sunday dinner,we invited my In Laws to have a late celebration with us. We’ve been eating steaks since Friday night so I wanted to have seafood. We had clams and mussels in a white wine broth.

I love sunday dinner with family! — I love Sunday dinner with family!

Hits Deep Tour!

Last month, The Hits Deep Tour with Toby Mac and friends visited Seattle and I just had to watch it! Toby Mac is one of my favorite Christian singers and I love most of his songs (steal my show, speak life, lose my soul, city on our knees to name a few). Matt Maher (another fave of mine),Matthew West, Brandon Heath, and Mandisa were also there to perform. It was such a great event. A night full of worship and fun! It was such a blessing to hear my favorite Christian music live and see the artists perform. Thank you Lord for that wonderful experience:)

SUPERBOWL!

Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks for winning Superbowl 48! We are from the PNW so we support the Seahawks all the way. We’re not big football fans (I prefer the NBA, while hubby is not a big sports fan) but we still watch and enjoy football every now and then. This season though we watched all of the Seahawks games, I’m still not over their game 2 weeks ago against the niners(that game was intense!). So tonight as they won their first Superbowl, we can’t help but get so excited and happy for Seattle/WA state. One of my favorites is Russell Wilson our QB. He is a strong Christian and never fails to give Glory to God. He surely deserves the championship. We watched the game at our friends house. They had a huge TV(65 inches),my goodness it was so much fun. Yummy food, great company, Superbowl Championship! What a crazy weekend!

hubby and 12thman cupcake! — hubby and 12 cupcake!

someone's enjoying chicken wings! — someone’s enjoying chicken wings!