Happy Monday Friends! Hope you had a great and relaxing weekend. Ours was a fun and lazy one. We watched the movie “One hundred foot Journey” and had sushi after. I really liked the movie, though it has some slow parts, all in all it was a feel good movie, not to mention all the food they showed was mouth watering:) We also went to Gas Works Park in Seattle to take advantage of the nice weather (summer will be gone before we know it). I always love Seattle in the summer, it’s just so pretty and the view is always amazing. Hubs and I watched a marathon of the new series “The Last Ship” and we really enjoyed that series. We are still thinking of what TV series to watch next. So we’ll see!
HubsZach and Riley at Gas Works park
LOL! he’s so precious!
enjoying five guys burgers (closest thing to In n Out for us)nap time!
We had a weekend trip to Oregon when my sister was here couple of weeks ago, we visited Portland and Cannon Beach, and the Seaside Area. It was more of a food trip because we just stuffed our faces with all of the yummy food that Oregon has to offer. Based on my research a must stop is the famous Voodoo doughnuts (I was totally disappointed) and find nothing special about the place. The doughnuts are fun to look at (reminded me of Gordughs doughnuts from Austin Texas) but Gordughs is so much better, moist and (IMO) worth the sugar coma you’ll get. Another place we visited was the Thai restaurant POKPOK! I had read good reviews and even Giada De Laurentiis recommend the place for good authentic thai food. I totally loved their fish sauce chicken wings, it was just the right amount of fish sauce flavor!Not overpowering at all. I think I will go back to Portland just for their wings! I think my hubs and sis find it “OKAY”,I disagree with them!
Cannon Beach was fun but the water was too cold for me. We checked out the famous Haystack Rock and it was gorgeous as I expected. We had fun strolling in the fine sandy beach, enjoyed our left over Voodoo donuts, iced coffee and just people watching.
Last place to check out was Seaside. It was super crowded though because they had a volleyball tournament when we visited. We only stayed for a couple hours, it was just too loud, crowded, and hot for me. I was really ready to go home and see my Riley Puss after not seeing him for 2 days! It was a fun weekend with my sis and Hubs.
with Hubs
Cheese and 1 meat platterdinner timesis and hubsweird combo but it was good!enjoying some ice cream while listening to this cute kid playing!if you love Thai food,you will love this one! The place was also visited by Guy Fieri of Food Networkwaiting time 10 minutes because we got here early;the other times we checked it was 2 hours..it’s that crazy!excited to try PokPok’s famous wingsour yummy drinks (thai iced tea,tamarind whiskey sour for hubs)foodies!Pok Pok’s famous chicken wingsfood trip with sisteret!another order please!because their ice cream was so good, we stopped again before going to Cannon Beachlots of yummy flavors to choose fromsalted caramel and the pear blue cheese (it was the bomb!)
I’ve hiked Rattlesnake ledge with my Hubs before and as much as I loved the view I didn’t really plan to do it again, but my sister, Christine, really wanted to hike Rattlesnake when she was here so I did it again for her sake! It’s a 4 mile hike(total), but the uphill part is what i hate the most. I don’t mind going down, that’s the easy part! We got hungry after the hike so we decided to have dinner at our local burger and root beer place. Great place for burgers and milkshakes! My sister was shocked with the American servings, so huge compared to New Zealand where she has been living for the last 6 or 7 years! It was such a a great summer day.
Let the hiking begin!pretty view🙂sisterwe love this viewgood job sis!dinner timeI had to have my fave drink that time because it was National Root Beer day!even the drinks are massive!fave local resto! Triple XXX
We did the usual thing while my older sis visited, Pike Place Market (both of us really loved going to the Market),we checked out the Seattle Waterfront, and for the first time we rode the Seattle Great Wheel (it was scary at first but we got over it quickly and were totally blown away with the Seattle view!)I love Seattle during summer. The city is so pretty and it was so special to share these moments with my sis!
Our view while riding the Ferris WheelCan you spot the needle?Sis at the Gum WallPikesHow cute is this store with all of the hanging chiles?Post AlleyPretty FlowersPrettiesYummy Seafood!why are the Morels so expensive?!pretty Seattle summer day!enjoying happy hour at cutters!🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂Seattleenjoying Gelato!
Hello everyone! I’ve been MIA for the last 2 weeks because my older sister visited me here in Washington (State) and we just spent a lot of time doing fun things (shopping, dining, gardening, hiking, watching movies) the kind of fun things you do with your siblings! She’s already back in NYC (visiting my other sis), then off to Hawaii to yet again visit another sis! A lot of traveling for her but she loves to travel so she doesn’t mind. I’ll be posting about what we did while she was here because it such a great time and we miss her already. First weekend she was here, we went to see the Blue Angels (it was part of the SeaFair weekend). It was pretty cool to see them perform, it was kinda loud but I guess that’s part of the craziness! Hope you enjoy the pictures:)
Sis and I having a little picnic with friends while waiting for the Blue Angels!
Great shot by Hubs!US NAVY:)
After a fun long day we decided to have yummy seafood on the patio to enjoy the nice weather too! We had crabs and shrimps that we got from Costco! Seafood on a summer night…my kind of dinner!
Visiting our Local Farmer’s Market is one of my favorite things to do in the summer! Fresh produce, fun activities, live music and yummy food is my idea of a fun weekend. Last Saturday the hubs and I checked out Issaquah’s Framer’s market, dogs are not allowed so our fatty Riley stayed home. My favorite parts were the berry and flower sections. They’re so fresh, yet so cheap! We ended up buying some berries, although they have the same price with our local grocery, the quality was superior. I bought potatoes, pappardelle pasta, honey that I will send to my mom in the PI (through balikbayan box) The Hubs and I enjoyed some tacos and crepes too, both of them were Okay and nothing special. Hope you all had a great week!
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂YUM!🙂so pretty!all kinds of mushrooms!different kinds of pappardelle pasta! I end up buying the garlic chive kind!enjoying some tacoscarne asada tacosenjoying his crepes!Riley wasn’t very happy that we left him,so I had to cuddle with him when we got home!
Our Garden is doing really well lately, with the nice summer we are having here the plants and flowers are loving it. My favorite is my hydrangea plants. The white and purple are really blooming well and I’m really enjoying picking fresh flowers every week. Flowers are kinda expensive when I buy them in our local farmer’s market. I’ve been using my herbs in my cooking and eating the lettuces too,admittedly I’ve thrown some because it’s just too much and we can’t eat them all.I’m looking forward to harvesting our tomatoes in the coming weeks.
basil and parsleyGreen beans(we’ve already eaten them this week)Riley checking our cherry tomatoswiss chardpineapple mintanother cherry tomatopurple hydrangeas in our front yardso pretty!I love it!my own little farmer’s market!more flowers
Hello everyone! It was my sister in law Julia’s birthday last week, and yesterday (Sunday) we had a late birthday dinner with the rest of the family. We ate at this Italian restaurant called Gianfranco Ristorante Italiano. Although it’s a small resto (kinda cramped), the ambiance was nice and most importantly the food was great! It’s one of the best italian restaurants we’ve been to in a long time. The portions were HUGE too! I had Braised short ribs and I had the left overs for dinner tonight and I still didn’t finish the leftovers! Anyways, the Hubs and I will be coming back again soon to this lovely italian place! After dinner we went back to my In law’s to have ice cream and just hangout celebrating Julia’s birthday! Happy Birthday Julia, we love you:)
calamari affogati(sauteed in tomato,garlic,hot peppers,white wine)My In Laws,they’re the best!MIL and SIL!love this pic of them:)Hubs and DIL whose being silly!lolme and my huge dinner!braised short ribs with creamy polenta and veggiescrab ravioli in pesto sauce (Hubs order)Linguini alle Vongole (Fresh clams sautéed with garlic, olive oil, and white wine) My DIL’s order,he REALLY loved this dish!In laws and their food!they had lots of left overs!MILs lasagna!Rigatoni Inferno (the best sauce ever!) Julia’s order!the sweetest Havanese baby Lexy!sundae barBanana split!The Birthday girl!A Birthday tradition!Rosco song!bday cards and gift time!
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.
Cadillac margaritalobster bisqueseared spicy ahí tunaMy lovey!center-cut filet mignon (oscar style)Bacon & Onion Mac and cheese!Braised Beef short ribs with pappardellecan’t wait to dig in!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.
Hello there new gadget!Pike placeSummertime!long line at SB and hubs is not very happy about it!His and hers coffee:)my fave subject!lolmeeeeeeelots of one way streets in seattleon 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
Hello everyone! It’s been a nice summer here in the PNW and we are spending more time outside (mostly in my garden and patio), soaking up the sunshine! Just wanted to share what we’ve been eating and cooking here!
Roast Chicken and green beans (with lots of cheese)chicken picattaoysters,poke,meatballscheesy spaghetti and chicken wingsgrilled chicken,asparagus,saladvegetable fried rice with srirachatakeout fave:crispy garlic chicken,pad thaigrilled mackerel,veggies,left oversmexican takeout:beef taquitos and nachosgrilled calamari and sauteed calamari,roast beetsroast chicken,green beansGreek take outsteak,shitake mushrooms,broccoli
