Tonight, I had stinging-nettle puree and pickled bull kelp and sauteed fiddleheads and rhubarb gummies and oolong tea grown 60 miles away, along with a bunch of other stuff, as well as a metric fuckton of wine ( Read more... )

Had a lovely time doing overwrought-dress-up tea at the Georgian this afternoon. I specifically wanted to wear something more or less 18th-century-ish in this setting, and doing that with other people who are dressed to the nines is way more fun. ( A few photos )

I dragged myself out of bed this morning later than would be ideal, but not as late as I would have liked in terms of sleep, and puttered around for an hour feeling more like I'd spent last night carousing in a club rather than what I actually did. (I always forget how much four hours at the station takes out of me in terms of energy and resources ( Read more... )

We went out for what is probably our last real "date night" in Seattle.

We had dinner at 5 Corner Market, the place that has gone into the former Lombardi's space in Ballard. It was decent. Interesting cocktail selection, morthael's vodka martini was beautifully constructed and very dry, the glass of albarino I had was good (though not one of the best I ( Read more... )

( Continuation of Friday )

Operation "Do everything morthael wants to do in Seattle before he leaves" got underway this weekend.

Friday evening, we had dinner at Lark. He mostly went with things he's always enjoyed there; I tried a couple of new seasonal things, including an apple and endive salad with smoked blue cheese that was absolutely outstanding (even the hardcore carnivore ( Read more... )

A hummingbird came onto the back porch to see what all the fuss is about. It's December. A hummingbird! And it was shoving the finches out of its way.

I need a hummingbird feeder.

In slightly more odd, but rather delightful, wildlife news:


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So who hasn't seen this yet?

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(morthael finally made me settle down and watch it this evening. I find that I am quite disturbed by Matt Smith looking so much like a club kid at the end. I haven't watched the actual episode yet either, even though I intended to look it up the next day. Craig is on too damn late for me nowadays, and it takes mindful ( Read more... )

Ginger vodka mixed with ginger ale is very...ginger-y. There's a revelation ( Read more... )

In more recent happenings ( Read more... )