Happy birthday to me!
As is usual around here, my birthday (today) was a rolling celebration that started Friday afternoon and ended this evening (though I suspect there may be more revelry as the week goes on). I attended the Clarion West party, completed my first 5K, hit the Ballard Seafood Festival, and had a perfectly wonderful dinner at Root Table (Asian-inspired tapas: steak cubes in a savory sauce, shrimp wontons, and mushrooms stuffed with corn, peas and a Thai-style sauce--yum!), which I recommend to anyone here in the Seattle area as it's just terrific.
The culmination of the weekend was a delicious lunch at Chinook's, and then this afternoon's tea here at Chez scarlettina. I had a small group of girls over for treats and talk in tiaras. We laid out quite the spread.
The afternoon's fare included three kinds of sandwiches: tuna salad with green onion, cucumber, and tomato dill; scones; lemon curd tarts; delicious muffins; cupcakes; shortbread; two kinds of cheese; pepperoni; bean dip with crackers; Milano cookies; and at least one or two things I'm forgetting. And of course there was tea.
I can only hope that the year brings me the same kind of joy I had this weekend. It was very nearly perfect.
The culmination of the weekend was a delicious lunch at Chinook's, and then this afternoon's tea here at Chez scarlettina. I had a small group of girls over for treats and talk in tiaras. We laid out quite the spread.
The afternoon's fare included three kinds of sandwiches: tuna salad with green onion, cucumber, and tomato dill; scones; lemon curd tarts; delicious muffins; cupcakes; shortbread; two kinds of cheese; pepperoni; bean dip with crackers; Milano cookies; and at least one or two things I'm forgetting. And of course there was tea.
I can only hope that the year brings me the same kind of joy I had this weekend. It was very nearly perfect.