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Vinbero – Edmonds Brunch Report Vol 1
I don’t care if it makes me basic: I love brunch. Give me a stack of pancakes, some French toast, or a waffle, and I am a happy woman. Back in Tucson, we had our usual brunch place that we went to almost every week. Some weeks we’d go try someplace new, and it never…
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Restaurant Review: Cactus in Kirkland
I am contractually obligated to check out anything I see with “cactus” in the name, so let’s talk about Cactus Southwest Kitchen + Bar, a local chain that we’ve eaten at several times before. Cactus has half a dozen locations in the Seattle metro area, but we always ends up at the one in Kirkland…
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Restaurant Review: Niles Peacock Kitchen & Bar
On a recent rainy Saturday evening, we really wanted to get out of the house and eat a meal, but we wanted to bring Emma along because she doesn’t do well with being left home alone. I remembered that Niles Peacock Kitchen & Bar here in Edmonds had what looked like a really nice patio,…
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Seattle Restaurant Week, Fall 2019
I still love Seattle Restaurant Week. The price has gone up slightly — it’s now $35 for 3 courses as opposed to the $33 it was when I first experienced it, but that’s still a great deal for many of the restaurants on the list. We had three Restaurant Week dinner this time around. Bar…
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Seattle Restaurant Week, Spring 2018
So I didn’t realize Seattle Restaurant Week happened twice a year. I was pretty surprised to receive an email about the Spring edition at the end of march. Surprised and excited, because unlike Fall when we were hampered by my under employment and hefty vet oncologist bills, we could actually afford to go out more…
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A Weekend in Portland
Last month, Chris and I celebrated our anniversary. We’ve been together basically forever, so we deserved a nice celebration. We decided to take a long weekend in Portland! Read on for some of our adventures and recommendations. Friday We both took the day off of work and drove down at around 10am, late enough to…
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An Afternoon in the International District
A recent review of Jiaozi! in the Seattle Times gave us a hankering for dumplings, so we decided that last weekend was the perfect time for a visit to the International District (aka Chinatown-International District but I never hear anyone use the full name). On an intermittently sunny and rainy afternoon, we made our way…
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Ashiya Teriyaki in Lynnwood
I think one of the things that has surprised me the most about living in WA is how many teriyaki joints there are, especially out here in Snohomish County. I’m not sure I remember seeing quite so many when I lived in Tacoma, but up here… I think there are more teriyaki places in my…
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The Cactus Goes Home
I’m recently returned from a whirlwind visit back to Tucson! Friends of ours were getting married on Saturday, so we flew in Friday morning and back to Seattle Sunday morning. It was such a quick visit! So if you’re a Tucson friend reading this after the fact, please forgive me for not being able to…
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Cider Summit Seattle Recap
This weekend my partner, my best friend and I all went to the Cider Summit Seattle, in South Lake Union. It’s something we’ve all been looking forward to since last year, when Chris was still in AZ and Niffer had just had oral surgery, so she served as my DD and didn’t get to have…
The Displaced Cactus
Adventures of a former desert dweller transplanted to Washington