Rachel: Photo Diary

The Muffin Top Trio took a field trip to Dom Polski, the Polish Home, here in Seattle.

More carbs in one meal than I’d eaten all week. Magnificent!

Exhibit A: Typical Seattle January morning.

Happy 12th day of Christmas! Time for King Cake Season to begin.

I used to love watching Connections when I was younger. Tonight, we caught the first two episodes of the 1st series thanks to Netflix. I was alarmed that the SAS flight number into NYC was 911 until I reminded myself this (1978) was well before that time. I should look into whether or not he’s got a modernized series — he brought up a number of things I found coincidental.

Mr. T & I joined up with Celine and Ms. N for the finale of the Larsson Trilogy.

We walked to the Metro at dusk and noticed Royal Booze and Burritos took over for Jack’s Tapas, Mostly Chinese. Anyone been?

AKA, not cleaning.

We joined Celine & Ms. N, Ian & Celeste, et al, for dim sum at Bamboo Village.

Some friends came over.

…someone gets relegated upstairs.

He wants to be introduced — so, so much.

Fancy meeting you here, Obamas!

I kinda wish that businesses would keep the lights up all Winter.

(The sun hadn’t even officially set, when I took this picture. So dark today!)

Last week, the usual gang visited Wedgwood Broiler for Burger of the Month. Since I had other plans that night, tonight we had a makeup session AKA Breakaway Splinter Cell BOM.

We sat in the lounge, where it was like we were stepping back in time a decade or three, and where photos don’t turn out so well in low lighting. They are a meat haven with a London Broil on special as we walked in the door. They grind their own hamburger meat. I ordered the Texas Burger with cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, & fried onion ring: medium rare, fries, jalapenos on the side. It’s my new favorite burger in NE Seattle. Inexpensive (9.50), unpretentious, and delicious. When Mr. T finished his Hamburger Dip, I reappropriated the au jus for myself. I mean, why not take it over the top when you have the chance?

Not only will I return for the burger, but they have trivia!

P.S. This review from ’08 still applies. And the first comment in the Stranger’s good review calls out (positively) our very competent waitress, Carol.

I woke this morning as Mr. T was returning from Kung Fu class. How appropriate for Boxing Day.

We did a whole lot of puttering and decluttering with the TV on as background noise. 4 movies in 24 hours — with a common thread of Hugh Grant. Turns out, it doesn’t feel like Christmas until I’ve gotten my Bridget Jones Diary & Love Actually watching in. For Christmas, Mr. T also gave me a new flat panel TV to use in the treadmill room. (I am a longtime Netflix Running Plan devotee, and this is a major step up from my laptop perched on top of 10 thick cookbooks.)

We went for sushi at Village Sushi. Excellent service, good Agedashi Tofu and Oshinko (japanese seasonal pickles), and a decent spicy Dynamite Roll, though not fiery enough for me! I am a special case, though.

Happy Christmas, y’all!

I hope your December 25th was as relaxing as ours.

In the wee small hours of this morning, we ventured to Vessel, to see Rocky and Jim and company for the last night of Vessel on Fifth Avenue.

My exact words to RachelBelle just moments before as the dog tried to stick his face through the too-small door: “This moment needs to be memorexed.” Of course, she caught the Reality Bites ref in 2 seconds.

This was the 2nd year in a row for the Gastrognome’s hot drinks party. We brought the hot Apple Pie Cider.

In front of the Space Needle, in the wee small hours of the morning.

Mr. T’s company holiday party took place at the local science center. My favorite part was the butterfly room.

…at rainy Alderwood.

We gathered at Captain Amy’s tonight, to exchange 8 dozen cookies. Festive and sugar-laden!