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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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Time to Blow Off the Dust
Remember three years ago when I said I was going to restart this blog, made a post about Restaurant Week, and disappeared again? It turns out, I may have been optimistic about my ability to return to blogging. A few factors were at play. One is that the job I was working at the time…
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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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Uhm… hi!
Some time back when I was working as a content manager/office assistant for a small business owner, she shared with me something someone told her, which was that when you’ve been away from your blog for a while, you shouldn’t make excuses, you should just resume like nothing happened. I get that, I guess, especially…
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The Cactus Goes to Europe!
I have recently returned from my first-ever trip to Europe! What an adventure I had. I don’t even know where to start. This could easily turn into a novella if I wrote about the entire thing, so I’ll just try to stick to some general impressions and highlights. Getting There Getting to Amsterdam took forever.…
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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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Date Night Idea: Cooking Class
If you and your partner are both foodies, or are looking to cook at home more and possibly eat healthier, why not make a date night out of a cooking class? On our recent trip down to Portland, Chris and I took a class with a long-time friend of mine, Swati. She offers cooking classes…
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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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The Displaced Cactus
Adventures of a former desert dweller transplanted to Washington
