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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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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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Dinner at The Whale Wins
Last night my partner Chris and I enjoyed a delicious dinner at The Whale Wins in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. We learned about The Whale Wins from Nate, owner of two of our favorite Tucson restaurants — Prep & Pastry and Commoner & Co. When he found out that I was moving to Seattle…
The Displaced Cactus
Adventures of a former desert dweller transplanted to Washington