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honestly, we do more than just eat!honestly, we do more than just eat!

Posted Wed, 12/31/2008 - 5:10am by dave

If you only know about our life from this blog, you must wonder if we do anything except eat... yes, this is another blog entry about food. Tonight we piled into two cars and made our way to a seafood restaurant in Seattle: Ivar's Salmon House. In this photo you can see myself, daughter Jessica, friend Elena (from Moldova), Anne, Kenny, and his friend Aurora. 

Ivar Haglund is a legendary Seattle figure who opened a string of seafood restaurants in the Seattle area. They each have a different theme; the Salmon House is constructed with a strong influence of the "long house" style of Northwest native americans. You can see the native american influence throughout the facility in its design and artwork. Here is a photo of us with the large totem in the lobby of the restaurant. The food tonight was tasty, although the Mixed Grill Trio (which Aurora and I both ordered) arrived a bit cold. The staff made it up to use with some tasty deserts.

Elena has been subjected to many different kinds of food during her visit with us, and she's tried everything! We've had American hamburgers, Mexican food, Italian food, Chinese food, and now Northwest salmon. We still have a few more places to stop (a teriyaki restaurant and a Mongolian restaurant) before we're done. In addition to eating, she's also had chances to visit our church, do some shopping, visit Pike Place Market, and the Seattle Aquarium. Still on the list of tourist stops: the Seattle Space Needle.

 

good friends and good foodgood friends and good food

Posted Fri, 11/07/2008 - 6:15pm by dave

Last night we had the opportunity to spend a few hours with friends at Emory's on Silver Lake. Not only was it great to spend time with friends, but the food and the service were outstanding.

Emory's is located on the south east side of Everett, along the Bothell-Everett highway. Given their name, you might expect that the restaurant is on the shores of Silver Lake - and you'd be right! We weren't able to drink in the wonderful view for very long, since our dinner started at dusk, but we've noted in previous visits that it was nice.

The service was excellent. Our server knew the menu, the bar, was prompt, and very curteous. While I was enjoying a Manny's Pale Ale, he brought a sample of Blue Moon (a Belguim-style white beer) for me to try.

The food was varied and wonderful. I had their Kobe Steak, drizzled in a plum-raisin sauce. Anne enjoyed trout. It was yummy, although expect to spend $20+ for an entre.

Want to try Emory's and save a little money? Be sure to visit their website to print a $25 coupon. The coupon is good for "off hours" dinning, which includes Sunday through Thursday after 4:00 pm and Friday and Saturday after 8:00 pm.

We'll be back...

it's that mooving time of yearit's that mooving time of year

Posted Tue, 08/26/2008 - 6:07am by dave

At the end of each summer we make a trip to the Evergreen State Fair, in Monroe. This year we plan on attending twice. Today we took time to visit with our friends Don and Linda. Next week we'll spend a day at the fair with Kenny and Aurora. I've posted a bunch of pictures in the gallery from today's visit for our friends who are far away.

let it snow? UPDATEDlet it snow? UPDATED

Posted Sat, 04/19/2008 - 2:27am by dave

April 18 2008 Snowdave with motorcycle on ferryWait... isn't it the last-half of April? Honestly, the latest snow ever recorded for this area? I just took the picture on the left from our home office window. Good grief! What's a motorcycle nut supposed to do to get a warm Spring day!

Fair Spring ! whose simplest promise more delights
Than all their largest wealth, and thro' the heart
Each joy and new-born hope
With softest influence breathes.
an excerpt from "Ode to Spring"
by Anna Laetitia Aikin - 1773

blast from the pastblast from the past

Posted Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:33am by dave

An old friend and I connected this week for lunch. Rick Grimm and I met over ten years ago when volunteering for various Promise Keepers events in the Seattle area. We worked in technical support roles - usually involving computers! It turned out that Rick and I were both Microsoft employees and attended the same church! We lost touch when our family moved to Florida; it was great to reconnect with Rick today!

they're here...they're here...

Posted Fri, 03/07/2008 - 9:04pm by dave

Several months ago I noticed a new "coming soon" sign up the street from our offices... a sign that was very familiar to me and the crowd from Port St. Lucie. The store opened last week and I've managed to pervert invite several members of my team here. Good basic sandwiches - no salads, no soups, no toasting - just a good sandwich. Jimmy John's is in the neighborhood...

A Fair Day for a Day at the FairA Fair Day for a Day at the Fair

Posted Tue, 09/04/2007 - 3:46am by dave

This weekend we made our annual pilgrimage to the Evergreen State Fair, in Monroe. Monroe is a small town, about 30 miles northwest of Seattle; their primary claims to fame are the fair and a state penitentiary (located next to the local middle school). While another local fair is larger, we enjoy the "old fair" atmosphere at the Evergreen – it’s easy to find animals, 4-H exhibits, and fun food.

who is that strange manwho is that strange man

Posted Tue, 08/28/2007 - 4:15am by dave

I was visiting the home website for the organization that hosted our recent Overseas Schools Homecoming and found other pictures from the event. These were photos taken by someone who didn't attend my school (Tehran American School) and was obviously taking photos of everyone. Imagine my surprise to discover a photo of myself, dancing who two ladies! As awkward as I look in the photo, Jessica (my daughter) has decided that I wasn't really dancing... she thinks we were performing some kind of group game of Charades...

tehran american school from spacetehran american school from space

Posted Fri, 08/10/2007 - 6:38pm by dave

I thought I'd post this for some of the folks I saw at the recent school reunion. CLICK HERE to see the Tehran American School campus from space from Google. This is the original (high school) campus.

a long time ago, in a country far, far awaya long time ago, in a country far, far away

Posted Tue, 08/07/2007 - 4:49am by dave

Last weekend over 100 fellow classmates from the Tehran American School gathered with 500 other overseas schools friends for a reunion in Dallas. It was a riot! I'm not sure what I expected, but it turned into a really great time. I've dumped a bunch of pictures onto the website for quick review. I hope to have something with more structure when time permits. You can find the current pictures in the Image Library, in the Friends 2007 group.

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