july 20, 2012 dinner

attended a goodbye potluck barbeque at ella bailey park in magnolia. it was a nice seattle summer evening, sunny and breezy, with the rain clouds from the morning dissipating. the view from this park is amazing - you can see elliott bay, downtown seattle, west seattle, and queen anne. the way it's situated on a grassy hill with its panorama and houses on hills reminds me of parks in san francisco. anyways, i had a delicious meal of a grass-fed beef burger, topped with garlicky guacamole, and a side salad with bell pepper, avocado, and some of the leftover smoked salmon from yesterday shredded on top.

addison's fancy hat looks on.



july 18, 2012 lunch

my boss treated us to lunch today at the elliott bay public house. i ordered the chicken fajita salad, sans dressing, with guacamole on the side. really yummy, but the peppers and onions were cooked in a too-sweet-for-me balsamic reduction. the last few bites were so eye-wateringly syrupy (ok, fine, my eyes didn't actually water), that i can only wonder how much sweeter it would have been with the dressing included (a framboise vinaigrette).. i have a pretty low tolerance for sweet tastes - it needs to be balanced by a hefty dose of savory to work for me.

july 5, 2012 dinner

leftover stovetop pork carnitas with salsa and guacamole on butter lettuce leaves, with a side of steamed artichoke, with grass-fed butter and lemon juice for dipping.

july 4, 2012 dinner

happy fourth! these kind of look like little firecrackers, right? we made stovetop pork carnitas, out of my new favorite cookbook. (i love mel's super-specific instructions, foodie bent and goofy sense of humor - this cookbook is as entertaining to read as it is useful!) anyways, the pork shoulder turned out very tender and flavorful. we ate it on butter lettuce leaves with dollops of salsa and guac. yum!

july 1, 2012 breakfast

crabbing season opens today, and as we were packing up, the campground was filling up with people rolling in with boats and crab pots, or just settling down for the fourth of july fireworks show in a few days. i whipped up a quick scramble of eggs, bacon, broccoli, mushrooms, orange bell pepper, onion, garlic and scallions. farewell to our favorite campsite here at sequim bay, 81. it is small, and doesn't have the most privacy, but the views out to sequim bay and north to dungeness bay and dungeness spit, with its lighthouse, and cargo ships passing through the strait of juan de fuca beyond that.. well, it is always too soon to leave.