Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Monday 30 April 2012
Seattle was blessed with consecutive weekends of glorious weather. The feeling of sunshine on bare skin is so restorative and we had a serene afternoon at the Washington Park Arboretum and the Japanese Garden, strolling and gazing at the blooming trees. We leisurely looped the arboretum and garden, and had afternoon tea at Belle Epicurean. [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Monday 02 April 2012
My previous attempts to visit The Meadow in Portland and New York were cancelled by illness and foiled by Hurricane Irene. I was enchanted by the charismatic Mark Bitterman at a potluck last year and had imagined The Meadow as a quaint boutique. Located on the hip Mississippi Avenue in Portland, The Meadow is a [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Wednesday 07 December 2011
A group of friends gathered at 106 Pine for mid week wine and cheese. Next to Chocolate Box, both are boutiques specialising in Northwest goods. With adjacent entrances and a common wall with two gaps, the joie de vivre of chocolate, wine and cheese are intertwined. A wooden table in the bay window was laden with Christmas [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Monday 05 December 2011
On a gloomy day I challenged myself to walk up to emmer&rye. It was a crisp morning but I warmed up quickly on the Counterbalance. I had to pause for a couple of minutes after the steep inclines before entering the restaurant for a Keren Brown event with Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, authors of The Food [...]