After the aquarium
After the aquarium
Flickr: Don NunnSpent the early afternoon at the Seattle Aquarium with Katharine, Julie Anne, and Julie Anne’s brother, sister-in-law, and 2-year-old nephew.
Adult-beverage time!
20 entries categorized "Food and Drink"
Links for 2008-07-05
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“The researchers found high tofu consumption—at least once a day—was associated with worse memory, particularly among the over-68s”
It’s right side up after a few tastes
It's right side up after a few tastes
Flickr: Don NunnDirectional challenge at the Washington Brewers Festival
Beer bottles wandering the grounds
Beer bottles wandering the grounds
Flickr: Don NunnReasonably sure these are actually there, because I’m not drinking today
Human ingenuity, or more likely desperation
Human ingenuity and/or desperation
Flickr: Don NunnWine needs quick chillin’, sink stopper won’t stay engaged.
Enter: The pick!
The one use for which a man could find such an implement necessary.
Laundry fuel
Laundry fuel
Flickr: Don NunnBig coffee is what makes the world go ’round.
“Arugula” is a funny word
“Arugula” is a funny word
Flickr: Don NunnOven-roasted tomato, fontina, arugula flatbread at Silver City Restaurant & Brewery.
Hello beers!
Hello beers!
Flickr: Don NunnSunday afternoon lunch at Silver City Restaurant & Brewery before a stop at Julie Anne’s brother Dave’s to drop off a birthday gift.
Automobile fetishist
Automobile fetishist
Flickr: Don NunnCars-themed birthday for Julie Anne’s nephew John’s 2nd birthday.
Links for 2008-03-22
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“Pyramid Breweries has struck a multiyear sponsorship deal with the Seattle Mariners, allowing the brewery to use the team’s name and logo at its alehouse”—now when we go to the games, we actually WILL go to the games
Links for 2008-03-12
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The city of Nanaimo, BC, Canada, and its strong presence in Google Maps and Earth due to the city’s own providing of mapping data
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Shoppers may sample as much as 4oz of beer or wine in 30 grocery stores across the state in the one-year pilot program. Julie Anne’s going to have to rethink her stance on samples in stores....
Links for 2008-02-19
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Virtually eliminates freezer burn, which is so nice because it means the overacting family in the ads won’t be suffering the horror of mealtime uncertainty anymore!
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Nothing there yet, because I just found out about it, and I haven't used the format it requires: #log: {http://example.com} {A short description or comment on the link}
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Damn, does Bush look uncomfy in this posting
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Defendant looks like Kevin Bacon, which is appropriate given the utter stupidity of the defense's theory
Links for 2008-02-18
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So appetizing: “HALLMARK MEAT PACKING BEEF LIPS” — I wonder how many lips there are in a pound of beef products
Beer goggles!
Beer goggles!
Flickr: Don NunnMug Club rules all.
Dinner and a movie
Some time ago, I think in the middle 15th century although lately my sense of time has been, to put it mildly, a bit warped, I added all three Jason Bourne movies to my Netflix queue. I’d thought, at the time, that though I had already seen the first two—I rented The Bourne Identity from Netflix shortly after it came out, and I saw The Bourne Supremacy both at the cinema and by Netflix rental—it would be good to see them both once more before I saw The Bourne Ultimatum, the trilogy’s final installment.
Turns out Julie Anne hadn’t seen the final movie either, and when Katharine wanted to see Ultimatum in the cinema last summer, we both begged off because we wanted to see the first two movies again. Refresh our memories, you see. So I added the first two movies to my Netflix queue.
Just barely got caught up on them tonight, and I have the third movie too, because we never did see it in the theaters. Julie Anne came over and we saw the first two flicks, pausing in the middle for spaghetti with homemade sauce (I made the sauce, Julie Anne brought the spaghetti). Finished the second movie over tea from the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, BC, along with a slice of the spice cake I happened to make this morning, with the cream-cheese frosting I happened to make last night because I found the cake mix in my cupboards and thought it would be kinda good to make.
Third movie is waiting impatiently on my DVD player, probably will watch it sometime over the weekend. For now, though, it’s a school night of sorts for both of us, so I’m off to bed.
Links for 2008-01-30
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Frank Bruni raises the topic of mistakenly ordered wines—the too-high-priced bottle. Should the server point it out, or the restaurant take the heat? (My take: No.)
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Steve Martin on developing his comedic act in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. Includes a video clip of his 1974 appearance on “The Tonight Show”
Links for 2008-01-02
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“A corrupted computer file is to blame for the three-minute delay to last night’s start of the fireworks show at the Space Needle. Two technicians had to press buttons to manually set off about 5,000 fireworks.”
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“Generations of faithful Latter-day Saints have stored a jar of caffeine-free Postum in the cupboard, making this instant hot beverage as much of a Utah icon—or joke—as the beehive hairdo or the green Jell-O mold.”
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Dramatizations of all six novels and a new drama based on Austen’s life
Links for 2007-09-05: Football, wineries, beer, and—oh yeah—a couple of unrelated straggler items
First, a stack of links related to my trip with Julie Anne to Corvallis, OR, over the Labor Day weekend to attend the Oregon State/Utah football game and to do some winery touring and pub-crawling. The links are in the rough order we encountered each place:
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Across the street from Reser Stadium, our base of operations for the OSU/Utah football game Thu 08/30
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Julie Anne’s alma mater in Corvallis, OR
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Center of student life on the Oregon State campus; we went there for the bookstore
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Orange never ends....
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The team I favored. Even though I didn’t attend school there, I grew up a couple miles from their stadium. Hometown team, etc.
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Breakfast on Fri 08/31 in Corvallis. Good hangover cure
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Coffee shop on the northeast corner of the Oregon State campus
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First tasting stop on Sat 09/01. Apparently they also have a kick-ass Sunday brunch
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Stumbled over this winery on our way north from Rickreall, OR along Hwy 99W
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Lovely range of Pinot Noir at this off-the-beaten-path winery in the Eola Hills region of the Willamette Valley
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Two delicious Rieslings and some fine Pinot Noir in the North Willamette Valley
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Happy hour Sat 09/01 afternoon in Lincoln City, OR
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Corvallis pizza joint for dinner Sat 09/01. Total throwback to college life for Julie Anne: The back room, Suds & Suds, offers beer and laundromat
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Good spot in Oregon’s wine country for touring, drinking, dining, etc. We had lunch at the Rooftop Bar Sun 09/02 before we drove back to Seattle
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Spectacular views of the Willamette Valley atop the tallest commercial building in McMinnville. Favorite beers and pub grub too
Second, a couple of random items of interest:
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$4800 chair. All of the furniture I have in my apartment now barely adds up to that amount
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I have one: How about ignoring the 72-item “simplify your life” lists? I mean, *72* ways to SIMPLIFY? Hello, contradiction...?
Ex-cheesecake
Italian “dulce de leche,” or in its English translation: “Death by Sugar”
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