We planned on doing dinner in the OC last night with some friends, but at the last minute, plans changed. We hadn't gone grocery shopping for the week (and we really haven't eaten out other than In-N-Out since we adopted our little Bella), so we really needed to get out to dinner. We turned to Farmshop LA just a stone's throw away from us at the...

One of Dustin's friends and co-workers from Microsoft is originally from the LA area and was in town over the weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday. We spent Sunday evening with him and a few of his friends at ink. in West Hollywood (another from the top 101 of LA list). ink. is a gastropub with a really exciting menu where everything sounds...

To celebrate our one year wedding anniversary last Sunday, we took a trip to visit our Canadian neighbors in the quaint little city of Victoria, British Columbia. Getting to Victoria is a painless passenger ferry ride on the Victoria Clipper from Seattle through Puget Sound, the Straight of Juan de Fuca, and finally the Salish Sea. We left...

Our eating schedule has been thrown off a little again this week, as my good friend from high school and her boyfriend were in town checking out UW for grad school. My friend has a dairy allergy, so she can't eat anything with cow's milk, cheese, butter, etc. Basically her diet can be described as vegan plus meat. Given Seattle's hipster...

Dustin and I spent a whirlwind long weekend together in New York City. Now I'm back for just a couple of days before heading out of town again. Being courted and getting to go on free trips is fun, but exhausting. And definitely not conducive to baking! Our trip was full of visiting his cousin, lots of walking, lots of cold, a little sleep,...

Going on vacations with the parents is always a gastronomic affair, with this mini vacation to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area being no exception. We left a couple of days after Christmas and were back before the new year, with a little bit of sun (not really, but it was better than being in Seattle) and a couple of inches on our waistlines after...

When I popped the first piece of albacore in my mouth, my life changed. In a flash of rash decision making, I exclaimed that Shiro's has ruined me. Subsequent outbursts of  "we're never leaving Seattle," or slightly inappropriate happy sounds aside, this place will have you questioning whether you can ever eat at a normal sushi place...

We spent one of our last summer weekends exploring our northern neighbor, Vancouver, British Columbia. One of the coolest parts of living up in the Seattle area is that we've been able to enjoy some cool new cities, like Portland and Vancouver, that are just a few hours drive from here (unless you decide to cross the Canadian border at a popular...

We've only been there a couple of times, but we think our favorite neighborhood in Seattle might be Ballard, home of both The Walrus and the Carpenter and the new Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery. We ventured out to the other side of Seattle one cloudy Saturday afternoon to explore this new-to-us neighborhood. We began taking pictures of all...

We had one of the best restaurant meals we've had in a really long time at the lovely Cascina Spinasse in Capitol Hill. If you read the reviews on Yelp, you'll read tons of praise for this restaurant, and based on our experience every complement received is totally deserved. According to their restaurant description, Spinasse serves up fresh...