We are back from our honeymoon at Sandals Whitehouse in Jamaica, and I now pronounce our wedding to be officially over. Jamaica was fabulous. The weather was a perfect, hot contrast to cloudy Washington. The sand was soft and warm, the skies were (mostly) blue and the water a brilliant turquoise. Normally Dustin and I aren't one for...

Etta's Seafood in Pike's Place Market will always hold a special place in our heart since that is the restaurant where we got engaged. To celebrate our engagement and upcoming wedding (one week from today!), we stopped by Etta's for brunch on a beautiful Seattle Sunday morning. We got a great table by the window and were actually able to see...

There aren't really words to describe eating at Joël Robuchon's Las Vegas restaurant. Describing this food as delicious is a gross understatement. All I can say is that eating here is an experience, and once you've done it you'll understand. The Chef of the Century's restaurant is the only 3 star Michelin guide restaurant in Las Vegas and is one...

Seattle Met magazine has been a great resource for helping us in choosing restaurants in our new city. Recently they released the best breakfast spots to eat. One of the places featured was Stopsky's Delicatessen, a Jewish deli on Mercer Island, for their spin on Eggs Benedict. For a Jewish deli twist, you can order the your eggs with pastrami...

Loud, trendy, and sexy. Strong cocktails with a large price tag. Artisan food with a hip, refined atmosphere. When you step inside Pearl, nestled comfortably in downtown Bellevue, you'll be greeted by a skimpily dressed maitre d' and ushered past a lively, overflowing bar back into the dining area with booths and long tables with dim light and...

Pomegranate Bistro in Redmond has become our new favorite brunch spot out here. We went with some neighbors on their high recommendation, and let me just say we were blown away. We've been back again since and are already planning another trip soon. We might be obsessed. The first time we went when they were serving their Autumn menu. We began...

Neither Dustin nor I had high expectations going to Monsoon East. We had seen the restaurant during a walk, and then I found a deal for $75 worth of food for $45, so I decided to buy it. Dustin wasn’t enthused at the idea of Vietnamese food. Whenever he thinks Vietnamese food, he thinks pho, which he truly does not care for. But Monsoon East is...

We spent a few days between Christmas and New Year's Day on a fabulous trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico with Dustin's parents. Dustin and his parents are Santa Fe regulars, so I was excited to see and taste everything I'd heard about over the years. We ate lots of fabulous food (most of which contained green chile), saw lots of fabulous art,...

We’ve got another Tom Douglas restaurant down. If you are not from the Seattle area, then you probably are unaware of the city’s mini celeb chef with his numerous successful and much-loved restaurants. Our engagement took place at one of his seafood places, Etta’s, right in Pike’s Place. But our most recent adventure was to Palace Kitchen, a...

When we first read about Fuji Bakery— a Japanese-French fusion bakery— we thought the concept sounded like a radical culture clash. But apparently French bakeries are really popular in Japan, where the Japanese have added their own flair and created some unique treats. We decided to give this suburban Bellevue bakery a try and were pleasantly...