Birthday dinner – Matt’s in the Market

Ok ok, really this is the last time I will talk about Matt’s this summer. 🙂 I am not much of a cake person so I wanted some bread pudding. Gathered a small group, my cousins, my coworkers, and my friend Pat, all whom have never been to Matt’s before. I was pretty excited to …

Happy Birthday Dan Bugge! (owner of Matt’s in the Market)

I swear I’ll stop rambling about Matt’s in the Market soon… 🙂 but this story just had to be shared. I am just going to go ahead and apologize in advance that there probably is more detail here than you need, but I really like to tell stories. 🙂 So, I recently shared my first …

Lunch at Matt’s in the Market!

Dinner was so fabulous I had to come for lunch. Jenn and I are might start making this a monthly treat…although there are quite a few other places we would like to try. So after a crazy stressful work week, I was definitely looking forward to a Friday off. And what better way to start …

Review: Matt’s in the Market – COPPER RIVER SALMON!

Sorry this entry comes over a week late. As most of you foodies know, Copper River Salmon is here!! For those of you who are unfamiliar or don’t know what the great who-hah is about this amazing fish, I’ll give you a quick run down. What’s the big deal about Copper River Salmon? Copper River …

Storyville Coffee…Pike Place Market’s Newest “Secret”

As Andrew likes to point out…I have a knack for finding restaurants as they’re opening. I just think that if you spend enough time in food industry…you’re bound to come across some gems. Since I’ve been “off-the grid” from the Seattle food scene for the past year, I was pretty ecstatic about this discovery. So …

2018 – A Year of Self-Love

As 2018 comes to an end, I feel as if I’m standing on the edge of so many new beginnings and dreams. It’s hard to even think about what’s happened over the last year to re-share because I am so excited for whats to come. But 2018 was incredible. Through practice, patience, and a whole …

2016 – A year of heart exercise

Well, it serves me right for complaining that my 2015 felt uneventful during last year’s post. This year has had just as many highs as there has been lows for me. It certainly has been the biggest roller coaster that I am still on and I can’t see the end in sight anytime soon. 2016 …

Taste of the Valley 2015

It’s not everyday you get asked to photograph your favorite restaurant in Seattle at a special event. I’m pretty sure if I could do this for the rest of my life, I would be the happiest. Taste of the Valley combines everything I love in one place. Every year, The Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance puts …

Foods of Home

After being away from the reason that made leaving so hard to begin with, reuniting with some of my closest friends has been WONDERFUL to say the least. It’s incredible how easy it was just to jump back into conversations with people (skyping and facebook make being away much easier).    The look on my …

Birthday "BBQ" – Salmon spring rolls recipe

So I celebrate my birthday for a week. Why? Because I have such a diverse group of friends, it’s hard to get everybody out on one particular day of the year. That way people can just show up to whatever itinerary I set up. This year’s agenda includes, BBQ, bonfire jam session, sailing, The Noble …

Copper River Salmon is CHEAP!

Soooo remember how I made that comment about Copper River Salmon being cheap at Matt’s in the Market? Well I read an article today that explains why. In a nutshell – apparently there is an overflow of salmon so far this season sooooo what used to be $20-$40 a pound is now selling for $5 …

2014 – Taking Chances and Learning to Focus

What a crazy year it’s been. Once again I’m amazed how many things can happen to you to in a year and how fast relationships can grow and disappear.  I pretty much sucked at blogging this year, and for that, I can terribly sorry, but I am hoping to get caught up over the next week …