All Things Chill

Farro salad with green tiger tomatoes, topped with ox tail
Pictures above taken by Kelly Cline of http://www.kclinephotography.com/. Pictures below taken by Mike Nank

Chatting with Jenise Silva, Chef Anthony Hubbard and Chef Joseph from CHOW foods.

Corncob cutting method: inverted bowl within a bowl, stabilized by a wet cloth wrapped around the bottom.

My mis [...]

Flickr set: Our 1st Place in Seattle. Wow. It’s been about a year and a half… and I can *finally* post pictures of our first place in Seattle. Because of it’s unique characteristics, it was difficult for me to post our place without feeling like our lives would be Internet-Stalker Proof [...]

Stacy’s birthday was yesterday and Liana and Co decided to plan a week in advance to throw a surprise party. There were streamers, beautiful weather, birthday signs, a overly hyper dog and lots and lots of booze. There’s a Flickr album (22 pictures) here – all taken with the iPhone. YAY. [...]

Flickr album here. Just a couple of quick pictures of the new store while Liana was shopping (lol AGAIN). I’m really impressed with how the place looks. Believe me, they didn’t have much to work with. LOL.
YAY DV.
~Spec

After being drugged a lil’ bit with some recommended OTC medication to make me magically “un-dizzy,” Liana and I went to the The 25th Skagit Tulip Festival. YAY. She drove, my job was to not get nauseous. lol. We attended the last day of the Kiwanis Salmon BBQ, took pictures of [...]

Flickr album here. So the gig went well and it was a really great turnout for a FREAKIN’ Tuesday. It was everything that the flyer said: Jorge spun the vinyl and I played the horn. Good times, good times.
Jacqui, Clint and Jake stopped by – looking totally FIERCE btw – [...]

Larger view here. It’s late, but I walked into a Vietnamese grocery store yesterday and noticed that they were putting out freshly delivered oxtails in the meat department. I picked up a package, along with some ingredients (man, I’ve been eating so many tomatoes lately), called up my homeboy Ryan (CONCORD BUPBUP!) to [...]

Flickr album here. Liana, Tiffany and I hit up Citizen Thai last weekend for some really good “bags of gold,” decent grilled chicken and some mediocre scallops and potatoes (that was just weird). A lil’ overpriced, but the atmosphere was pretty. At least the conversation was delicious!
After dinner, we walked over to [...]

Flickr album – Searching in Seattle – here. There’s a lot to fit in two days of being in a new city, but we did a whole lotta stuff… and MORE! LOL.
Liana and I ate at Le Pichet, where we shared OEufs plats, jambon et fromage (Two eggs broiled with ham and gruyère [...]

Flickr album here. I made breakfast for the store’s senior managers, regional managers and other higher ups today @ 8AM before they conducted a ginormous meeting. Let’s just say that it was a really early day to feed a lot of people. Here’s what I made:
Ham, Cheddar and Leek Quiche
Vegetarian Southwestern Quiche [...]

Flickr album here. Youtube here. Liana accompanied (and drove)! Quick reviews follow:
Playground – Korean bar / karaoke joint. Out of peach soju. Janet’s family owns this place. Chicken took too long. There’s seafood in the tofu stew – good! They put cheese with corn (and it’s hella [...]

I got an e-mail earlier this morning telling me that one of my pictures from good ol’ Ann Sathers (EAT THERE IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY) Chicago was picked to use in a Chicago Guide. I accepted the request and figured it’d be fun to see it show up in the real wooooorrrlllddd. Deets [...]

Flickr album Chillin’ on Chestnut here. Liana and I spent the day in Cow Hollow / Union Street, where we had mimosas and brunch @ Judy’s Homestyle Cafe, shopped @ Jack’s (nice men’s gear) and just chilled out on the grass. We also uh… got pedicures. LOL. Dinner @ The House [...]