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 [...]

Ohayo Gazaimasu good morning, Rain. Ohisashiburi desu – It’s been a while.
Seattle smells sweet again.
~Spec

Love is… picking up your significant other at midnight from the airport and bringing her something to hug.
Hate is… Continental for forcing their passengers to check in carry-on baggage.
WELCOME BACK BABIES.
XOXO,
~Herschell

I signed up for the Xbox Live beta preview a few days ago and I was chosen to participate yesterday. WHEEEE. You can buy items for your avatar, which is totally unnecessary, but completely awesome. CHECK OUT MY HALO RC WARTHOG. Yeah, totally.
I changed my avatar into summer gear (I had [...]

Bastille! Totally had fun at “neighborhood night” at the restaurant’s soft opening. We said hello to Tracy and Kevin from MoshiMoshi (seriously, thanks for the tip!) and passed along a few food samples to the guys and gals of Ocho. Lorna got a chance to get a sneak peek into the restaurant early [...]

HD video here. REALLY short, but uber cute surprise breakfast that Liana’s office threw for her. I had NO hand in any of it and everyone pitched in to make her feel warm and fuzzy inside. Frittatas from Stacy, Hashbrowns from Emi, fancy yogurt, Deb and her freaking Belgian waffle maker (lol), [...]

Youtube link here. Liana, Don, Matt, Deb and myself hit up the Seattle Wine and Cheese Festival last weekend. Pike Place Market is even MORE overwhelming on a festival day compared to a regular sunny weekend. Taste of Chicago overwhelming (shudder lol). Everyone was pleasant and very conversational aaaaannnnddd… surprisingly… there [...]

LOL. One of Deb’s many pictures of my birthday shindig. MOST AWESOME PICTURE EVER. Looks like we’re getting ready to dance in a Kanye West video! Just ordered prints of it and will try and blow it up as big as possible.
MEEEMMOORRRIIEESS.
~Spec

Taterpots! Liana and I picked this lil’ guy up from Greg’s on Hawthorne street (OMG cuuuute neighborhood) last weekend. Clifford, his newly ordained name, has the ability to look totally like a potato *AND* grow small herbs out of a little hole in his head. Doesn’t he look happy in the picture [...]

A few weeks back, Liana and I subscribed to New Roots Organics, a CSA based not far from where we live. CSA stands for community supported agriculture – essentially, you pay a CSA money for access to tons of in-season, local (when possible), organic and sustainable produce. Some have a pickup service at [...]

A bit of a serious-toned night shot and an informal HAY LIANA WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON OUR NEW TABLE video blog! I know you probably don’t peruse the IKEA catalogs regularly, but our table is the UTBY, a great wood / stainless modern combination bar table used for our lil’ kitchen nook! [...]

Flickr set here. Sunday was my reeeeeeeeaallll birthday, and I spent it with Liana, my girlfriend of (two years TO THE DAY lol). We went all over the city, but we started it all off at Oasis, a bobba tea joint next to Uwajimaya – my favorite Japanese market. I ordered a [...]

HAIS, DO YOU LIKES MY INVITATION? Had an impromptu lunch on Saturday @ THE RED LOBSTER for my birthday (kinda last minute). LOL. Yes. Being from the midwest, I have a special place for huge dominating chain restaurants – hell, I’ve been going to them since I was 7 years old! [...]