Part of the reason we’ve got the blog is to document our lives and look back later and realize what sweet times we’ve had. As many of you know, Carrie and I were roommates before we’d ever heard the names Jonathan McPherson or Dan Potter and she found some real photographic gems from our roommate [...]
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May 6, 2009Baconopolis
May 3, 2009What is Baconopolis? Baconopolis is a dream within a dream, and it is also where we went for Date Night several weeks ago. It was an event run by Mr. Tom Douglas, a Seattle-area food mogul who owns a pile of restaurants in the space of a few city blocks near the heart of downtown [...]
Stride
April 28, 2009As some of you may know, my birthday is coming up in June and I will be 30! To commemorate the milestone, I considered a few options: walk along the Great Wall of China, ride a hot air balloon, create a signature cupcake recipe and then I made the big decision: I’m running a half [...]
Having friends is a really good thing
April 17, 2009Having friends is especially helpful when you want to make something that is possibly time intensive and you might be bored if you do it alone. I wanted to try making homemade gnocchi and my friends Carrie, Erin, Jessica and Kelly were up for an evening of fun. It was delicious. Jessica is the resident cooking [...]
G-20
April 2, 2009While I’m sure we’re all very interested in the economy and what the head honchos in London are discussing today, what was more intriguing to me was an NPR story this morning regarding this: That’s right my friends, Mrs. Obama has committed a social faux pas! “Queens Don’t Hug!” is one of the comments on this [...]
Musical Taste
March 27, 2009We were both given Barnes & Noble gift cards recently and decided to make the most of our Barnes and Noble club membership before it expires in a few weeks by purchasing some music. I selected Cold Play and a band I’ve only recently heard of called The Gabe Dixon Band and Jonathan added the [...]
Happy Spring!
March 20, 2009As I’ve been running/jogging/walking through the neighborhood lately, one of my favorite parts of the experience (aside from the realization that holy smokes! I can run!) is watching the various plants wake up from winter. First, forsythia with it’s beautiful yellow herald to welcome early spring, then the pussy willows and their soft reminder of warmth [...]
Restaurant Review: The Bamboo Palace
March 8, 2009Your friends here at Oatmeal for Breakfast are no strangers to local eateries. We have a few favorites, but by and large we love trying new places, and this place had been on our list for a long time. It had been on the list for a long time for two reasons: It is owned [...]
The Eskesen girls
January 4, 2009Yesterday the ladies of the Roy and Eileen Eskesen family gathered, well those of us who live in the area, for brunch at The Secret Garden Tea Room in Sumner. It was great fun! I had the Morning Glory brunch tea, which started with scones, then was served the chef’s breakfast (salmon egg bake) and [...]
Happy Birthday Dad!
November 5, 2008Today is my dad’s birthday. Happy Birthday! I hope you get to do something fun, like consume a pile of steak! I’m sure glad you’re my father and not some lame-o loser. And for those of you who haven’t spent much time with my Dad, here are some photos for your enjoyment (and mine): Pretending [...]