Jeff and I have recently developed an obsession with tea drinking that has resulted in acquisition of lots of tea “stuff”. It all started when we decided we liked the tea at a local Korean BBQ restaurant (you know, back when people could safely eat in a restaurant). We eventually discovered the tea was called hoji-cha and went on an expedition to the local Asian market to pick some up.
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I’m sure it comes as no surprise that Lisa Frank school supplies were a major part of my childhood. The bright rainbow colors and cute animals are right up my alley. A few years ago Lisa Frank came out with a series of adult coloring books that were available at Dollar General. There are no DGs in my area so my wonderful mom located a set and mailed them to me. I have hoarded them away for the last few years instead of actually using them.
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My parents were able to come out for Thanksgiving this year and we all thought it’d be fun to do some holiday related activities. Lumaze kept showing up in my Instagram ads so I decided to check into it.
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The greater Seattle area had Snowmageddon 2019 over the last week. Jeff and I were stuck in the house for way longer than we liked, but they don’t have the people power to clear the roads like they do back home in the Midwest/on the East coast. It’s a thing that makes us pretty unhappy, but it is what it is and we’d rather stay safe than get into an accident or get stuck somewhere. On the bright side, we got some really pretty (and quite large) icicles on the back of our house.
Back in our food loving world, we were pretty excited to get out of the house to try Jack’s BBQ this weekend with a few friends. For reference, Jeff and I haven’t found many barbecue restaurants we’d actually consider good since we moved to Seattle (we’re barbecue snobs and we admit it) - we were hoping this place would be different. We ordered quite a few things to get a good sampling of the food: pulled pork, a sausage link, brisket, pork ribs, a cup of chili, slaw, and collard greens.
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Since there has been an excess of Stitch Fix posts and little else lately, I'd like to throw in a little travel post. My parents flew out last week and met us in Portland for a long weekend since they'd never been. The following is a photo dump of all (ok, most of) the delicious food we had.
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We made our yearly fair trip to get Jeff a corn dog yesterday. He has come to prefer the Evergreen State Fair to the Washington State Fair because it's easier to get to and he says the food is better. I'm undecided, but I also really like fair food so it doesn't make a ton of difference to me. Anyway, we spent a few hours eating and seeing all kind of animals. Here are some photographic excerpts for your enjoyment!
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Last weekend Jeff and I had tickets to see Alton Brown's current tour, Eat Your Science, at the Paramount. The evening show sold out before we could get tickets, so we were relieved when a matinee was added. So, what did we learn this time around?
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Welcome! I'm Sarah Liz, the resident cat mom, food lover, crocheter, crafter, and nail art enthusiast behind Orange and Shiny. Thanks for stopping in!
