Happy Hour at Pearl

We wanted to try out Pearl because it is supposed to be Bellevue's new cool place to go. Their Happy Hour has 1/2 off their whole bar menu. We had 3 drinks (Blackpearl Martini....ARRRRRRRR, 4 appetizers (you must try the fried Beecher's cheese and seared ahi)and the total bill was less than $50. The place has kind of a swanky feel and it was fun.We went with our (formerly Bellingham) friends from Ferndale Jon and Maureen. As you can see, Maureen got quite giggly. Amy, Jon and Maureen all enjoyed their Shiso Wild Drop drink.

Shout out to Stephanie.....below is her signature pose.

Battle Soup: Sommer vs Amy

The second ever cook off at Kirkland was another too close to call event..... I was disqualified for providing "store bought" appetizers. Still am hearing about that one....but really, appetizers have nothing to do with battle soup, so I still feel ok about it.

Amy fixed us up with some of her famous asaparagus soup.

Sommer made borscht.

Both were delicious and felt wonderful to eat since it is getting cold outside quickly. We love soup season.

Amy's was creamy and Sommer's had some kick. Too close to call.

Nick provided 2 kinds of bread for dipping in the soups courtesy of Macrina bakery on 1st Ave South. A lady there offered her 2 opinions on what to get.

Nick listened to her which seemed reasonable. One loaf was excellent and the other, not so much. Nick should take that loaf to the bakery and tell them to just discontinue production. Really.

The good bread had a piece that looked much like a whale....sort of.

Then like always, everyone chilled on the stairwell with the kittens.

When there is a super small area to climb into, no one is better then Mute at getting hidden in a closet, on a tuner or wherever no other living thing (sans bugs) in our house can fit. Seriously there is not a lot of space between those shelves and she is on top of a couple of flip flops.

Seahawks Shalacking over Jaguars

After an amazing Win yesterday for the Huskies over Arizona, it was time for the Seahawks to show what they could do. AMy and I were in Grandpa's seats and had an excellent view of the pregame introductions. Taima flew out right towards us. There he is on some guy's arm

He is Amy's favorite part of the game!

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUSH! He had an excellent game and his first 2 TD's as a Hawk. Nicky D would be proud!

Owen Schmidt hit himself in the head 3 times with his own helmet right before this picture.

Matt was back after 2 weeks off with 2 broken ribs. The stadium went crazy when he came out. He threw 4 touchdowns and over 250 yards and only played in 3 quarters.

We had fun and got our share of vitamin D too.

41-0....3rd largest deficit in a shutout in Seahawk history. Man, 2-3 feels so much better than 1-3. Next week: bring on Arizona.

SUSHI @ RIKKI RIKKI

After much discussion, we finally made it to a sushi restaraunt. We went to Rikki Rikki in Kirkland and it was awesome awesome! We tried 2 sushi items and 1 BBQ Salmon roll. Our favorite by far was the salmon sushi pictured below.

Below are the spicy tuna rolls.

Amy and I were out celebrating with Paul

and his new fiance Karly.

It was super fun seeing them and celebrating. They get married next May 30th.

Kitten update

Well, we are all sad that Mariners baseball is over, especially Sark and I. But everyone is doing pretty well overall.

We all have been quite tired.

They both fell asleep on my couch during the Husky game.

Get away from me Paparazii!

Ah, how sweet.

Here is a close up of Mute.

They represent the Seahawks with that blanket and watched UW. Huge sports fans.

Sark and I in the sun.....

Sark's close up! Best picture of him yet....

Sark and Mom!

Ok, now you are all updated.....vet visits to end soon hopefully. We have to bathe them twice weekly with special shampoo. But it makes them so damn soft!

Back to normal....Life with Iggy

The universe is back to normal. I no longer drive the Chrysler and have Iggy back. Iggy is so fast, respons very sensatively to movements and corners like a dream. Woo hoo, fast cars are cool and fun!

Last game of the year!!!

Beautiful but cold day for baseball in October.

As you can see, Nick and I were all bundled up. Felix pitched awesome and look at those stats thru 4 innings.

Felix saluting the crowd after being lifted for the last time in 2009. Please don't leave us!

Griffey got a single in the bottom of the 8th for his last AB of the year and was lifted for a pinch runner so he could take his curtain call.

Boo Boo and Wil were there too. They love Mike Carp! A lot!

After the game when Felix was congratulated on his 19th win.

After the celebrating started, the team walked around the stadium and had Griffey and Ichiro on their arms the last portion of their walk.

Only 6 months and 4 days till the home opener (4/12/10)!