Simple breaky at Vivace, Capitol Hill, Seattle.

Cherry almond scone and caramel ice coffee. The new Vivace location is cute. Not the same as the old location next to the park, but it's still Viiiiiivace! :)

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Dessert at B&O Espresso, Capitol Hill, Seattle.

le poire rouge - 7.25
pear poached in merlot wine, served with spice reduction sauce and french vanilla ice cream

carrot cake - 6.75
with walnuts, pineapple and cream cheese frosting and filling

We love B&O!

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Light dinner and wine at Elemental Next Door., Gasworks, Seattle.

I love any restaurant that greets you with a glass of complimentary champagne. :)

Our server recommended this wine and it was perfectly to start out the evening. V drinkable, nothing too fancy--very nice.

Artichoke dip.

Their signature stuffed peppers.

Ravioli.

This was all so delicious. And well priced! All bottles of wine are $30 and the menu is served in small plates to share, tapas style. Our tab came out to $15 each for such a great setting, and outstanding food & drink!

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Lunchbox Laboratory, Ballard, Seattle.

Totally random, but wonderful Ballard location.

The kitchen. The boys who make it happen. ;)

The loooove! I got the chocolate pepermint shake, sweet potato fries with cinnamon-sugar salt, and The Smoker. All too amazing.

Tater tots and sweet potato fries.

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Fancy turkey sandwich.

Let's see.. we've got some crispy romaine lettuce, sliced red onions, red bell pepper, tomato, avocado slices, some honey mustard dressing and two thin slices of turkey. Yummy.

Veggies and noodles in a light peanut sauce.

Mushrooms, broccoli, red and green bell pepper, garlic.

Noodles and a light peanut sauce.

All plated and looking quite yum if I do say so myself. :)

After Cooking Hand Deodorizer.

My mom got this as a gift and it's fabulous! Better than just soap and lotion.

Sunday brunch at Madeleine's, Downtown, Spokane.

Warmed up cinnamon roll. not the best I've had, but the frosting was good. It didn't have enough cinnamon sugar. I'll try the butter & jam scone looked great. I think the pastries are probably the best thing at Madeline's.

I got the croque madame. I was pretty disappointed. The first huge disappointment is that they used Wonder bread! Maybe it wasn't Wonder, but it was generic, dry, sliced white bread. Also, they didn't have enough cheese on the bread and I don't think they used any gruyere. Not a croque madame! I don't normally like home fries either, but, luckily, these were very good.

Judi's greek omelette.

We tried to go to Taste Cafe, but they were closed! So sad. I've been disappointed with Madeleine's before, but haven't had brunch there so thought I'd give it a try. It's better than their salad bar, but I was still disappointed with my meal. I think the omelette Judi got looked good though. Definitely not authentic French cuisine, as they have posted on their website though!

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Oil and herb pasta sauce with vegetables and spicy sausage.

I made pasta sauce! I guess it's kind of sauce? I used all of the artichokes in one of those Costco huge jars, but they are marinated in oil and herbs. I used that as the base instead and then added jalapeno juice, garlic, lemon pepper, basil, onions, mushrooms, red bell peppers and spicy sausage. It turned out great.

And with some al dente spaghetti! Deee-lish.

옴라이스 / Omurice: omelette filled with Korean fried rice.

Egg with a little cheddar, just about fully cooked, half-topped with fried rice. I made the rice earlier and it had: brown long grain rice; white long grain rice; onion; red bell pepper; green bell pepper; diced sausage; lime juice; fish sauce; soy sauce; olive oil.

Folded and flipped. My favorite part. :)

Annnnnnd served! :)

This is a "fusion food" that is popular in Korea and Japan. It's usually served with ketchup zig-zagged on top, but I had mine with some Tapatio.