Monday, July 20, 2009

Mari and Andrew's West Seattle Garden in July

Chuck visited Saturday, and we took him to Mari and Andrew's garden.

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Not my child. Someone else's.

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Later that evening we went to Elemental for dinner and had...

Watermelon with garbonzo beans.

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Crab, roe.

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Roasted red pepper with smoked salmon cream cheese.

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Beet hazelnut salald.

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(Did I mention the wine pairings with each course and then some?)

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Escargot and bone marrow crostini.

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Salmon with cherries, grapes, and roasted corn.

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Game hen with ratatouille risotto.

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Lamb taco with pickled cabbage.

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Cheese.

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Panna cotta.

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Apricot tart with ice cream.

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Chocolate crepes.

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Then we walked to Gas Works Park.

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6 comments:

chuck b. said...
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chuck b. said...

I have a Mari and Andrew garden blog post to make too. And my pictures are quite different than yours, which is good.

I also have to write about Seattle's masculinity.

chuck b. said...

You should mention that it was 2 a.m. when we visited Gas Works Park.

Mari Malcolm said...

2 a.m.? Gas Works is crazy in the middle of the night!

That Elemental meal looked epic, even legendary.

Thanks for visiting and taking pictures, Julie and Chuck (and Arthur)! It's always delightful to see you, and really cool to see what different people hone in on.

Chuck, I look forward to your post about Seattle's masculinity.

Mari said...

Julie, I just showed these to Andrew. They're beautiful.

My very favorites:
- The glowing sunflower bud
- The mouse on the thyme bed
- The glowing succulent flower

Come back any time. :)

PS: Andrew just bashed out half the (old) garage roof.

Sarah said...

Lovely garden.
Is that elephant against the wall the side of an old metal slide? There was a slide like that in the park near my house when I was little