Kobie picks his own blackberries

All of the eating and venturing in this post was back in June, except for the Kobie footage. I'm a bit behind as usual. I know I've cooked since, but sometimes I feel like I eat away from home too much. Oh, what a difficult life :)

Carmelita

This will be my 3rd time eating here. The first time was fantastic, the second so-so, the third was pretty amazing, except for the just ok risotto. I don't remember any of the names of the dishes, so I'll make them up. That's ok because they have a menu that changes.

Super delicious stack of asparagus topped with nasty bitter frisee and some lentils on a bed of lemony creamy stuff. This was back in asparagus season and I could have eaten the whole thing, but I always split my food w/ Andy.

Red Quinoa crunchy things. No idea what was in them, but they were tasty.
Sunny pasta with hazelnuts on a bunch of portobello mushrooms. The sun was starting to set and made a mess of my photos.

Really tasty asparagus on top of really boring risotto. I should never have listened to the obviously not vegan waitress when she said to not get the pizza w/out cheese because it needed the cheese. What was I thinking?

Balls that were filled with rice pudding like stuff w/ an almond in the center. on top of a bed of cherry sauce and then topped w/ crispy ginger. Pretty cool.

Chocolate mousse on top of sour cherries. I'm not usually a mousse fan, but this was really really good. We totally scored w/ the desserts. Typically Carmelita has sorbet for the vegan dessert. Hey! Sorbet is NOT a dessert. It is an in between courses palate cleanser.

Ballard Locks.

They connect Lake WA to the Puget Sound. Lake WA is higher up than the Puget Sound. It's also fresh water and the Puget Sound is salt. The Locks keep Lake WA from getting salty.

I like this pic because it has some really bright neon green moss. pretty...

That bridge has nothing to do w/ locks, but looks cool. When I took the pic, I was standing on the locks (you can walk across them).
Fish ladder.

Zao

This place is in University Village. Vegan items are clearly marked. I was happy w/ the selection (meaning we had around 5 choices and could get an appetizer) and the taste. For some reason, I don't see the fresh rolls we got. Hmmmm... I'm a slacker.

Some Kind of Noodle soup w/ lots of veggies.

Tofu stir fry type deal.

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I was picking blackberries on my driveway and Kobie decided to join in. Yeah, WTF. Here is a video to show you I'm not messing around w/ photoshop. Sort of a blurry video because they make it too big, but it's my 2nd youtube attempt.