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= [L][y][d]ia'[s] [B][l]o[g]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comBlogger437125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-79425810430596639812016-10-03T00:00:00.000-07:002016-10-03T00:00:27.109-07:00Caffe Paradiso<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We usually make breakfast at home because WHO WANTS TO GET READY AND BE PRESENTABLE in the mornings? Plus, we usually just make coffee and dig in to pre-bought pastries. But, being it is October (we ran out of coffee), we decided to just head out for breakfast.</div>
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There was a cafe open near China Bear that we thought we'd try. It's probably been here for ages, but we just discovered it. And it is always great to discover new places because you learn something new every time.</div>
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<b><u>Caffe Paradiso Info:</u></b></div>
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Shop 8, G/F Mui Wo Centre</div>
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3 Ngan Wan Road</div>
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Mui Wo</div>
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<b>Fun Fact: </b>My friends tell me it's referred to as Tom's place. Tom was there when we were there (probably there all the time because he's the owner), but just learned that he was the owner after the fact.</div>
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The menu is really awesome. I love an All-Day Breakfast. And it comes in both Chinese and English. </div>
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The food is made fresh, which is always awesome. Actually, most of the food around here looks freshly bought and made. I mean, there isn't a lot of frozen and thawed out food being served up. <br />
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Coffee was served up first. THANK GOODNESS. I thought it was really thoughtful to serve coffee before our breakfast. It is not only necessary (!), but a great thing to sip and have a morning chat to. I referred to Isaac Mizrahi before saying that it is always good to have something to do whilst having a chat (like knitting). I totally believe in that. Sipping coffee and talking about the day is a great way to start the morning.<br />
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Actually, maybe this is the norm for most places…but I have had many experiences where I have to ask the servers to bring me my ordered drink…halfway through a meal. <br />
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I digress…<br />
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As we waited for our breakfast, we checked out the cafe. It was like a feast for the eyes. Every nook and cranny was decorated. It was nice and eclectic, just how I like it! <br />
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Now for the food…I know breakfast is probably the easiest thing to make…and sausage and eggs is something that is easily picked up from the grocery story…but there is something about having breakfast out and about that makes it more fancy!<br />
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I mean, I don't mind paying more to eat out because I like just having the chance to be lazy and treat myself sometimes.<br />
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I got the egg, tomato, sausage and bean breakfast with a side of toast.<br />
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My husband got the eggs, sausage, tomato, beans and bacon breakfast with a side of toast.<br />
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We had a fantastic morning! Great home-cooked breakfasts…great coffee.<br />
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I loved our first venture to Caffe Paradiso!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-82443857636854128622016-09-30T00:00:00.000-07:002016-09-30T00:00:14.120-07:00DIY Monster MobileMy main DIY project for this month was to make a baby mobile. Not professional, but made with the sincerest of love. I had been looking online for inspiration and found so many amazingly wonderful baby mobiles. I thought that, with a little time and effort, I could make one just as amazing.<br />
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For a few days, I was going through ideas…Beach themed? There had been people who had made beautifully beachy seashell mobiles that cascaded down towards the crib. Nature themed? There were mobiles made of twigs and little owls attached to the branches that looked rustically cool. Monster themed? One mobile that caught my eye was a monster mobile that someone had made with multicolored monsters…<br />
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The monster mobile was the one that captured my heart!<br />
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So, I took a trip to the Hong Kong International Airport's Jusco Living Plaza (as I usually do these days) and picked up a few supplies that I needed to make this mobile.<br />
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<b><u>Here's What I Used For My DIY Project:</u></b><br />
1. Felt for Monster Bodies<br />
2. String for Attaching Monsters<br />
3. Eyes from Jusco Living Plaza<br />
4. Pipe Cleaners from Jusco Living Plaza<br />
5. A Pot Holder I Found at a Local Kitchenware Shop<br />
6. Felting Needles I Got from my Sister<br />
7. Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks<br />
8. Scissors for Cutting Things<br />
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***The hole puncher in the picture was not used for the actual project!!!!***</div>
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<b><u>Here's What I Did:</u></b><br />
1. FELTING IT<br />
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I felted the felt into balls or round shapes<br />
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2. STRINGING IT<br />
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I tied the strings around the center of the balls. One half would be my monster heads. One half would be my monster bodies. I also left the strings long so that I could attach them to the pot holder/mobile holder.<br />
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3. EYEING IT<br />
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I then hot glue gunned eyes and pipe cleaners on to make my monsters.<br />
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4. FINISHING IT<br />
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I then tied the strings onto the pot holder, which was my mobile holder. And I hot glue gunned the rest of my materials (just to not waste anything) onto the strings to hide the ties.<br />
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And here is the final product. My monthly DIY project completed!<br />
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It was a fun project to do this month. It was also quite easy to find the materials and to put it all together. Though, the process of felting took a bit of time. They aren't anything special, just round objects, but the project did take time. In the end, I just love that it turned out so well! <br />
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Some days, I just wish I could head down to the mall and visit the Daiso!</div>
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But, alas, we're back in Hong Kong and the nearest Daiso (Jusco Living Plaza as it is known here) is at the airport. In Terminal 2, there is a Jusco Living Plaza located on the upper level, where you can find all the lovely 12 HKD things that you need to make your small-house living more convenient!</div>
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I made the trip over because I have a special DIY project going on…which I will blog about in a few days!! Please stay tuned.</div>
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Jusco and this nursing room are located in Terminal 2 of the Hong Kong International Airport!</div>
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Terminal 2 is packed with shops, restaurants and the IMAX theater. It also has a few nursing rooms available for people with babies.<br />
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Upon first entering the little space, there was a huge bit of wall paper on one side of the room. It was not as glamourous as some other nursing rooms (<a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2016/06/nursing-room-ikea.html" target="_blank">Shatin's Ikea</a>!), but it did give me the nice little comfort in knowing that the airport cared to decorate a bit!<br />
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There is a private room where mothers can go to nurse, which is awesome because then another person could be out in the main area changing their kid or feeding them a bottle.</div>
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Inside the breastfeeding room, there is a comfy chair, sink and trash bin. It's also nice and quiet (without music blaring).<br />
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The main area of the nursing room is for your basic, change and feed.</div>
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ONE THING I always wonder about nursing rooms (maybe this is just the ones I have been to in Hong Kong) is why they NEVER HAVE A TOILET in there. Instead of nursing rooms being specifically just for a change and a feed, it would be nice to be able to also get a "little relief" for yourself sometimes.</div>
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The main feeding and changing area is equipped with some pretty basic things, like a milk bottle warmer…<br />
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I have not used one of these things…but it seemed nice to have the instructions posted right above the warmers!<br />
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The basic diaper changing pod was also there. Equipped with the much needed buckles to strap down a squirming babe!<br />
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There is also a sink, TOILET PAPER (without an attached toilet!) for sopping up spills (I believe), soap to wash your hands with and a trash bin for diapers.<br />
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There were all the basics and a little touch of comfort. I think that the airport has a pretty good nursing room. It's very Hong Kong…as in, the nursing room is all business. Ha! It's good to know that it is in Terminal 2, if anyone was stuck in a rut and needed a place to change a dirty diaper!<br />
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I had touched on this before, but a few great websites to take a gander at…when in Hong Kong…and when in the need of a nursing room:<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.sassymamahk.com/sassy-mamas-top-breastfeeding-spots-in-hong-kong-mama/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sassy Mama's</a></div>
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BB GAGA is my favorite thus far because it goes by districts! Like, when I am in Causeway Bay, I always see where I can find a nursing room. It's a fun way to see the city and also discover new places.<br />
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Hopefully, this post gives some of you a good preview of what to expect when you are in Terminal 2 and need a nursing room.<br />
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The first time I really traveled on my own was when I went to Italy. Back then, backpacking was in and going to the local grocery store for produce was key to surviving on a small budget. I used to think that was the greatest way to really get to know the place where I was visiting…besides learning a bit of the language to last me a few days.</div>
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Life in Mui Wo is quite the same. It's nice to be able to just pop in to the local market and pick up some fresh produce for the day's meals, but there are times (LIKE DAYS LIKE TODAY) when shopping and cooking are just too time consuming.</div>
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For quick delicious food, we went to the local dai pai dong in the Mui Wo Cooked Food Market, which sits to the side of the ferry pier. </div>
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I LOVE <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/search/label/dai%20pai%20dong" target="_blank">dai pai dongs</a>…especially having dinner at them because it is where the night life is at…not the crazy <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/search/label/lan%20kwai%20fong" target="_blank">Lan Kwai Fong</a> type of scene, but where the locals can be found chilling with a bottle of beer after a long day's work.</div>
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There are a handful of dai pai dongs, but this one (in the Mui Wo Cooked Food Market) is where I will start on my blog-ventures!</div>
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The menu is pretty intense. Here had to have been everything under the sun available.</div>
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The view here is wonderful. The seating is along the waterfront and it looks over Silvermine Bay.<br />
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It's a really great view that reminds me heavily of my times in Sichuan…eating at restaurants that floated above a river. It really makes life seem like a paradise. Life is slow, the food is fine and the location just puts me into that reflective sort of mood.<br />
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Tonight, we ordered a fried oyster cake, which was pretty good. It comes with a vinegar dip and was not as greasy as some that I have had in the past. I liked how it was nice and hot when it came out…though, I do wish there were more oysters in the dish. <br />
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I have been on a shrimp high this past summer…<br />
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So, we ordered a garlic shrimp dish, which was really nice. Anything with garlic is nice for me! The shrimp were all halved, so it made it quite easy to extract from the shells. The sauce was heaped on the shrimp, which made it easy to divvy up for those who wanted more garlic.<br />
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There were four of us at dinner, so the oyster cake and also the shrimp dish was good for splitting four ways.<br />
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Another heavenly delicious dish was the deep fried squid. Most of the dai pai dongs in Mui Wo serve up this dish. It's really good. The pieces of squid are nicely cut and it also comes with a vinegar dipping dish on the side. It's also a great dish to get when going Chinese-style with friends.<br />
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One of our healthier choices of dishes was the morning glory stir fry tossed with shrimp paste. This is always a good veggie dish. Most times dai pai dongs offer choy sum or bok choy…this is another option for those who are tired of getting the same greens at every meal.<br />
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There are so many places to try out here in Mui Wo. I'm not much of a foodie, but I do love to eat out. It's a nice treat for the end of a work week!<br />
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Most districts have a wet market, which is a building that has a combination of household goods, foods, and other odds and ends. I think of them as the main shopping area of the days of old. In Yuen Long, the wet market was called <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/search/label/tai%20kiu%20market" target="_blank">Tai Kiu Market</a>. It was conveniently located near the library and surrounded by a bunch of outdoor produce vendors. It was where I used to get all of my produce, especially <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2015/01/diy-hot-pot.html" target="_blank">hot pot stuff</a>!</div>
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Similarly, Mui Wo's Market is located right next to the public library and Rural Committee Road (the old school center of Mui Wo…and Lantau, some friends have told me). Mui Wo's Market is quite small and seems less frequented than the Yuen Long wet market, but I suspect it is because there is a Wellcome and Fusion supermarket near the ferry pier. And, perhaps, those supermarkets are just more preferred.</div>
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1. If you are a green thumb, you can find pots, soil, seeds, gardening tools and plants!<br />
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2. If you need drapes, you can get them here!<br />
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3. You can get seafood, whatever is available that morning.<br />
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4. Vegetables and fruits can be bought here.</div>
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5. Meats can be bought here: pork, chicken and beef for sure...</div>
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6. In the need for some super casual clothes? You can find some here.<br />
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Though the market is quite small, there are a lot of basic things that you can get here: Food, clothing, and shelter!<br />
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The Nursing Room in Shatin's Ikea totally impressed me…since moving to Mui Wo, we've switched to frequenting the Causeway Bay Ikea instead. It's easier to access too…just hop on the ferry into Central and straight onto the MTR to Causeway Bay. </div>
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Firstly, to access the nursing room, you will have to ask an employee. The nursing room is located right at the bottom of the escalators down into Ikea (right next to the STANDING cafe area).</div>
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There are two private nursing rooms. Both are equipped with a comfy little chair, pillow to use for support, blanket, little shelving area and a tissue box. I'm guessing that the blanket could be used as a nursing cover or maybe to wrap baby up!</div>
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The shelving area, in my opinion, is totally too small for all the stuff I (and maybe some other mothers out there) have to lug around! But, it's sufficient enough to put a mobile phone or a bottle of water on top…diaper bags and whatnot can be placed on the floor (but I'd rather not!). The pull out compartments, though…are really nice to slide stuff into for temporary means, but my diaper bag is just too big to fit comfortably into this space.</div>
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The main area of the nursing room is really nice…dim lighting and a comfy little bench to place baby and diaper bags on.<br />
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There is one changing table, which makes me think that not a lot of people visit this nursing room. But, it has a cute Ikea mobile and also night lights to entertain the baby while you change them. There is also storage at the bottom to put your stuff, which is good...<br />
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The cool thing is that there is also a hot water dispenser for quenching your thirst and also for mixing formula. I'm not sure if it is as hygienic as it could be, but at least it is there if you forget to bring cool boiled water with you to Ikea.<br />
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There is also a pretty big diaper bin, which is always a dire necessity of any nursing/changing room.<br />
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I really like how this nursing room is quite quiet and comfy. The dim lighting is perfect for relaxing from an arduously people-crowded walk from the Causeway Bay MTR station exit. It's also available for families to rest, change babies in. Though…the nursing rooms are probably exclusively for nursing mothers.<br />
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As with the Shatin Ikea's nursing room, the sitting area (bench) was my favorite part. It's just so trendy looking. I really dig both of the nursing room's choice of bench decor! It's attractive to babies as well, or mine! It's also a nice little space where a baby can roll around or crawl on (under close parental supervision, though).<br />
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The coolest thing about the Causeway Bay Ikea's nursing room is that the bench pulls out and there are toys available for play in the bins. I'm not one to let my little one munch on anything, but…if he wasn't a muncher, I'd let him play with some of these toys. There is always a novelty associated with playing with something temporarily, right? <br />
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But, for older kids, these toys are definitely quite fun to play with…and, like all of the things in this nursing room, can be found right in store. Haha…I love how Ikea markets in their nursing rooms!<br />
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My nursing room afterthoughts…<br />
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3. It is a bit old and neglected feeling, though. I'm not sure if there is a daily cleaning of the room…but it does feel a bit dirty compared to the Shatin nursing room.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-65887596177388950722016-09-12T00:00:00.000-07:002016-09-12T00:00:08.018-07:00Little Egret Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I went to visit a friend's pottery studio the other day and a thought came over me…do all artists just spew artistic-love all over the things they touch? Like the Midas Touch? When I was looking around the studio, every tile, every paint brush…and even the clay dust on the floors seemed to give the place a really lovely artistic vibe. But, then the thought came to me that maybe I am just perceiving all things in this artist's studio as purposely placed for artistic-viewing? Like, the arrangements of the glazing tiles were purposely color gradient coordinated…or the paint brushes were purposely placed like flower arrangements…but what about the clay dust on the floors? </div>
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My mind just drifts sometimes. I just wanted to showcase some of the lovely little things I found while taking a tour of <a href="http://www.littleegretstudio.com/" target="_blank">Fatima Morrissey's Little Egret Studio</a>.</div>
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1. Located on Rural Committee Road, this studio can be found behind the beautifully rustic red No. 28 door.</div>
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2. There is a beautifully displayed mini viewing gallery of some of her work right as you enter the studio.<br />
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3. There is a beautiful range of mini sculptures, vessels, and creatures that can be found on these shelves that make me Ooh and Ahh and also chuckle (spotting some mini unicorns in the corner!).<br />
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4. Some of my favorite pieces are her beautifully designed birdcages, which do have little birds within.<br />
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5. Something else that made me chuckle with delight was spotting beautifully mini pegai (is that the plural for pegasus?) nestled atop her studio's shelves. <br />
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6. The backroom looks like beautifully arranged chaos!<br />
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7. Displayed in the backroom are some of her beautifully designed jewelry.</div>
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8. There is also a beautiful little cuckoo clock hanging on the wall that makes me think of Leavenworth, WA (as close to Germany as I can get).<br />
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9. The office area also has this beautiful window seating area that reminds me of somewhere you can do a Japanese tea ceremony (Germany…Japan…quite eclectic little studio, eh!).<br />
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10. On top of one of her walls hangs a beautifully happy little sign endorsing the goodness of life!<br />
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11. In the corner sat one potter's wheel beautifully covered in dried clay.<br />
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12. The studio was covered in a beautiful layer of clay dust.<br />
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13. Within her mini kiln were placed two beautiful works of student pottery.<br />
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14. Glaze is such a beautiful thing in itself…colors of the rainbow! <br />
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15. The pottery tools, though waiting to be washed or dropped into a cup, looked beautifully placed like twigs awaiting placement midway through a flower arrangement.<br />
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Being surrounded by beautiful things today made me feel like the entire world was beautiful. It's a great feeling. It's a positive feeling. And I'm totally into having a positively happy life! I am very much a believer that if you have a positive attitude you can attract a lot of great things. I've been around many a people who are so incredibly outgoing and positive (not to the point of being annoyingly positive!) that it makes me want to spend time with them every day of the year. Positive just invites more positives.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">So long Seattle!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Fighting jet lag was a well waged battle</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">To be able to walk your streets, speak to your people and ride your Joe Metro bus</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">To spend time with much missed family and reconnect with friends.</span></div>
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Seeing the buildings I've known for most my life for one last time</div>
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Smelling the saltiness of the Sound for one last time</div>
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Feeling the warm breeze and Seattle vibe for one last time</div>
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So long Seattle…</div>
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We're off to Hong Kong</div>
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A few weeks ago, I blogged about the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2016/08/community-garden.html" target="_blank">Community Garden at the Marvista Park</a> in Normandy Park. As long as I've known, this Community Garden has been there. Around the Seattle area, there have always been quite a bit of community gardens... long before <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/05/michelle-obama-plants-last-white-house-garden" target="_blank">Michelle Obama</a> made them popular. It is something that I really love about Seattle. THE GREENNESS of the people!</div>
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During our holidays, we spend a lot of time on <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2015/03/seattle-capitol-hill-district.html" target="_blank">Capitol Hill</a>. It's got a lot of great places to eat, a great second hand book shop to roam through and a lot of my friends that live in its hovels!</div>
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It's a great district to just walk around, enjoy the Seattle summer sun and take a sit in one of the official P Patches.</div>
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This particular P Patch is located on Summit Ave and E John St. This P Patch really inspired me to get my act together on my own home garden in Hong Kong. There was such a beautiful variety of vegetables and flowers. </div>
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The artichokes, in particular, was something that I thought I might try.</div>
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I'm not someone who is that good with <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2015/05/green-thumb.html" target="_blank">growing produce from the seed</a>, but I have tried. The only thing that survived from my green thumbing was my basil plants. They petered off though…after the harsh winter we had last February.</div>
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I am thinking that I might check out Mong Kok's Flower Market to see what plants I might try growing from wee things.</div>
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If you seek inspiration on starting your own garden, here are some photos of the Summit Slope Park P Patch.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">***A View of one of Capitol Hill's P Patches***</span></div>
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Another <a href="http://freemuseumday.org/sea.html" target="_blank">First Thursday</a> has come and gone!</div>
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This month we went over to the MOHAI (The Museum of History and Industry) because I'd never been there since it opened. So, it was a new experience for all of us. Usually, the Museum of Flight is where most people go on First Thursdays. I feel like it is always the most popular place on free museum days. There is a new Aviation Pavilion open to view, which is being advertised all over the city, by the way!</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Fun Fact: </span></b>In past blogs, I've posted about visiting the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-chinatown.html" target="_blank">Wing Luke Museum on a First Thursday</a> and the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/04/seattle-museums-and-cathedral.html" target="_blank">Seattle Art Museum on a First Thursday</a>.</div>
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The MOHAI sits right on Lake Union. The entire area is really nice. Apart from the museum, there is (1) a park where kids can run through sidewalk spraying water…</div>
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(2) a model boat pond where kids (and adults) can sail wooden boats…<br />
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(3) the Historic Ships Wharf, where you can check out some really cool seafaring vessels up close...<br />
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(4) and the Center for Wooden Boats, where you can check out a bunch of wooden boats!! up close and personal too.<br />
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For First Thursdays, most museums have free admission to their general exhibits. There is a discounted price for their special exhibits. The special exhibit at the MOHAI was Toys from the 50s, 60s and 70s. I just wanted to go to the free exhibits, so this blog is basically just about the permanent collection! (or…it is just a photo peek into the permanent collection)<br />
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"The Northwest fills the lungs, heals the pain in my chest…"</div>
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When I first heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXaiAi8O0kQ" target="_blank">Joe Metro</a> it made me really appreciate riding the buses. Seattle is such a green city…or tries to be one. It's great to be able to rent out bikes for the day and ride around the city. It's also pretty cool to be able to use all the forms of public transportation available in the city-- from buses to water taxies, the light rail to the sounder train.</div>
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Though it's more convenient to drive around the suburbs of Seattle, within the city, it's pretty manageable to live life without a car.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Fun Fact: </span></b>Since moving to Seattle, I've learned that our public transport has often been referred to as Joe Metro, hence the title of today's blog post!</div>
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For a few years now, Seattle has been moving from a cash-based tendering fare system to a debit-based one.</div>
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Hong Kong has the Octopus Card, which is a debit card that can be used to make purchases (at the post office, convenience stories, fast food restaurants, etc…) and also to pay the fare of public transport (like the ferries, buses, <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2016/04/light-rail.html" target="_blank">light rail</a> and the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2016/05/hk-mtrs.html" target="_blank">MTR</a>).</div>
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Seattle's Orca card is similar, but for public transport mainly.</div>
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Today, we caught the bus out to Burien (where I blogged about the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2016/07/burien-farmers-market.html" target="_blank">Thursday farmers market</a>). The bus dropped us off at the Burien Transit Station, which is your basic Park and Ride. Here is where we caught the Rapid Ride down to the Tukwila Light Rail station and rode the light rail into Seattle.</div>
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You can get an Orca card at any of the Ticket Vending Machines at the Light Rail stations, which is what we did. Online says that you can also get them at Transit Centers, like the Burien Transit Center, Park and Rides and Sounder Commuter Rail Stations. Besides transit stations, you can also purchase Orca cards at a number of <a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/orca_retail_locations.pdf" target="_blank">retail locations</a>.<br />
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Orca Cards cost $5 initially. You can always add value to the card at the Ticket Vending Machines.<br />
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<b><u>What's the Rapid Ride?</u></b><br />
We took the Rapid Ride over to our nearest Light Rail station. The Rapid Rides are supposed to come the most frequent of all other bus lines…ten minutes during peak hours. The really cool thing about the Rapid Rides is that they send signals to traffic lights so they stay green. So, they stop less and go more!<br />
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All Rapid Ride lines also have wifi, which is what I always need when I'm in Seattle because I don't have phone service.<br />
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<b><u>How do you use the Orca Card?</u></b><br />
The buses that we've been riding all state that you have to pay before entering the bus. So, you can tap your Orca Card as you enter the bus. The Orca Card machine is right at the fare tendering box at the side of the driver.<br />
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For the light rail, you have Orca Card reading machines at the entrances of the light rail stations and also on the platforms. <br />
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The Orca reader at the Burien Transit Center was down at the time, but you can normally tap it before boarding the Rapid Rides. Because it was down, we just tapped our card on the bus.<br />
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The Burien Transit Center sits right along side a huge parking complex, which is where you can Park and RIDE into town…hence the name Park and Ride! Back when I was going to UW, we would park here and catch the bus up to campus. It's been mightily improved since those days, though. <br />
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<b><u>How to fill up the Orca Card:</u></b><br />
You can always check how much you have on your Orca Card at the Ticket Vending Machines. If you need to add more cash to the card, you can just look for one of these Vending Machines and reload.<br />
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At most transit stations you can find a machine to add value and also check the value of your Orca card. You can definitely find these machines at every light rail station. There is one machine in Burien's Transit Station…pretty beaten up, but functioning.<br />
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Here's a view of the Rapid Ride. We were traveling on the weekday…before noon, so it wasn't so busy. I have been on the Rapid Rides a few times during non-peak hours and they always seem quite empty, which is nice.<br />
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Actually, all the trips we've been on with the Seattle public transport has been pretty empty. I think that the only times it is crowded is during game day…when everyone is catching the light rail into town and popping off at the Stadium Station.<br />
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From the Burien Transit Station to the Tukwila Light Rail Station is about 10 - 15 minutes. I feel like it was quite fast because I just used the time to check some emails and we had reached our destination already.<br />
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After hopping off the Rapid Ride, we tapped our Orca cards and entered the Tukwila Light Rail Station. The trains are also quite frequent, which is pretty nice. We weren't in any rush anyhow, but it was nice to know that we never had to wait too long for the next train. <br />
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The light rail is always expanding, but this summer, the stops are:<br />
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<u>The UW area station--></u><br />
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1. University of Washington Station<br />
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<u>The downtown Seattle stations--> </u><br />
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2. Capitol Hill Station<br />
3. Westlake Station<br />
4. University Street Station<br />
5. Pioneer Square Station<br />
6. International District Station<br />
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7. Stadium Station<br />
8. Sodo Station<br />
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<u>All other stations, mostly around residential areas of the city--></u><br />
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9. Beacon Hill Station<br />
10. Mount Baker Station<br />
11. Columbia City Station<br />
12. Othello Station<br />
13. Rainier Beach Station<br />
14. Tukwila International Boulevard Station<br />
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<u>The current terminal south of Seattle city--></u><br />
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15. SeaTac/Airport Station<br />
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The Angle Lake station is opening soon…as the light rail extends south of Seattle!<br />
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This day, we mainly just went down to <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/02/seattle-pikes-place-public-market.html" target="_blank">Pike's Place</a> to do some souvenir shopping, but here are some other things you can do in Seattle town:<br />
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1. Check out <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-seattle-center.html" target="_blank">Seattle Center</a>, where you can find the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-pacific-science-center.html" target="_blank">Pacific Science Center</a>, Children's Museum and take a run through the International Fountain…the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-chihuly-garden-and-glass.html" target="_blank">Chihuly Glass Museum</a>!<br />
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2. You can get out at the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station and explore <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-capitol-hill-district.html" target="_blank">Broadway</a>, stroll around <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-volunteer-park-conservatory.html" target="_blank">Volunteer Park</a>...walk over to First Hill and visit the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/04/seattle-museums-and-cathedral.html" target="_blank">Frye Museum</a>...<br />
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3. The <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-chinatown.html" target="_blank">International District</a>, AKA CHINATOWN, is always fun to have lunch/dim sum in…<br />
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Everything is totally easy to get to via riding public transport…touristy things, for sure!<br />
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Hope this blog proves a bit useful to some who want to find links on how to get Orca Cards, know a bit about the public transport…and also want to know what you can do in Seattle. <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-70517442210429015672016-08-26T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-26T00:00:18.315-07:00Seattle Chocolates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
For a few weeks, I have been thinking of some things that would be nice to bring back to my Hong Kong family. I thought that t-shirts that had SEATTLE blazing on the front would be an easy gift. For our wedding, we gave out I HEART HK t-shirts as grab bag gifts for winners of the reception games…so it seemed to be a fun idea. </div>
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Magnets also seem like good gifts. Who doesn't love a good magnet with the Space Needle on it to hold up a shopping list? When I went to Ocean Park for the first time, I bought photo frame magnets to put our photos in and gave it to my family as Christmas gifts one year. They still have the photo frame magnets on their fridges…and they are still topics of conversation. So…that would have also made a great gift…</div>
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But, then I came across the idea of treats! </div>
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A fabulous souvenir to bring back to Hong Kong for the friends and in laws (especially) is probably chocolate! Chocolate is always a nice little treat, they come in some pretty nice pre-wrapped packaging and you can also find some awesome unique flavors (dark chocolate and sea salt, wild berry chocolates, quinoa noir!)</div>
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Down in Southcenter, is a chocolate factory called <a href="http://www.seattlechocolates.com/" target="_blank">Seattle Chocolates</a>. They have a shop attached to the factory where you can find all of the chocolates that the factory produces.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">***A view of the lobby and a glance around the shop***</span></b></div>
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The shop behind the lobby and is manned by a really nice woman from Kazakhstan. She was really nice in explaining to us what SECONDS were, about the different flavors of truffles that we could put into a mixed bag…and also about the samples that were splayed out on the sample bar.</div>
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It was really nice to have that mixed-bag truffle option. It's really great to give samples of chocolates to people, so we picked up a few of the most unique flavors (champagne) for our adventurous friends and a few classic flavors (dark chocolate) for our more conservative friends.</div>
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We also picked up a few bags of Seconds because they had some really awesome flavors and also came in bigger chunks for some friends we thought would be really BIG FANS of chocolates.<br />
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My favorite part…besides the awesomely Seattle-focused packaging is the sample bar. There are some really amazing flavors to test out at the bar…in large chunks too! My favorite flavor of the day was probably the Bali Sea Salt Toffee. </div>
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Chocolate never fails as being a great gift…especially ones made in Seattle!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-18548790086930096552016-08-22T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-22T00:00:31.103-07:00Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The first time I ever went to a <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/search/label/farmers%20market" target="_blank">Farmers Market</a> was when I lived up in the U-District. Being a girl from the suburbs, I used to think that it was a uniquely Seattle CITY thing to have a Market on a Sunday. We didn't really buy anything, but we did go a few times to just check out the handicrafts. </div>
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The best Farmers Market that I'd ever been to in Seattle is probably the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-fremont-sunday-market.html" target="_blank">Fremont Sunday Marke</a>t. It's huge and has a lot of great antique things to checkout. </div>
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We've been going down to the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market every Saturday to restock on fresh produce to make baby food. The Farmers Market is located right in the parking lot of the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2016/07/des-moines-waterfront.html" target="_blank">Des Moines Marina</a>. </div>
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The Saturday Farmers Market is a lot better than the Wednesday one because there are more vendors out…probably because a lot more people are free on the weekends. The Market opens from 10 am - 2 pm from June to September. </div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">***Views of the Des Moines Farmers Market!***</span></b></div>
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It's a really great way to spend part of a Saturday. There is food, music and a lot of fun for the kids (face painting…running around catching Pokemon…the usual). <br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Fun Fact: </span></b>Another Farmers Market, which is pretty nearby to Des Moines is the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2016/07/burien-farmers-market.html" target="_blank">Burien Farmers Market</a>. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-86514066548592718532016-08-19T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-19T00:00:27.762-07:00Des Moines Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm all for visiting a museum when I'm in a new place. When my sister and I went to Washington DC for the first time, we tried to hit up all the museums that weekend. The most impressive museum I'd ever visited, besides the Smithsonian!, was the Holocaust Memorial Museum. </div>
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In high school, we spent most of Junior year Lit reading fiction based in the WWII-era and discussing in detail anti-Semitic themes (Elie Vesel's <i>Night, </i>Joseph Heller's <i>Catch-22, </i>Shakespeare's<i> Merchant of Venice</i>), so reading up on the experiences of the Holocaust in the Memorial Museum was an amazing experience. Also, walking around and visiting the memorials (which was like visiting a huge outdoor museum) was just something that was on my bucket list for ages. </div>
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When we went to Tokyo for the first time, my sister and I also tried to visit all the museums in the Ueno district (…zoo included as an animal museum!). It was our trek to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum that reignited my interest in visiting art museums, actually. The museum was exhibiting works of art from Alphonse Mucha at the time…I think, before going here, I hadn't been into any art museum for over 10 years!</div>
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There is so much to be learned about through visiting museums, no matter how large or small they are!</div>
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While on one of our walks down to the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2016/07/des-moines-waterfront.html" target="_blank">Des Moines Marina </a>and around the Des Moines Marina District, we discovered that there was a museum a block away from the abandoned Des Moines Theater. The Des Moines Museum is maintained by the <a href="http://www.dmhs.org/collection.html" target="_blank">Des Moines Historical Society</a>. </div>
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<a href="http://www.dmhs.org/info.html" target="_blank"><b>Des Moines Museum Info:</b></a><br />
<b>Location</b><br />
730 South 225th St.<br />
Des Moines, Washington<br />
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<b>Hours</b><br />
The museum starts running after Memorial Day and before Labor Day on Saturdays from 1 - 4 pm. <br />
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<b>Free Admission </b>(Donations welcomed)<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">***Views of the Des Moines Museum's Collection***</span></b></div>
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It was pretty neat to see all these ANCIENT artifacts of the Des Moines town!!!, which our guide said was mostly donated. It was also quite nice to have someone who grew up in the area give us a personal tour of the museum. <br />
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Hearing stories from the past and also about how the community changed made me think about how so much has changed from my own life since I moved out of Washington. It made me think about starting scrapbooking again, actually! <br />
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It was a great few hours at the museum!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-35165850464004722812016-08-15T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-15T00:00:03.228-07:00Community Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Seattle has a program called the <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/programs-and-services/p-patch-community-gardening/about-the-p-patch-program" target="_blank">P Patch Program</a>. There are 88 P Patches around the city of Seattle. They are basically community gardens, where small scale produce and other plants can be grown. To be able to farm on a little patch of the P Patches, you have to get onto the <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/programs-and-services/p-patch-community-gardening/how-to-sign-up/sign-up" target="_blank">P Patch sign up list</a> and also select your <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/programs-and-services/p-patch-community-gardening/p-patch-list" target="_blank">choice of location</a>. Then you wait to be contacted when an available plot opens us.</div>
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Some communities around the city have their own community gardens, not apart of the P Patch Program. <a href="http://normandyparkblog.com/2012/01/05/the-city-of-normandy-parks-pea-patch-lotto-time-is-here/" target="_blank">In Normandy Park, attached to Marvista Park, is a community garden</a>. The community garden here has a lottery type of selection opposed to the P Patch Program's waiting list. </div>
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There is also a community garden in Burien called the <a href="http://www.burienwa.gov/communitygarden" target="_blank">B Patch</a>, which I want to check out before I leave. I just like to know what people are growing and maybe get some inspiration for <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/05/green-thumb.html" target="_blank">my own little home garden</a>!</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">***What's growing at the Marvista Community Garden***</span></b></div>
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Besides walking down to the Marina, there are a lot of beautiful houses in the Des Moines and Normandy Park neighborhoods that I love to walk by. It's been lovely having the option to take a trial here and there. On one of our walks, we went out to the Marvista Park to check out the community garden and also just walk the park.</div>
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This is a really dog-friendly park. In the mornings, we often saw dogs being walked through the park. There is also a dog poo bag to pick up poo if you forgot your own bag. It's really such a considerate thing for a city park to have!<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">***Let's check out the park!***</span></b></div>
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At one of the corners of the park, nearer to the Normandy Park Swim Club, is a rose garden. I'm not sure if it is a community rose garden, but it has little plots of different kinds of roses. When we went to check it out, there were only a few roses in bloom. A lot of the roses seemed to have been picked earlier in the summer.<br />
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Near the parking lot is also a public restroom, which looks pretty cool with every side covered in a mural.<br />
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At the opposite end of the park, in another corner is a really awesome children's play area. It looks only a few years old and has always been empty when we've been there in the mornings. It's caged off for safety and also keeping…maybe…dogs out? But, there are benches to rest and wait on…and there is a padded ground surrounding the play gyms.</div>
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The parks out here in the suburbs aren't as populated as some of the ones down in the city, where I often see people sunning themselves in the summer months (Cal Anderson Park, Lincoln Park, <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/search/label/seattle%20center" target="_blank">Seattle Center's lawns</a> or <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-volunteer-park-conservatory.html" target="_blank">Volunteer Park</a>!), but it is quite refreshing to have the feeling of solitude. It's really quite a nice change to have so FEW people around opposed to HK's crowded streets!</div>
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It's been nice being back in the Seattle area…</div>
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South of Seattle there is a little town called Des Moines, which is about halfway between Seattle and Tacoma. The area is mostly residential, but there is a Marina District of Des Moines that is really nice to have a coffee at one of the cafes in, take a walk along the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2016/07/des-moines-waterfront.html" target="_blank">waterfront</a>, shop around in one of the secondhand shops, have a bahn mi at the local Vietnamese sandwich place…</div>
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Though the Marina District may be too quiet for some, it is a nice little town to chill in when you do want to find some peace and quiet!</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">***Views of the Des Moines City Marina District***</span></b></div>
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On most days, you can easily find parking down here.</div>
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Des Moines also has a History Museum located in the Marina District. The museum is volunteer run by the Des Moines Historical Society. It contains a lot of THINGS in such a small space (just like HK). We went to check it out, so wait up for a future blog post about what treasures this small, but mighty museum holds.<br />
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Besides the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2016/07/des-moines-waterfront.html" target="_blank">full service Marina</a> on the waterfront, there is also a boat repair shop in the area. We went down there just to check out how much some of the boats were selling for (there was a boat in the back lot for sale, btw). It's a nice place to see boats up close…besides walking the docks at the Des Moines Marina.<br />
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There isn't a big chain supermarket located in the Marina District, which is quite nice to see. There is a local grocery store, though. It has a bit of everything, which reminds me of life in Mui Wo! If you are in need of a birthday card, you can find them there. If you are in need of drinks for a last minute house party, you can find them there. If you need some bandaids from cutting yourself while gardening, you can find them there. <br />
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On some blocks of the Des Moines Marina District there are plazas where you can find a lot of shops (butcher, framing, yarn, etc). It's one of the nice things about this small area, you can walk around and see what shops they have!<br />
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Back when I was in high school, this theater was functioning. It was where movies that were a few months old would be shown at a discounted price. Now, the theater is abandoned. I wonder what it'll become when I come back next summer…if anything!<br />
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I haven't tried a lot of the restaurants in the area, but there is quite the variety down here. There is a Thai restaurant, teriyaki, sushi…Chinese restaurant…There is a Red Robins down by the Bank of America. There is a sports bar at the other end of the block from the Des Moines theater. There are also quite a bit of local seafood places. Before I leave for the summer, I definitely plan on stopping by the Lighthouse Lounge…it was one of the spots on our Pokemon Go game…and it looks like a great place to dine.<br />
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At one of the plazas, we found a shop that is totally my kind of shop: second hand treasures! It's called Castaway and there (like the Marina Market and Deli) has a bit of everything. It's such a fun place to scour through and find a few treasures!<br />
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Though most of the area is commercial and residential, there is a little Inn located on 7th and 223th.<br />
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Because we're down here for the summer (just half an hour from downtown Seattle), we've been spending a lot of time down at the Marina. It's just a nice place to take morning walks to. There are also a lot of events going on in the summer…<br />
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I love little communities like this!<br />
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Another great week back home gone by!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-22849516575970627962016-08-05T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-05T00:00:02.267-07:00Pies, pies…shhh…pies...A couple of weeks ago, my mother broke out a <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2016/07/homecoming-barbecue.html" target="_blank">pie that she'd been telling me about</a> for a few months. The back story: <br />
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<i>My parents had told me about these pre-made pies that they had discovered over the past year. They'd gone to a friend's house and had tried a pie that was pretty nice. These friends got to talking about how they'd had a friend who had discovered this pie place down in Kent through another friend.</i><br />
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<i>The power of word-of-mouth advertising!</i><br />
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<i>This friend was skeptical of telling my folks about the location of this pie place. My parents thought it was because these pies were probably top secret, due to the price their friend claimed of the 8 inch pie was $1 USD.</i><br />
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<i>Eventually, a little band of them (other friends at that dinner party included!) went down to the Kent pie place together (will blog about soon!), picked up a bunch of pies for $1 USD and continued being loyal customers til this day.</i><br />
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Today, after talking about these pies for days after our <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2016/07/homecoming-barbecue.html" target="_blank">Homecoming Barbecue</a>, we drove down to Kent to see what Plush Pippin was all about.<br />
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When we got to the store front, it was not as covert as I thought it was. There were a few other customers shopping the pies as well…families and also someone making an order for a local fundraiser.</div>
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The shop front had a limited number of pies out for today. Pies came by 8, 9 and 10 inches in diameter and also in the style of Crumbles, Dutches, Lattice Cuts, and Double Crusts. The pies available for today were apple pies, blueberry pies, cherry pies and pineapple pies...<br />
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All the pies were frozen (unbaked) and ARE sold frozen with instructions on how to bake them (frozen) at the cashier's counter.<br />
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There is not much of any decor besides this information sign that sits right in front of the shop entrance...<br />
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…and the pie labels, which were all quite cutely handwritten.<br />
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We picked up an 8 inch cherry pie for $3 USD, which I thought was such a reasonable price, and two apple pies that were 2 for a $1, which I thought was such an incredibly amazing deal!. <br />
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At home, we unboxed the frozen pie, set the oven to 400 degrees and set the timer to around 50 minutes. We checked it to see if it was baking all right…and the results…<br />
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…a lovely cherry pie to enjoy on a lovely and warm Seattle summer evening…<br />
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<a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-chinatown.html" target="_blank">Chinatown</a> (a.k.a. the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-chinatown.html" target="_blank">International District</a>) is a great place to find a lot of Asian foods in Seattle. But, if you live in the suburbs and you don't feel like fighting traffic (especially looking for parking), going to <a href="https://www.99ranch.com/stores/kent-washington" target="_blank">99 Ranch Market in Kent</a> is an alternative. <br />
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<b>The Mall</b><br />
99 Ranch Market is located in the Great Wall Shopping Mall. I love how it rhymes! It's located on East Valley Highway and is open daily from 9 am - 9 pm. Though…the shops inside have their own store hours!<br />
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<b>The Arcade Area</b><br />
The mall also has an arcade right next to 99 Ranch Market, where you can play shooting games, race cars, grab plushy toys with the crane machines, ride a little merry-go-round…It's a great place to hangout and relive childhood…<br />
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Though (again), I didn't really play any of the arcade games when I was younger…and did head down to the Great Wall Shopping Mall. I just wasn't into games much until <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-gameworks.html" target="_blank">Gameworks</a> opened up. <br />
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<b> 99 Ranch Market</b><br />
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The market is the main reason why we headed down here. You can find just about anything here, from fruits and veggies, bottled Asian sauces, rice, mochi, dried tofu and frozen fish to rice cookers, household goods, a deli, Chinese-style fruit topped cakes, and candies from around Asia. It's a really great place that has a lot of selection of things we can also find in Hong Kong! Products range from China, Japan and Korea to Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.</div>
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I hadn't been down here for over 10 years. It's interesting to see how it still seems quite similar to how it was before. It's a comforting feeling! <br />
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It was a great morning of checking out the aisle and seeing all the stuff that I can also find in Hong Kong. It is another reconfirmation that the world can be such a small place.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-31988943505160730552016-07-29T00:00:00.000-07:002016-07-29T00:00:12.728-07:00Burien Farmers' Market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Burien is a little city on the south side of Seattle. It's the main shopping area around the area, hosting some staple stores as Safeway, RiteAid, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, BigLots!, Fred Meyers, etc. You can also find the post office, public library, service stations, restaurants galore, sewing machine repair shops, thrift stores, car dealerships and everything else under the sun here. </div>
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Today, we went into Burien to check out the farmers market that we saw advertised on the street. The <a href="http://www.discoverburien.org/events/event/burien-farmers-market/" target="_blank">Burien farmers market</a> is located on SW 152nd St. and 5th Place SW. It is pretty near the Burien Public Library in the Burien Town Square. It is open every Thursday from 11 am - 6 pm.</div>
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There are a load of booths here - from handmade jewelry, dolls, and paintings to honey, produce, and freshly baked bread. There are also a good handful of food trucks off to the side where you can also find outdoor seating.<br />
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The Burien Farmers Market sits right next to the Burien Town Square Park, where you can find loads of grass to chill on, a lot of paved side walks to chalk draw on and a wonderful mini fountain for your kids to splash around in.<br />
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Visiting the farmers market to day was a really good half a day of fun. We got to have lunch here, shop around, meet some new people, sun tan in the lovely Burien sun…and just enjoy life. It truly felt like the perfect summer afternoon.<br />
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It's good being back in the Pacific North West!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-79235073509797413442016-07-25T00:00:00.000-07:002016-07-25T00:00:04.825-07:00Des Moines Waterfront<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The summer is the best time to visit the farmers markets around the Seattle area. We are staying down in Des Moines with family right now. So, driving around, I couldn't help spotting signs for the <a href="http://www.dmfm.org/DMFM/Home.html" target="_blank">Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market </a>down at the Marina.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Fun Fact: </span></b> The Des Moines Marina has a nice path nearby that is great for skating. It's called the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-des-moines-creek-trail.html" target="_blank">Des Moines Creek Trail</a>. It also has a bunch of magicarp (pokemon) in the stream that runs along the trail.<br />
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The Des Moines Marina is where you can find boat moorages, launches and refueling spots. There is also a paddleboat/kayak rental place on one of the docks. When my folks first moved up here, they used to take out-of-town guests down to the Marina to watch the boats launch. <br />
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My father, being someone who really likes to talk story with the locals, used to ask all kinds of questions of the people who were launching their boats. There were people that he met from Australia who were docking their boats there for the week. I used to think that it was such a great retirement plan to sail the world after hearing that.<br />
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The marina is a really nice place to hangout. It's also the place where I <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2014/02/what-do-i-want-to-write.html" target="_blank">first thought about creating a blog</a>! Every time I come back to Seattle, I take a trip down to my folks' home and walk along the Marina. The crisp Pacific Northwest air feels so refreshing. And the aroma of the Puget Sound is so lovely! I feel so lucky to be able to live in a place so beautiful!<br />
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We ended up just skimming through the farmers market…but I might go back as the summer ends. There may be more to see and do in a few weeks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299007516699967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722721356464930779.post-41766208084496285512016-07-22T00:00:00.000-07:002016-07-22T00:00:11.327-07:00Homecoming BarbecueWe're back in Seattle for the summer! Here begins another series on <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/search/label/things%20to%20do%20in%20seattle" target="_blank">Things To Do in Seatown</a>. If you are in the city (or around the city) and are wondering what you can do here, please check out the link. It's a small, but mighty list…that is growing and growing!<br />
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The summer time is the best time to visit Seattle, if you are into fine, sunny weather (on a rare occasion will it rain!). It's the time of year when it is the most comfortable for me to go <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2015/03/seattle-kamikaze-falls.html" target="_blank">hiking</a>, canoeing, <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2015/04/seattle-green-river-trail.html" target="_blank">rollerblading</a>, <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2015/03/seattle-day-trip-to-vashon-maury-island.html" target="_blank">island hopping</a>, visiting the local <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.hk/2015/03/seattle-fremont-sunday-market.html" target="_blank">farmer's markets</a>…or anything outdoors.<br />
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As a Welcome-Back-For-The-Summer gathering, we hosted a barbecue at our house…<br />
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Who knew that a trip to Costco for some frozen burger patties, mayo and giant sesame buns could be deemed as an exciting excursion? I haven't been home for a little over a year, but every time just seems like a half and half. I'm feeling half comforted by all the familiar things around me. But those familiar things are half exhilaratingly different to happen upon again.<br />
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I mean, I've been to Costco half a thousand times, but just walking around with a massive cart and checking out everything in bulk just seems so American to me. Before…though I probably never thought about it…it was just how it was! <br />
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Even driving around the neighborhood just seems so American! Hahah, with everyone brandishing their Mariners, Seahawks…Sounder flags on their porches. Or sightseeing the neighborhood garage sales. Things like this I've truly missed.<br />
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One thing I was looking forward to was digging into one of the pies that my mother had baked. <br />
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My parents had told me about these pre-made pies that they had discovered over the past year. They'd gone to a friend's house and had tried a pie that was pretty nice. These friends got to talking about how they'd had a friend who had discovered this pie place down in Kent through another friend. <br />
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The power of word-of-mouth advertising!<br />
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This friend was skeptical of telling my folks about the location of this pie place. My parents thought it was because these pies were probably top secret, due to the price their friend claimed of the 8 inch pie was $1 USD.<br />
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Eventually, a little band of them (other friends at that dinner party included!) went down to the Kent pie place together (will blog about soon!), picked up a bunch of pies for $1 USD and continued being loyal customers til this day.<br />
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So, you can see how this backstory really intrigued my interest for indulging in these pies!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today was a busy day in the city of Seattle as thousands of people were bustling around the city taking in the sights of Dragon Fest, enjoying the fried confections at the bite of Seattle and of course, most importantly, trying to catch Pikachu. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We started our day walking to Dragon Fest which was being celebrated in the <a href="http://lydsblg.blogspot.com/2015/03/seattle-chinatown.html" target="_blank">International District</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My girlfriend had her phone out at the beginning of the walk flicking pokeballs at the animal-esque creatures suddenly showing up on her screen. She wasn’t alone, the first pedestrian we came across was catching them too, as well as a family who was walking across the Jose Rizal bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once we made our way to the festival, it was time to celebrate a different fantastic and majestic creature, the dragon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We made it to the main stage just in time to see the opening act, dragons dancing to the drum. The performance was truly only a warmup for the main act later in the day, but it fulfilled our desire to see the dance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We arrived at Dragon Fest around 11:45am, and the festival was not fully set up yet. We walked around the booths and found a really cute, steam punk hat for a young child and were tempted to buy one, but the price drove us away. The booths were “the same that they ever was.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The only booth most people seemed to care about was the McDonald’s booth as the line stretched an entire city block. Why do people wait so long for some free soggy French fries? A question only answerable by a wiser man than me.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">After leaving the bite, we took the bus back to the International District to pick up some spinach to complete our dinner. We caught another bus home after catching some more pokemon. All in all, a successful, mostly sunny, if not all that warm day in Seattle full of mystical creatures, festivals and food.</span></div>
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Blog Post written by Ryan G. Photos by Sarah C. Thanks guys!</div>
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Living so near the beach is such a joy! If I am in the mood for a dip in the water, I can just hop in without having to travel on a bus for an hour to get there. If I am in the mood for just tanning on the sand, I can just walk out a few minutes, lay a blanket down, and fester in the wonderful rays of the Mui Wo sun. I'm definitely feeling like I am still on my perpetual holiday. </div>
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I am also still enjoying exploring a lot of where I live…one inch at a time! I love the island life!</div>
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There is a really nice walkway along Silvermine Bay beach. It runs along the coast, past a barbecue pit area, two mini hotels and towards one of my favorite (thus far) eateries in Mui Wo: China Beach Club. </div>
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The China Beach Club is found at the "end of the beach." The blue, yellow and red awnings make it easy to find. There's also a sign advertising China Beach Club's homemade apple crumble. The restaurant is up the stairs and has a wonderful veranda view of the beach...<br />
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The first time I stepped into the Club, it made me feel like I was in Panama City. It must be the furniture…or maybe the eclectic decor…but, the place has a really nice vibe to it.<br />
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Because I first went here with friends, they suggested a few of their favorite dishes to try. <br />
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The number one item on our order was a pitcher of Pimms. It's hot out these days, as I have complained about almost daily! So, it was quite refreshing to get a cold pitcher of anything but dull water.<br />
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My favorite dish we ordered was the barbecued prawns. There's just something about being able to be hands on with your food that makes eating it more enjoyable! These prawns were really the highlight of my luncheon…though all of the dishes were great…this dish really spurred my interest in eating prawns again…and, since having these shrimp, I've been ordering more seafood to broaden my Mui Wo Food repertoire. <br />
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The second dish we got was moussaka, which I had never had before. It's a mediterranean dish that was filled with egg plant. It was really nice…and I'm a big fan of egg plant. We also ordered a Greek Salad, but the moussaka actually came with a side of Greek Salad too. </div>
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So, if you do want to order a separate salad…maybe ask if any of the dishes came with a complimentary side of salad…then ask…if it's Greek…then you can be sure not to double order on the salad. (This was probably not that interesting…but, I am a salad person…so, I would rather test out two different salads that overloading on one type).</div>
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The fries were highly recommended and were probably the best fries that I'd had this decade! <br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Fun Fact: </span></b> When I was in high school, my friends and I would always head to one of the many fast food joints around our school. I think I must have taste-tested everything off of everyone's menus throughout my high school career. If asked, back then, which restaurant's fries I thought was the best…I would have said, "Jack in the Box's fries totally were the best." I wonder if I would still think that they are the best!<br />
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For dessert, there was no other option but for us to order the infamous apple crumble, which came with vanilla ice cream and custard on the side. This totally made the entire luncheon feel like a magnificently PERFECT luncheon. <br />
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Everything about today was amazing…the food, the location, the vibe and the company.<br />
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