In August 2014, we embarked on a Pacific Northwest trip, visiting Portland, Seattle and, finally, Vancouver. Getting from Seattle to Vancouver was super easy. We took the Amtrak train, making sure to sit on the left side of the train. The train travels up the coast, and you get gorgeous views...

One of the best places to have dinner in Vancouver is down an alley, where a small restuarant sits, unassuming, yet amazing serving cheese and charcuterie – Salt Tasting Room   We started with some drinks while we looked over their extensive cheese, meat and accoutrement...

  In August 2014 we went to the Pacific Northwest for 10 days. We started in Portland to visit my sister and brother-in-law. Portland We got in early on a Thursday and decided to go to the Japanese Garden and the Rose Garden until my family was done with work. The Japanese Garden was...

  I want to become a bit more healthy and broaden my go-to recipes for dinner, so I have decided to cook 1 fish meal and 1 vegetarian meal a week. A few weeks ago, I picked up some amazing looking catfish fillets and decided to do the obvious – blackened spice. But since it was so...

Shiro’s Sushi If you’ve ever seen the movie “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” and have wanted to go to Tokyo but then realized you can’t, go to Shiro’s! He knows what he is doing! He was trained in Japan and moved to Seattle. We sat at the sushi bar and each ordered...