Taking A Break From Life

     Today we took a day off from our daily life and ran away. 
     SuperMoto had a holiday today so we got up early and hit the road. We started out having breakfast in Glen Ellen. We had a delightful meal. We then headed towards Santa Rosa to pick up SuperMoto's KTM seat from Renazco, a company that makes custom dual sport motorcycle seats. Once we inspected it, admired it, smelled it, licked it, fawned over it and hugged it a couple times, (*might be slightly exaggerating there*) we had the rest of the day to ourselves to wander Sonoma County. 
     We wandered around the town of Sonoma. We had such a relaxing enjoyable time eating espresso covered ice cream, having barbecue, tasting cheese at the cheese company, watching the ducks in the park, and wandering into and out of the lovely shops and galleries. Let me just tell you this. We have both been in the Bay Area our entire lives basically and Sonoma on a weekend can be a super busy place. Sonoma on a Monday is AWESOME!! It was easy to find parking, it was quiet, the streets were open, there were tables and benches available anywhere we wanted to sit down. We had a blast.
     During our journey home we went in search of Bacchus Glass. It is a place we have wanted to go for a long time but they aren't open on the weekends so we never get to. Today we did and we were blown away. We are lucky to have two Bacchus pieces hanging in our current home and are hoping to acquire a few more for our new house. This was an inspiring visit to say the least. The owner couldn't have been nicer and although he was just running out, he stopped everything, gave us an incredibly informative tour and let us have all the time in the world looking around. Again, a magical experience. A fun time was had by all.

Sugar Cookie Fantasy

I am doing it again. 
Another one of my baking fantasies...


I am alone in my kitchen. I can hear SuperMoto outside
running a chainsaw or something noisy that makes me aware that he is outside working. All of my beautiful pans are stacked up on the island. I can hear the tink of the ovens preheating. The mixer is whirring away creaming butter and sugar. Stacks of sprinkles and cellophane bags are everwhere. There is a dusting of flour on the counter that makes a path between the bag and the bowl of the mixer. The GeoDog is asleep on the floor by my feet. Close enough to trip me but not. (This is my fantasy after all) (In real life I would have fallen already and been at the ER having x-rays) I am preparing to make my first sugar cookies in my new kitchen. 


Isn't this the most beautiful fantasy in the world? Well, ok, for me anyway. I get it, you probably don't dream about baking in your kitchen, but you know me and
I DO!! 

Our Commute

Our commute home is a Scenic Byway. It is the first marine scenic byway in the state of Washington. 

There is only one other state in the nation that has a scenic byway. 

When you get on the ferry, and it pulls away from the dock, the view takes your breath away. Literally. There hasn't been a time that we have sat down on the ferry that I am not made speechless by the beauty of the view. 

A direct ferry takes about 70 minutes to get from the Anacortes to Friday Harbor. If you have the time and want to really get the million dollar view you can jump on a ferry that stops at all four stops, Lopez, Shaw, Orcas, and San Juan Islands. I would recommend this to anyone who hasn't explored this area as it is the most lovely views. 

City vs. Island #4 The Restaurant Situation Revisited

Do you like a good hamburger?

Do you like a gorgeous view?

Do you like to feel the warm sun on your skin?

Do you think you might like all three of those things at the same time?

Well, if you would you might want to go have a hamburger at Friday's Crabhouse.

I am pretty sure you are supposed to want to eat fresh cracked dungeness crab, steam clams, mussels, clams, and oysters, homemade crab-cakes, fresh grilled salmon, fish and chips...get the picture? If you asked SuperMoto, he would tell you all of these things are to die for good. They have this fantastic homemade sauce that they smother their shellfish with. When we eat here he grins and slurps and is in shellfish lover heaven!


The view of Friday Harbor and the Ferry Terminal is so amazing. Sitting there with the sun beating down on you while you watch the ferry pulling up to the dock is unbelievable. I have sat up on the top deck with the GeoDog waiting for SuperMoto to run off the ferry with his suitcases. During the summer this is the most wonderful spot in the world!