Mixed Bag

Seattle...


Seattle was great (minus the noises I heard coming from my neighbor at the hotel - that was gross).I went to an amazing conference, got to travel to Port Hadlock via ferry and meet with some cool people from a potential sponsoring organization, and do service with the AmeriCorps State Program Office on 9/11.


Nice peak!


I consider the timing of this shot with the sailboat quite perfect:)



Near Port Hadlock - not bad! Port Hadlock was actually slated to be the port for Washington, not Seattle. So, there are a lot of really awesome old buildings downtown. It's cute. It's small. I went to the co-op there. It's a pretty hippie place - kinda like a Davis without the university. It was at the co-op that I heard a 5 year old being asked if he was drinking carrot juice and he proudly responded, "carrot and BEETS!" Only in a place like Davis would this happen.



This is the sustainable farm the team would work at - pretty!


Now, on to my thrift store finds...

Cool office supply...this might be coming to work with me.

I found the orange basket thingy most recently (the letter holder was a find from a while back and the little planter I got on ebay). The basket is set by the door and perfect for keys.

Owls!

Clever ice bucket (not sure if or when I will ever use it, but it's a nice design)!
And finally, a little sampling of my recent shots of fruit from the Davis Farmer's Market (America's Favorite!):






No planned trips right now, except for maybe New Orleans for Thanksgiving. Tim and I have also been thinking about heading to Monterey to check out the aquarium. I haven't been there for years. Any other suggestions?

Davis + Farmers Market = Great

One thing Tim and I love about living in Davis is the farmers market we attend every Saturday. Typically, our day starts at "Coffee Guy's," stand, then to the Aisu stand for a sandwich, then produce picking (including the required stop at "Apple Guy"). Coffee guy is a little crazy and has a hippie sidekick. Aisu is this amazing stand/bicycle-powered cart pictured here:

The woman that owns Aisu makes homemade popsicles with produce from the Davis Farmers Market vendors. She makes 2-3 types of sandwiches each week with all local, in season items, as well. The one I usually get is the Classic: cooked greens, fried eggs, goat cheese. It's damn good. We were excited to hear she is opening a storefront. This is big news, heard here first possibly!!!







It's pretty great, they have this permanent structure and the market runs all year, usually on both Wed. and Sat. It's at Central Park, pictured above (notice the bikes Davis is famous for). Typically, the Market involves not only food, but also music, and quintessential Davis: a whole row of political-type stuff. You should have seen this place during elections.


I'll try to get photos of our local favorites (Apple Guy, Coffee Guy, etc.). It's nice to feel like we're becoming locals; Apple Guy usually throws in an extra apple for free and we saw Coffee Guy at the store the other day and we chatted it up with him. Makes us sad to move to Sacramento, but we know we can come back every Saturday and we will.