Mom was here!

So, I know I'm REALLY behind in blogging - but Mom was able to come up for a visit!! We were very excited to have her. She flew in on Aug. 23 and sadly left on Aug. 26th. By the time we got her toured around the house and feeling a bit settled it was dinner time... since we discovered this great little town called Snohomish the week before we decided to go there to walk around and find a dinner spot.

While walking around we found a great little Farmer's Market with bundles of fresh flowers FOR ONLY $5!!! Wowsa! We ended up eating at a little placed called Chuck's Seafood Grotto. Mom and Daryl said their fish wasn't all that good and my hamburger (claimed to be Kobe and equal to the $60 New York version) wasn't very good either. The scenery was great and so was the solo live musician.


The next day Mom and I went shopping - of course I had to take her to the Premium Outlets mall by the house - features stores like Chico's, Coach, Movado, and so many other cool places. Well - we also stopped at the luggage store because Mom found she would be packing back a whole lot more than she brought. That evening we went to Karen and Kevin's house (behind us) for a great barbecue dinner. Between us we shared filet mignon and Copper River Salmon. We also brought roasted corn and home made peach cobbler.

Saturday we took the boat to Seattle. Though a little cloudy and cooler temps, I found the day to be perfect for boating. I have been known to enjoy cooler temps than most people though.



Good thing Mom got the extra suitcases, she really enjoyed Pike's Place. While walking around the market, we ended up in an alley area with other shops and such. We saw a chowder shop and I had recalled a client of mine telling me about this great place that serves the best chowder ever and you can get a sample platter which ends up being enough for 2 to eat lunch. Well, this ended up being the place - Pike Place Chowder. No visit to Seattle, especially downtown, is complete without sampling some of the local fare.

I forgot to mention that while eating at the Chowder House we were waiting for Mom's 18 POUND FRESH KING SALMON to be filleted and packed for bringing home.

It's a bit blurry because of low light, but you can see her fish being thrown.

No, the price below the fish on the counter was not for the same kind of fish.

So, mom had a great trip sampling the local fare, enjoying the abundant beautiful flowers and we stopped every day at the fruit stands - because you just can't get better, fresher, juicier fruit in the grocery store or anywhere else in Arizona for that matter. She brought home Walla Walla Sweet Onions, Peaches, Nectarines and I don't even know what else! :-)

We're glad you were able to come visit - now we can't wait for you to come back - there's still so much more to see!