This was Spring Break week for UW, and since there was no money (or spousal consent) to spend the break in Cancun this year, a localized "mancation" was crafted. Two days of spring snowboarding, a WHL playoff hockey game, and a trip to the pantheon of cured meats in Seattle, Salumi, for a an epic sandwich. If only these days could last forever...
In these economic times, you've got to cut back on discretionary spending where you can. Not eating out is one place we have cut back, though we have not eaten out a lot regularly for a few years now, so we have even cut out ordering delivery pizza on a Friday night after a long week of work. And we're none the worse for it, in fact, we probably make better pizza at home than we can find in Seattle. Some Trader Joes' pizza dough ($1.99), jar of pizza sauce ($1.99 and lasts for three pizzas), mozarella cheese ($3.99 and covers two pizzas), and a package of gourmet pepperoni ($4.99 and covers two pizzas). So that's about $7.25 for a pizza made at home vs. $15-18 for the local delivery. I think the results speak (and taste) for themselves.
This weekend marked fifteen years of wedded bliss. To celebrate we rented a house on Whidbey Island for a couple of nights. It was just our style, a nice one bedroom cottage right on the water within walking distance of a state park beach and short drives to beach towns on the island. No crowds, no kids, no pets, just us. The weekend started sunny then turned to cold and windy with waves breaking right off the deck, followed by snow showers. Perfect for cranking up the fireplace and keeping busy with "inside activities". Capped it off with an excellent dinner at the Oystercatcher restaurant in Coupeville, probably the best restaurant meal we've had in years. Highly recommended. Now, after a nice three-day weekend its time to prep for another week of battle. But we can re-live the weekend through the photo slideshow posted at the left.
