The Big Green House

Monday, May 26, 2003

 

I suppose you can do better?

And now, the moment you�ve all been waiting for: the traditional Monday �what we did over the weekend� update! Woo-hoo, as the kids say.

Saturday: Lucy and I pick up Science Girl at Stately Science Manor. We head to Magnuson Park for a picnic and walkies, although we avoid the off-leash area. Big dogs like to gang up on small dogs and Lucy, being a terrier, will not take any shit from any dog, no matter what size.

SG, good Scandinavian girl and daughter of the Northwest that she is, craves fish for dinner. I grew up in a house where if it wasn�t meat or potatoes it usually wasn�t on the menu, so fish and I don�t always get along. However, I know a recipe for petrale sole, from The Sicilian Gentleman�s Cookbook, which is easy and quite yummy. We have it with saffron rice, steamed broccolini with lemon juice, a nice green salad, and a bottle of L�Ecole No. 41 semillion.

Sunday: Continuing the Scandinavian theme, I suggest a trip down to Ikea. It sounds like a good idea at the time. What we don�t know until we get there is that this is Tax-Free Weekend, so everybody and their brother is shopping at Ikea today. We battle the crowds for about an hour. SG scores new light fixtures for Science Manor; I pick up some cooking utensils & the beginnings of a nifty ulcer. (I don�t handle crowds very well.)

On the way home, we stop at Spud�s and pick up some fish & chips to bring home. If there�s a better source for fish & chips in Seattle, I�ve yet to find it. I am somewhat dismayed by the absence of malt vinegar to go, however, and of course we don�t have any at home. I muddle through somehow.

After dinner, we round up the dog and take her to Hamlin Park. (This link is to a panoramic view of the park, but since it requires QuickTime I can�t tell you if it works or not.) Lucy has far too much fun running around and playing Wild Forest Dog, and promptly jumps into her chair and falls asleep when we get home.

And there you have it. Nothing terribly interesting for those not personally involved, I�m afraid, but then I am a boring person. Science Girl is interesting on her own, but I�m a bad influence and make her do boring things.

bmarkey 5/26/2003 07:57:00 PM