We have enjoyed being home this long Memorial Day weekend and mostly relaxing, entertaining and a little yard work. We planted some color spots around the yard and did lots of weed pulling - fun! Bruce's sister, Lynn, was visiting while she attended a wedding in the area of the daughter of a friend from her hometown of Kansas City.
She is an avid gardener herself, so she was more than happy to help out around the yard but we did lots of other little fun local activities, too, like visiting Volunteer Park
and the Conservatory
and the Conservatory
where there are lots of gorgeous plants.
Her visit was perfect timing because our own wisteria is in full bloom on our front porch so we all took lots of photos in front of it.
We wait all year for the two weeks of it's bloom so we need to enjoy it while it lasts.
Lynn aims for 10,000 steps a day so we made sure she had opportunities for that. On her first day, we went down to Alki beach. I still can't walk that much because of my bone spur removal so I found a nice shady spot to wait. Yesterday, they walked around Green Lake and finding a spot to wait was easy. I went to my favorite Chocolati, chocolate cafe. I love their drinks called the chill but even in cold weather, their hot chocolate is the best. I mean, it is a chocolate cafe, after all.
On Lynn's second day here, we went down to the waterfront and visited our favorite distillery called Copperworks. She and I just stumbled across it last year when she was visiting and we fell in love with the place and their products. They have a wonderful tasting bar.
They have expanded since last year with more products and have now won many awards.
Last year, we loved their gin. Now they have added a whiskey to their lineup that we tasted and Bruce bought a bottle of that, too. We need a punch card for this place...
We also bought a bottle of one of their wonderful flavored balsamic vinegars. It's a beautiful distillery with lots of beautiful copper and tables with stools to sit down while you taste all that they have to offer. A great place to visit while on the waterfront. We had our Memorial Day barbecue on Thursday evening because that was Lynn's only evening here. She had wedding festivities on Friday and Saturday evenings and left Sunday evening to return to Kansas City. Bruce made his barbecued ribs and I made my macaroni salad along with corn-on-the-cob and baked beans. I made my chocolate brownie cookies for something sweet afterwards. It was fun picking Lynn up when she arrived because she was coming from Orcus Island after visiting Bruce's brother and his wife who have a second home up there. She arrived via float plane on Lake Union, not your usual kind of airport.
It was an hour flight from Orcus Island so then we went home for lunch of our family- favorite chinese chicken salad. Of course, Bruce had to make another family-favorite breakfast of Dutch babies while Lynn was here. Lynn lived in Portland, Oregon in the 70's and it was at Portland's Original Pancake House where we all had our first Dutch babies. They made an impression on us and we're still eating them today. And the restaurant is still there.
Between all our good food and drink for Lynn's visit, we've had a very successful Memorial Day weekend.
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