Sylvia's Scenario

What is the best way to start off the beginning to long, dark days ahead now that summer is over?  How about celebrating at a Light Festival?  That's what Bruce and I did last night and we loved it.  We attended the United States' first international video projection mapping competition that was held here in Seattle at South Lake Union (SLU).  And it was awesome . What is video projection mapping, you ask?  Good question.  Apparently, it is very popular in Europe.  You need interesting architecture to make it work and then you need a big space in front of the big piece of architecture to view it.   Europe has both with all their ample walking space all over the place and all that amazing architecture.  Fortunately, we also have a place like that here at MOHAI's (Museum of History and Industry) with it's 5,000-square-foot facade and plentiful grassy standing space in front of it.  I'v...

Today, we celebrated Lauren's birthday with Sunday brunch at Portage Bay Cafe.   We take our food seriously so this place was for us. Lauren had Portage Bay Cafe pegged on her radar. We happily granted her wish to have a culinary experience here for her birthday. The Portage Bay Cafe is known for their Breakfast Bar which consists of fresh berries and cherries (seasonal fruit) along with bowls of coconut, nuts, raisins, butter, and organic maple syrup.  And a little whipped cream. They are also known for using local, organic and sustainable ingredients - a common trend here in Seattle and always dog friendly. We started off with the most delicious coffee (Fair Trade, of course) and Lauren ordered her usual Bloody Mary. Our server provided us with two complimentary pieces of their coffee cake to start us off. (What a nice guy!) It disappeared immediately since we were all starving, good thing because you definitely want t...