Sylvia's Scenario

We are starting our New Year on a spicy note, specifically with  Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes  that I made for dinner last night.  We forget how tasty some of the recipes are on my blog and this one is a favorite.  On New Year's Eve, we invited my friend to dinner who lives in the neighborhood and I made my  Chinese Chicken Salad  and  Won Tons .  Knowing my menu, she brought some Vegetable Egg Rolls with Peanut Sauce that was like a rolled up salad with the most delicious peanut sauce that was finger-licking good.  I especially had fun using my new dinner plates on New Year's Eve that Lauren gave me for Christmas from my favorite Seattle shop called Watson Kennedy . These dinner plates are their beige cabbage plates and I love them.  Setting the table brings such simple pleasure and joy when I get to use my new dinner plates.  It was a lovely, quaint evening sitting by the fire talking and getting ca...

Nick sent us this photo yesterday and I guess you can tell that he has his hands full these day being a dad.  And our little grand babies love him being their Daddy (and the cat, too!) We also FaceTimed and once again we loved connecting with them despite our 5,000 mile distance.  Fortunately for us, we have Lauren close by so we celebrated Father's Day with her yesterday.  She invited us over to her apartment for dinner and we had a wonderful time.  Father and Daughter In case you don't notice, those are tipsy wine glasses we gave Lauren for Christmas one year.  I got them at Watson Kennedy , my most favorite gift shop in all Seattle.  He's not carrying them in the shop right now, but here is another site where you can get them here .  We had fun using them yesterday.  We went up to Lauren's roof top patio of her building which is a gorgeous spot. The view is amazing and there are nice lounge chairs and couches, tables with cha...

Sylvia's Christmas List:  Anything at Watson Kennedy. Period. That was easy.  Yep, I'm easy to shop for.  Just head down to Watson Kennedy on First Ave. and Spring and you will make me a very happy person.  This is my new favorite store. Today, they had their Holiday Open House, complete with mimosas, some special brew  Pollard Coffee  from Vashon Island and a tasting of various local spreads with bread from Sea Wolf Bakery . I mean, just look at this gorgeous bread.  I wrote about Sea Wolf bakery last spring on my scrumptious   Mother's Day   post. My brother-in-law organized quite the spread for us and we were all very happy moms.   Remember all those incredible breads?  Very yummy.  Well, they were from Sea Wolf bakery, too. Watson Kennedy provided only the finest for their Open House.  If you are wondering who Watson Kennedy is, just check ou t his  website .  You can ...