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I had the best day at work ever! It was employee appreciation day at POP, called POPSquatch. The POPSquatch is kind of our beloved mascot. The day included breakfast, lunch and happy hour, gift card raffles, t-shirts, buttons, tattoos, Amazing Race/Scavenger Hunt, lip sync contest, gif photo booth and tons of excitement and fun! The […] Read more…
This past Saturday I was itching for a quick hike. Now I would normally take Paisley, our Airedale Terrier, out for this type of an adventure. But Bentley, our 11 year old Yorkie, was the lucky winner. We geared up and headed out to Discovery Park on a drizzly Seattle morning. The park was packed, […] Read more…
A few month back we stumbled on an interesting gallery space. We weren’t sure what it was but we saw a bunch of chefs in sitting around a table and the door was open so naturally, we let ourselves in. Greeted by Chef Maxime Bilet who showed us around his space and introduced us to […] Read more…
How did we celebrate Valentine’s Week? With a trip to one of Seattle’s finest hospitals, of course. What did you do? Something romantic I’m sure. We’ve just past the 5 month mark in our new town, so I guess it’s a fine time to kick the tires of Seattle’s medical system. As Bobby so eloquently […] Read more…
Chicken Marsala dates back to the 19th century. It most likely originated with English families who lived in western Sicily, where Marsala wine is produced. In the Arispe house it dates back to about 2007, when my hubby and I started to really get into cooking. This is one of the first dishes we perfected […] Read more…
February 9th brought us a special treat in Seattle. Now yes there is plenty of snow just an hour east, north, even west and south of Seattle. But in Seattle it is rare to get more than an inch. With reports of a massive snow storm moving up from Portland we were gazing out the […] Read more…
What an exciting time to move to Seattle! The Seahawks won the Super Bowl! It was really fun getting into the games and being a part of all the fan fair. I never really liked watching sports at all, but I also never knew what it was like to live in a city that had […] Read more…
We drove just 2 hours away from the grey and overcast weather in Seattle, and when we arrived at Crystal Mountain there was nothing but blue skies. We took the Mount Rainier Gondola up the side of the mountain to eat lunch at the Summit House restaurant. We watched people ski down the slopes as […] Read more…
We are so excited that Kyle decided to visit us in Seattle. Okay, to be truthful, he was here for work and we only got to spend about 16 hours with him total, but we’re SO happy to see him. We gave him a super condensed tour of our the city. Since he had already […] Read more…
We spent the day in Port Townsend, a quaint victorian town about 1.5 hours from Seattle. The weather was gorgeous! It was chilly, but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky which means we could see mountains in all directions. We ate lunch at Fins (the crab cakes were yummy) and popped in a few of the shops on the […] Read more…
We’ve lived in Seattle for 4 months now, so to celebrate I made breakfast tacos for the first time. When I was in San Antonio for Christmas, I purchased 3 dozen uncooked homemade tortillas from La Fogata restaurant. I never realized that for me, breakfast tacos are comfort food, but they have to be made […] Read more…
Back in Seattle, we celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary in culinary style at Canlis restaurant. We hung out, relaxed and recharged. We were itching for some snow so we took Paisley to a snow park in Snowqualmie. The slopes aren’t open yet due to lack of snow fall, but we were able to find enough for a […] Read more…
December seemed to fly by this year! Whoa! We took a super quick trip back to Texas to celebrate Christmas with the family, catch up with some of our besties and stuff our faces with tex-mex and barbecue. Bobby turned 32 and his nephew, Hector turned 1! Bobby and Baby Hector on their way to […] Read more…
The Target Team at POP gathered to recapped the great work from 2013 and eat, drink and be merry. To spread the holiday cheer, I decided to make cake balls for my new agency friends. And since my work-life revolves around Target, I loved the idea of adorning these tasty treats with the iconic Target […] Read more…
Social media pal and fellow Nikon shooter Louie Preciado came to Seattle to hang out with photographer friend Kimberly Scott. We had all met a few years back while working on a 48 Hour Film project in San Antonio. I picked up Louie on a Saturday morning and we set off to hit as much […] Read more…
Saturday brought our first mountain adventure. In the morning we headed to Leavenworth, a fun little Bavarian town in the Cascade Mountain Range, just 2.5 hours outside of Seattle. The drive took us through Stevens Pass. This mountain pass was an absolutely gorgeous drive. The snow began to build as we got further from Seattle, […] Read more…
When we downsized our living space a few years ago, we gave our ornaments away since there was no longer room for a christmas tree. This means we had to start from scratch this year. It’s hard to chose a theme or color scheme (Should I do a blue/green peacock colors? All felted animals and […] Read more…
This year we decided to participate in an new, old tradition—the advent calendar. We decided to forgo the usual Christmas gifts on the 25th, and instead we take turns receiving a small, thoughtful gift every other day. I chose the gifts (around $10) to give Bobby on the odd numbered days, and he chose the […] Read more…
A big thanks to Scott and Shannon Austin for the Goode Company Pecan Pie! It the best Pecan Pie anywhere. Period. And, it’s nice to have a little taste of Texas as we celebrate our first Thanksgiving in Seattle. Read more…
We hope you all had a very wonderful Thanksgiving filled with happiness and pie! We went a little non-traditional this year and it was a nice, stress-free day. We celebrated Thanksgiving as “orphans” (what transplants with no family in the area call themselves) by dining out at a restaurant on the Pier 70, called Aqua. […] Read more…