Senior Danilsons for the Day

In celebration of MLK day, Gary and Jan Danilson made their annual trip down to visit us Junior Danilsons at our Seattle home. Okay- just kidding but we did the math and it had been almost a whole since we had invited them down- we are gonna have to work on getting invitations out more often, we love having company.

We were very happy to spend a day visiting some of our favorite spots in the City with them on this sunny Monday. After a little relaxing at the Casa, reveling in the magnificence of the bookcase, we headed over to the Columbia City Ale House to fill our hungry bellys. The food was great- Jan took a few pictures there I will try to post when I see them.

From there we made the scenic drive around Lake Washington over to City People's Garden, who claim to be open seven days a week all year, but however were closed today. We will have to try again next time Gary and Jan are in town because it really is a neat store.

Thwarted, we headed over to the Queen Anne neighborhood to stroll and take in the shops. A few boutiques and a couple grocery stores later we were loaded down and ready to take over another part of town.

Off we went to The Macrina Bakery, the new one in the SoDo area. It was late enough in the day we missed the full bevy of dessert treat options they normally have- but still were able to find some sweet treats AND amazing parking. If you like Macrina but can't bear the thought of parking downtown or on Queen Anne, there is ALWAYS free parking, right out front of the SoDo store.

Sufficiently strengthened we headed to our final destination of the day, the Uwajimaya Asian Grocery Store. Tyson and Gary got dinner essentials while Jan and I checked out the cool gift shop stuff. Far too soon, Tyson was checked out and ready to go home and get cooking.

Katie and Jamie came over and joined us for a delicious dinner of: Roasted Chicken, Potato Gratin and Stewed Cauliflower, cooked of course by the overly talented Tyson. Fun was had by all. Everyone left stuffed and happy and I have been blogging ever since!

Thank you for visiting Senior Danilsons, we are happy to host you whenever you are in town and hope to see you here again soon : )