NewMexiKen will be returning to the Land of Enchantment later today. In the meanwhile, I haven’t much to say.
I don’t know why The Sweeties disappeared from the right sidebar — well, I know why but I can’t seem to fix it. I’ll get them back somehow. Update: Replaced old version with new slideshow version. It still needs some tweaking — and some new photos, but The Sweeties are back!
Dinner last night at a West Seattle waterfront restaurant included a stunning view of the city skyline across Elliott Bay on a beautifully clear evening. Mount Rainier stood out above the haze and from different vantage points one could see the North Cascades in the east and the Olympic Mountains across Puget Sound. This really is a magnificent setting and a great city to visit. If you haven’t been here, make a point of it.
I had salmon Friday, Sunday, Wednesday lunch and Wednesday dinner. Monday I had halibut. Oh, and oysters on the half-shell both Sunday and Monday. Yummy. (It’s not as if fresh fish isn’t available just about anywhere these days, but it just seems right when one is near the ocean.)
Ooh, salmon, that sounds good. Now I really want to visit Seattle again.
I guess it’s a little late to make the suggestion now that you’ve left Seattle, but if you like salmon, you should try steelhead some time. It’s from the same family (salmon/steelhead/trout), and it’s really delicious. I actually like it better than salmon or trout, although it’s not nearly as readily available.
Steelhead IS fantastic. When it hits town (Portland) everyone has it and it’s not that expensive, relatively speaking.
Sounds better than the fish sticks we get down here, made from sand trout. Caught in the rapids of the Santa Cruz river