good eats: sawyer

Since my first post on Pancake, a couple of weeks have passed and she’s now officially home with her new family!

I cannot emphasize this enough, but I LOVE Pomeranians. I could not have dreamt up a more perfect dog. I’ve loved the breed for as long as I can remember and that affinity has followed me through adulthood.

I had the pleasure of capturing some of that PNW essence for the Le family this weekend —Washington natives and UW sweethearts with the sweetest camera lovin’ daughter.

andy and i have been wanting to try sawyer since it opened but, for some reason or another, hadn’t made it there. we were reminded of it earlier this week through a seattle times’ article on their james beard nomination for best new restaurant

Food adventures are some of my favorite adventures and this Saturday provided the opportunity for a fun new experience — a private tasting for a new restaurant opening next week!

Bateau is from Chef-owner Renee Erickson. We frequent her Ballard seafood inspired restaurant Walrus and the Carpenter, so we were excited to get our beef on at her steakhouse.

I celebrated my 31st birthday in my favorite place on earth — new york city. birthdays are always a melancholy time for me. yet, the city always continues to surprise and delight me.

“I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”

“You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”