Flayvors of Washington Recipe Contest: Food Network

My sister-in-law has entered the “Flayvors of Washington Recipe Contest” through the Food Network. She came up with a very interesting lasagna recipe using Columbia Crest Pinot Grigio, pears, nutmeg, and lots of other tasty sounding ingredients. The two top finalists in the contest get flown out to New York to be on Bobby Flay’s cooking show.… read more “Flayvors of Washington Recipe Contest: Food Network”

Certified Advanced Web Application Developer

Just passed my final project for my Advanced Web Application Development course I took through the University of Washington. The course lasted for a whole school year (3 quarters) and dug deep into ASP.NET, web services, C# and SQL server. Fascinating information and I have actually taken a lot of time to learn stuff on the side as well.… read more “Certified Advanced Web Application Developer”

Flag Football Playoff Game Tonight

Tonight is the semi-final playoff game for the Screamin’ Eagles. In the several seasons I have been on the team, we have never made it past the semi-finals, though we get to that game regularly. Our flag football team has had a decent season, but we picked up a former pro basketball player who is now our star and haven’t lost when he plays.… read more “Flag Football Playoff Game Tonight”

OCB: Factoria Old Country Buffet

Today was “Seafood Friday” at the Old Country Buffet in Factoria, so B and Sae and I hit it up. “Seafood Friday” meant that they were serving clam chowder AND “Baked Fish”. No specification on what exactly the “Baked Fish” was, but my guess is herring.

I hadn’t been to the Old Country Buffet since I was about 11 years old.… read more “OCB: Factoria Old Country Buffet”