Yesterday Iris invented a new game called “I’m takin’ your bacon.” The idea is that I hold some imaginary bacon and walk down the hall, and she sneaks up behind me and snatches it. Today, as always, we were playing with the kitty dollhouse and the pirate ship, and Iris said, “I know! We’re playing I’m […]
Iris planted herself behind the end of the couch with a pad of paper and announced that we were playing a game where she worked at a restaurant and we should order things. Iris: We’ve got beef, burgers, jalapeños, mustard, pork, onions, onion rings, and burgers. Me: I’d like a burger […]
Like everyone else, Iris loves free samples. She also loves the term “free samples.” The other night I tried to give her a kiss at bedtime and she said, “No free samples!” They often have free samples at the meat department at QFC around lunchtime, whatever’s on sale this week. Iris will try anything they’re sampling. […]
I’m coming to you semi-live from the new Victrola Coffee Roasters (aka V2) at Bellevue and Pike. Semi-live because there’s no wireless yet—or possibly, based on yesterday’s experience at Tully’s, people have started turning off the wi-fi when they see me approaching. But they’ve carved out a gorgeous, bright space in what I think was […]
I’ve never had okonomiyaki. One day, Iris and I will take a father-daughter trip to Japan, and we will feast on sushi, go to an eel restaurant, visit yakitori and okonomiyaki stands, and bring some plastic food home as souvenirs. Okonomiyaki is a pancake. You mix up a batter that contains flour, yam, and (this being […]