My sister came to visit Seattle for the first time this week. She lives
in my hometown in upstate NY. At first I was worried that we were not
going to find anything for her to eat (she doesn't do fish, seafood, or
Asian food, and is quite picky about everything else), but we showed her
a good time. Some of the highlights, food-wise:

Costco and Central Market in Edmonds and Shoreline, respectively. The
sample ladies were out in force at Costco. Both SO and Sister had their
fill.

Uwajimaya. Unfortunately, there were no geoducks at which to gawk. More
unfortunately, Sister found the Hello Kitty section of the store.
Fortunately, her 3-year-old grandchild who's a Hello Kitty freak already
had much of the stuff. In a "hell freezes over" moment, she tried a
sample of a red bean bun at the deli department and declared it good.
The girl may be coming around...

Pike Place Market, of course. We got there before many of the non-food
vendors arrived. She got to see the fish chuckers, World Spice, Spanish
Table, De Laurenti, and Paris Grocery.

Penzey's. She'd been to the one in Grand Central Station before, so
this wasn't a new experience.

The Paradise Inn at Mt. Rainier National Park. After a long drive
around the park and a couple of short hikes, we settled in for dinner.
She enjoyed the buffalo meat loaf.

The Friday Night Follies. Every year the SO and I have a spiedie fest
for our neighborhood group. Even though it was Labor Day weekend, we
had a large crowd (nearly 20) to munch on lamb and chicken.

She returned to NY this morning a few pounds heavier, but happy. I
expect to see the rest of the family out here before too long on the
basis of her recommendations.

Cindy

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On 03/09/2011 5:45 PM, Cindy Fuller wrote:
> My sister came to visit Seattle for the first time this week. She lives
> in my hometown in upstate NY. At first I was worried that we were not
> going to find anything for her to eat (she doesn't do fish, seafood, or
> Asian food, and is quite picky about everything else), but we showed her
> a good time. Some of the highlights, food-wise:
>
> Costco and Central Market in Edmonds and Shoreline, respectively. The
> sample ladies were out in force at Costco. Both SO and Sister had their
> fill.

Send her up here and I can take her on a Costco tour and see if they are
much different from the other Costcos.

>

On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:45:15 -0700, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:

> Pike Place Market, of course. We got there before many of the non-food
> vendors arrived. She got to see the fish chuckers, World Spice, Spanish
> Table, De Laurenti, and Paris Grocery.

Pappardelle's Pasta isn't there anymore? I liked that 10x better than
the fish throwing when I visited Pike Place.

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"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
...
> My sister came to visit Seattle for the first time this week. She lives
> in my hometown in upstate NY. At first I was worried that we were not
> going to find anything for her to eat (she doesn't do fish, seafood, or
> Asian food, and is quite picky about everything else), but we showed her
> a good time. Some of the highlights, food-wise:
>
> Costco and Central Market in Edmonds and Shoreline, respectively. The
> sample ladies were out in force at Costco. Both SO and Sister had their
> fill.

There's a Central Market in Edmonds? Where? I only know of PCC. I grew up
in Edmonds! There *is* one in Mill Creek.
>
> Uwajimaya. Unfortunately, there were no geoducks at which to gawk. More
> unfortunately, Sister found the Hello Kitty section of the store.
> Fortunately, her 3-year-old grandchild who's a Hello Kitty freak already
> had much of the stuff. In a "hell freezes over" moment, she tried a
> sample of a red bean bun at the deli department and declared it good.
> The girl may be coming around...

My daughter loves the Sanrio place at 99 Ranch Market in Edmonds. She has
never been to Uwajimaya. My husband has no interest in driving her there.
And I hate driving in that area.

<snip>

Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> In article >,
> Cindy Fuller > wrote:
>
>> Penzey's. She'd been to the one in Grand Central Station before, so
>> this wasn't a new experience.
>
> There's a Penzey's in Seattle now? I may have to send RIch when he
> next has to go over the mountains.

It's fairly new.

"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
...
> My sister came to visit Seattle for the first time this week. She lives
> in my hometown in upstate NY. At first I was worried that we were not
> going to find anything for her to eat (she doesn't do fish, seafood, or
> Asian food, and is quite picky about everything else), but we showed her
> a good time. Some of the highlights, food-wise:
>
> Costco and Central Market in Edmonds and Shoreline, respectively. The
> sample ladies were out in force at Costco. Both SO and Sister had their
> fill.
>
> Uwajimaya. Unfortunately, there were no geoducks at which to gawk. More
> unfortunately, Sister found the Hello Kitty section of the store.
> Fortunately, her 3-year-old grandchild who's a Hello Kitty freak already
> had much of the stuff. In a "hell freezes over" moment, she tried a
> sample of a red bean bun at the deli department and declared it good.
> The girl may be coming around...
>
> Pike Place Market, of course. We got there before many of the non-food
> vendors arrived. She got to see the fish chuckers, World Spice, Spanish
> Table, De Laurenti, and Paris Grocery.
>
> Penzey's. She'd been to the one in Grand Central Station before, so
> this wasn't a new experience.
>
> The Paradise Inn at Mt. Rainier National Park. After a long drive
> around the park and a couple of short hikes, we settled in for dinner.
> She enjoyed the buffalo meat loaf.
>
> The Friday Night Follies. Every year the SO and I have a spiedie fest
> for our neighborhood group. Even though it was Labor Day weekend, we
> had a large crowd (nearly 20) to munch on lamb and chicken.
>
> She returned to NY this morning a few pounds heavier, but happy. I
> expect to see the rest of the family out here before too long on the
> basis of her recommendations.

Lovely I am so pleased it all worked out for you

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In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My sister came to visit Seattle for the first time this week. She lives
> > in my hometown in upstate NY. At first I was worried that we were not
> > going to find anything for her to eat (she doesn't do fish, seafood, or
> > Asian food, and is quite picky about everything else), but we showed her
> > a good time. Some of the highlights, food-wise:
> >
> > Costco and Central Market in Edmonds and Shoreline, respectively. The
> > sample ladies were out in force at Costco. Both SO and Sister had their
> > fill.
>
> There's a Central Market in Edmonds? Where? I only know of PCC. I grew up
> in Edmonds! There *is* one in Mill Creek.
> >
> > Uwajimaya. Unfortunately, there were no geoducks at which to gawk. More
> > unfortunately, Sister found the Hello Kitty section of the store.
> > Fortunately, her 3-year-old grandchild who's a Hello Kitty freak already
> > had much of the stuff. In a "hell freezes over" moment, she tried a
> > sample of a red bean bun at the deli department and declared it good.
> > The girl may be coming around...
>
> My daughter loves the Sanrio place at 99 Ranch Market in Edmonds. She has
> never been to Uwajimaya. My husband has no interest in driving her there.
> And I hate driving in that area.
>
> <snip>

No, I said that Central Market is in Shoreline. The Costco is in
Edmonds.

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In article
>,
Ranée at Arabian Knits > wrote:

> Man! We were right by there in April. I just didn't know it was
> there. Rich will be in that area in a couple weeks, so I will send a
> list. :-)
>
It's across Pine St. from Nordstrom Rack. The signage is very low-key.
Negotiating the layout takes some work (probably so they can sell more
spices ;-), but the staff is very friendly.

Cindy

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