honestly, we do more than just eat!

If you only know about our life from this blog, you must wonder if we do anything except eat... yes, this is another blog entry about food. Tonight we piled into two cars and made our way to a seafood restaurant in Seattle: Ivar's Salmon House. In this photo you can see myself, daughter Jessica, friend Elena (from Moldova), Anne, Kenny, and his friend Aurora. 

Ivar Haglund is a legendary Seattle figure who opened a string of seafood restaurants in the Seattle area. They each have a different theme; the Salmon House is constructed with a strong influence of the "long house" style of Northwest native americans. You can see the native american influence throughout the facility in its design and artwork. Here is a photo of us with the large totem in the lobby of the restaurant. The food tonight was tasty, although the Mixed Grill Trio (which Aurora and I both ordered) arrived a bit cold. The staff made it up to use with some tasty deserts.

Elena has been subjected to many different kinds of food during her visit with us, and she's tried everything! We've had American hamburgers, Mexican food, Italian food, Chinese food, and now Northwest salmon. We still have a few more places to stop (a teriyaki restaurant and a Mongolian restaurant) before we're done. In addition to eating, she's also had chances to visit our church, do some shopping, visit Pike Place Market, and the Seattle Aquarium. Still on the list of tourist stops: the Seattle Space Needle.