Stacy and Brian's Adventures in Life: Olympia

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Images from the train

Some of the prettiest scenery on the Amtrak Cascades is the 10 miles or so just north of Olympia when the train hugs the Puget Sound.

This time of year, we hit this part of the journey around sunset and every Friday night we are rewarded with some glorious sights and colors. If we are lucky enough, the sun dips just below the Olympic mountain range and turns the sky all shades.

A few weeks ago, I took these shots of the Narrows Bridge, but the fading light was amazing last week so I snapped a few more.

Do you see the heart in the sky?

Just for the record, I used my Android phone (T-Mobile MyTouch) and played around a bit with the camera settings for an "antique" slightly retro look to the photos.

Enjoy!
Stacy

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Farmer's Market Summer: Market #1 - Olympia, WA

So my goal this summer is to try as many farmer's markets as possible (in and around Portland and Seattle) and create a menu around the fresh, locally grown items that I purchase. Call it a little Locavore Experiment of my own.

On Saturday, Brian and I hit the Olympia Farmers Market. It was an unexpected beautiful, sunny and hot day. The market was packed when we got there and we spent about 30 minutes wandering around and formulating our plan for dinner.

I quickly bought a bunch of spring onions and a large yellow onion from Walla Walla - along with some asparagus. My mind swirled around a pasta primavera, but to be honest....there wasn't a lot of variety. Aside from apples, pears and asparagus - the market just doesn't have many veggies this time of year.

Brian and I contemplated our meal over a glass of wine on an outdoor patio across from the market and decided to cook two chicken breasts and top each with a ragu of onions, garlic, mushrooms and roma tomatoes and grill our asparagus in the oven. Brian also added his red parsley potatoes and our first "Market Dinner" of the spring/summer was born.