Katrina here, with a brief Crase update. Jamie and John spent the weekend with us, and we celebrated Chinese New Year in the International District on Saturday. As usual with any of our joint ventures, big or small, we had a glorious time.To kick off the weekend, I heard John chopping something in the kitchen Saturday morning. Turned out to be pineapple, and he was making Eggs Benedict for breakfast. It was absolute heaven. We also had an amazing dinner in on Saturday night, and with Jamie as my sous chef, we are unstoppable in the kitchen (and don't end up buried under dishes). The guys had picked up groceries on the way back from a bike ride. Good food, good friends, good conversation, some casual travel discussion—a very nice start to the Lunar New Year.
I think it's very cool that 2008 is "Jamie's Year" so to speak, since her Chinese sign is the Rat. This year promises "Great renewal, success and adventure," for her. Sounds good to me!
Jamie's looking great, feeling fabulous, she's sporting a gorgeous new hat (knit by Ali), and is Madeline's new "best friend". They played together a lot this weekend, and on Sunday M said, "I just want Jamie and John and Shorty to stay with us all the time now, OK? " If only we could all just hang out and have fun all the time... the perpetual holiday. Although with John and I cooking for all of us all the time, we'd all need to invest in some new mountain bikes (and ride them a lot)!
Gong xi fa cai! Wishing you prosperity! (Happy New Year!)
