One-Year Seattle Anniversary

Wow, I can’t believe that today marks our one-year anniversary in Seattle! Exactly a year ago, Stuart and I were driving a packed U-Haul truck from Menlo Park, California to Seattle. I was really impressed with our ability to fit everything we owned into the smallest U-Haul, as a result of hours of careful stacking and reconfiguring. 850 miles later, we were starting our new adventure in the Pacific Northwest. Little did I know that it would turn into a culinary adventure as well, in the form of this blog!

So much has happened in just one year….

1.     We moved to a new state

2.     I started graduate school at the University of Washington

3.     I was hired as a Teaching Assistant for my first college class

4.     I made the decision to work towards an MA instead of a PhD

5.     I made some great new friends

6.     Stuart and I traveled to Canada for the first time

7.     I got my first Le Cruset dutch oven (a gift from Stuart’s parents)

8.     My little sister graduated from college

9.     Stuart and I got married!

10.  I changed my name

11.  I passed an important French exam

12.  I started a food blog ;)

13.  Two of my good friends got engaged

14.  My sister and her boyfriend got their first apartment together

15.  My mom registered for her second Ironman event

16.  Stuart and I planned a honeymoon in Hawaii (we leave on September 8^th!)

 

A photo I took of the University of Washington campus

 

Stuart at Mount Rainier 

 

View of the city from Gasworks Park 

 

First comes the wedding, next comes the honeymoon!