Seattle Summer and Fresh Figs

It's summertime in Seattle. Summer officially kicked off last Saturday, June 21, with the nearby Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade, including a naked bike ride! I'll spare you those photos. You're welcome!

What I will share is a photo of three fully clothed humans - Mike (Bryce's Dad), Bryce, and I. Mike is our first summer visitor and, of course, we dragged him through the (Pike Place) market on Saturday morning. The crowd was crowded and the weather was great. This, from what I understand, is Seattle in the Summer.

Seattle

Please allow me to interrupt the late and sporadic posts surrounding our wedding for a big, giant life change. As always, when it rains it pours and we found out just a few weeks prior to our big day that Bryce was offered a promotion through his job to Seattle, Washington.

Honolulu Farmer's Market

I have a serious love affair with Farmers' Markets. This week Bryce and I went to the Honolulu Farmers' Market for the first time. It's on Wednesday evenings outside the nearby concert hall. 

My two favorite purchases were these: a whole wheat fig loaf and meyer lemon butter spread!

The incredibly good looking jam and jelly salesman let me try about 15 flavors before I picked one to buy :) Then Bryce came and bought it for me, haha.

Fig and Brie Grilled Cheese

Remember when I told you that food in Hawaii is expensive?  It is, I promise.  If you're really in the mood to go broke, just stop by the organic, all-natural, vegetarian friendly, hippie-type stores around town and your wallet will be empty faster than you can say "Alooooha"!

Last night, I did just that.  My debit card and I stopped by at Down to Earth and picked up 4 items: an iced tea for immediate gratification, a small carton of figs, a small jar of sun dried tomatoes, and a bag of chocolate flavored chips.  The damage: $20.01!

Figs are a food that are near and dear to my heart.  My Pap Pap always grew figs in his yard and we used to love eating them together.  I constantly miss Pap, but have been thinking about him even more so this week while making some BIG life changes, more on that in a few days :)  It hurt to pay $7.99 for about 10 figs, but I did it anyway for good measure!

Meanwhile, back home in the fridge, I had some brie cheese leftover from the mini brie-stuffed turkey burgers.  That's 2 of my all time favorite items!  I had to find a way to combine figs and brie...

Today during my lunch hour, while perusing through the farmer's market downtown, I spotted this roasted garlic loaf and had to have it!