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So far, summer is off to an excellent start.

This is what it looked like when I checked my mail on Wednesday.

Cool huh? I knew my books and shoes were coming in but this giant box of deliciousness from Pike Place Market was a surprise. A wonderful surprise.  A wonderful surprise from Chris's cousin Marti.  (At least she's the only person who has claimed her awesomeness so far.)

But we lacked the necessary equipment for cooking up the contents and Chris had a late shift etc etc blah blah blah so we made preparation to feast last night.

And feast we did...

I'm pretty sure I said, " Pose like you're cooking!"  This is Chris telling me " Uh... I am cooking."

" Here. Pose with the crab."

Chris posing with the crab.

This is also Chris's My-wife-is-crazy-she's-lucky-she's-cute Face.

I has crabs!

 

The spread. The wonderful box contained two whole dungeness crabs, giant pieces of Salmon, a bottle of wine and a box of Frans Chocolate salted caramels, our favorite. We steamed corn and I bought a hunk of Beechers Flagship cheese. Which sells for the ungodly price of $13.95e per pound down here. I guess that makes up for the cheap watermelon prices.

Here's me going " I pinch! I pinch!" with the new crab crackers.

There was also lots of playing with the crab claws and saying

" ooooooohhhh, the claw..."

Chris with our Bacchanalian Feast!

I pinch.

Salmon with a sundried tomato pesto butter

In case you didn't know, we eat on antique china every night. On the left is a Noritake Windsor pattern we have been collecting. We have a 5 piece service for 7 so far and a bunch of random pieces. The piece on the right is one that I found here in Vegas when we needed plates.  They coordinate pretty well. Both designs were made by Noritake in the 1950's. We have a set back home that dates to 1933, some platters from 1931 and a few pieces still marked Nippon. We also eat with actual silverplated silverware. Some is date stamped to the 1890's. Thrifting pays off!

A totally contented Chris. Stuffed full of crab.

As evidenced by his shell bowl. LOL.

So much carnage and so many left overs! Salmon salads on Friday and Crab Fettucine on Saturday night!

Cheese, chocolates, crab, salmon, wine and true love. What more could a girl ask for?

And although we kept saying I pinch all night, we couldn't remember what it was from. But I found it today.  How fitting that it is an advertisement for Ariel Speedwagon. ( Fyi, Ariel Speedwagon is my car. And yes, I name everything.)

And I already finished one of the two books that arrived Wednesday. 

And I'm currently breaking in the heels that arrived. And drinking whiskey.( I call it cross training for the adventure that is the Def Leppard and Poison concert tomorrow night.)
 

Happy Friday!