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A Night in Georgetown: The Corson Building

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Mrs. Betsy Jangles Godzilla vs. fire hydrant We spent a weekend exploring the eclectic neighborhood of Georgetown just North of Boeing Field and South of Sodo (South of Downtown) Seattle.  The neighborhood is made up of a lot of industrial buildings, funky shops, a flea market made up of trailers and the  Georgetown Brewery .  A few of the treasures obtained from the flea market were a boxing Godzilla puppet and an accordion. We decided to cap off the adventure by having Sunday supper family style at the Corson Building.  The restaurant is committed to organic processes and building and using community relationships and products.  In fact, they've entered into a partnership with a Vashon Island Farm,  The Old Chaser Farm  , where they source  some of their restaurant ingredients.  The farm offers a weekly box full of products from the farm similar to  Full Circle Farm , but also includes items like preserves and recipes from the Corson Building.    Po and Ro r

A Divine Dining Renee Erickson Trilogy

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Trilogies bring to mind epic movies for us.  Movies that start great enough to deserve two more follow on movies.  Action adventure classics like Mission Impossible, the Matrix, Indiana Jones, Terminator, Spider-Man, Die Hard, the Bourne Trilogy and the Godfather (which we are watching now because somehow Ro has gone her whole life without watching one of them).   The funny ones like Austin Powers, Naked Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story and Back to the Future. Not to be forgotten, the scary entries like the Hannibal Lector series, Scream and Alien. Then there are the special cases where the original movie spawns a dual trilogy.  Take the Star Wars trilogy for example, which spawned the prequel trilogy.  Likewise, the ever popular Lord of the Rings trilogy has recently released the Hobbit which will have to wait and see how many additional movies come hereafter.   We enjoy movie trilogies, but if we find a good restaurant, there's nothing better than when the owner