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Italian Coast 2001

We went to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle today (yes, their website is zoo.org. Very cool.). I took lots of pictures with my new camera. Some highlights:

Seeing sloth bear cubs fighting
Watching river otters swim
Watching a grizzly kill an elk
Komodo dragons
Bats
The sleeping jaguar
Elephant poo paper in the gift shop
Watching a patas monkey vomit, then eat […]

After a nice weekend of winetasting, grilling, and enjoying friends and family in Lake Chelan, I have the following wine of the week to report on. 
Luna Merlot 2002
According to our friends at Luna: The 2002 Merlot has a deep, inviting nose of ripe cherries and brambleberry.  There is an underlying smokiness and spice, redolent of […]

This summer I plan to post more pictures that tell the story of my summer of 2006.  Here is the first one.
 

Coltibuono Chianti Classico 2004
According to them: Brilliant and deep ruby-red in colour.
On the nose it has notes of blackberries. It is full, soft and well-structured on the palate. It has a well-balanced acidity and a clean and persistent aftertaste.
According to me:  Up front this wine smelt like a mushroom patch, but as the wine opened […]

Pursuing My Passions has always been focused on my life after Microsoft, about indulging my passions for good food, contemporary Asian craft, and travel while somehow trying to build a business around those obsessions. But except for the occasional comment on a restaurant here an there, I haven’t spent much time looking outward at what other people are doing.

I wanted to build a bit of a community focused on changing contemporary Asian lifestyles, as well as on food, crafts, and design. Of course, with my ever-increasingly insane schedule, I never put the necessary amount of time into the project. But I’ve decided I will bite off a little at a time, much like I did originally with this blog… and for now, I’ve decided to create a blog wholly focused on an assortment of such things, rather than just on what I’m up to myself.

The first couple of entries on that blog are now up on MoriAwase.com. If you have any sort of enthusiasm for rustic-contemporary Asian craft, contemporary Asian art and design, for Asian cuisine and travel, please take a look, and consider signing up to participate in the MoriAwase.com Forums.

Pursuing My Passions will continue, focused mostly on what I’m cooking, where I’m traveling, and what I’m doing with my business, as it always has… MoriAwase will be a bit more focused on the world around me, and perhaps more traditionally blog-like with links to interesting content outside of my narrow little sphere.

Last night Liz and I ventured up to our favorite place to enjoy a glass of wine in Seattle - Maple Leaf Cellar.  Owners Jill and Paul were hosting a “Sideways” party with a bunch of folks geeking out on 5 very different Pinot Noir’s benifiting Relay for Life.  My pick among the 5 for wine […]

A coworker today pointed me to this video put together by the Washington State Tourism Industry to promote the new state slogan: “Say WA”.
A few fleeting thoughts:

Say WA is obviously a rip off of the slang phrase “say what?” which is always in response to something nonsensical. Great.
Nobody in the state of Washington […]