green pasta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bright pink salad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! meets its monochromic match:

yum yay heart

Yum!

Yay!
Heart!

guess which method mr. galore used?

In unrelated news, it snowed today. It's spring. WTF?

this picture makes me soooo happy

overheard on the bus

"Actually, Latinos have Republican tendencies. That's why it's the Republic of Puerto Rico. The Dominican Republic."

reasons i love ballard, #2182-2184

Reason #2182: It lends itself well to errand mapping.


Reason #2183: While conducting said errands, we saw two men playing tubas on the sidewalk.

Reason #2184: It was so delightful and warm today!

Mr. Galore: "It's spring other places too, you know."

Mrs. Galore: "Nope. Just Ballard."

qooc

"You should just assume that I take everything as an accusation." -- Mr. Galore

father galore

Mr. Galore to his father-in-law: "You look downright respectable in that jacket."

There's no denying it.

another rockin' friday night at the galore household

My friend Aly and I are Jenga Masters according to the Jenga box. So it's not really a surprise that while Mr. Galore may have won the game of Rummikub, I successfully stacked all the tiles into a tower.


Yes, this proves only that I have the skill (and interests) of a four-year-old. But nonetheless, Mr. Galore was very proud of me.

qooc

Welcome to Quotes Out of Context, a new feature here at blogging galore. With Easter coming up, we figured it's high time to share two religiously themed QOOC:

"Whenever I see salmon steaks I think of Jesus." -- Mrs. Galore's (Jewish) coworker

"You're the Pharisee of kissing." -- Mr. Galore

And, just for kicks, a secular QOOC:

"What if I'm a bird and we just don't know?" -- Mrs. Galore

reasons i love ballard, #2181

Until recently, the only -- yes, only -- thing Ballard lacked was a smoothie establishment. Now it has a combo frozen yogurt/smoothie place, four blocks from our house, with cute orange stools to boot:


Ballard is complete. Thanks to Friend Rachel for the lovely picture.

Mr. Galore Emerges Victorious from Cave

While far from an actual competition, Mrs. Galore has been blogging me under the table of late. I'm sorry for disappearing. I promise to be a better person, friend, teammate, pal, emailer, phone call returner (well, maybe), patriot, and blogger. I know you've struggled to find things to do in my absence.

As an explanation, I offer this:


If you've recently suffered from a nerdtaster, you can read this. If you're a normal human being, you can read the aforementioned jargon-filled blog post and count the words you understand. It'll be like a game. Report back in the comments.

I Have a Crush on Portland

Update: This post is very old. But I was busy and our camera cord was living in Oregon. Now that I'm only semi-busy and the camera cord has returned, I can finally publish this 2.5 months late. Not too shabby.

As Mrs. Galore so aptly pointed out, we made the trek to Oregon in between Christmas and the New Year. While there, we took a few hours to check out Portland. I always feel I'm cheating on Seattle, since I long to move there.

While there, I snapped the following very crush-worthy photo of prime parking real-estate designated for bikes:



Imagine the same in Seattle right outside of Cupcake Royale in Ballard. In the background of the photo above is Stumptown, which makes a very Seattle-worthy coffee. I always get the sense (as do numerous others when doling out most sustainable city awards) that Portland has a pronounced emphasis on sustainable urban planning. Even the art inside Stumptown reinforces that impression:


I didn't see the name of the artist, but I was a fan of the works on display. Oh, and don't get me started on the Powell's Technical Bookstore. Nerd heaven.

omg i can't believe i almost forgot to blog this

We got a piano today!!!

the height of ... height

I realized today (while in the bathroom, naturally) that I'm the tallest female on both sides of my family. And I think my brother is the shortest male on both sides of the family. While he looks insanely tall in that one picture -- the one where he is not just a floating head -- methinks it is an optical illusion. It's like our height genes were switched, or something. Sorry about that, Taco.

thanks, pcc cooking class!

If you are very, very nice to us, we might make this lasagna for you.


And it will change your life.

fun with laundry

Today's "socks in a row" have been brought to you by the Señores Galores.