We had a great evening tonight. Sunny’s work party was Kaspers in Lower Queen Anne. The venue was small, but intimate. The food was great! There were dozens of small food stands that served unique entrées in cocktail glasses. I really enjoyed the evening, it is fun to dress up and go out.

Dad and Alex are leaving to Tennessee to visit Mark tomorrow, so we ate an early Christmas dinner. We ate dinner at Brian’s condo. Dinner was outstanding!

The Financial Control department gave me this great Superman for completing a project for them. I’m going to have fun flying around the office! Their wonderful gift is one of the reasons I love this job.

G-Star Burger is a new restaurant that just opened near to where I work. G-Star is a cheaper take on the build-your-own-burger trend that is becoming more popular around Seattle. I designed a simple burger, the burger was good and the service was great.

Two photos of downtown Seattle seen from the skybridge that connects Nordstrom to Pacific Place. Sunny and I spent the evening Christmas shopping. The city center is lit up nicely.

We ate a family dinner at my parent’s house for Christmas. I love spending time with our family, we always have a great time together. Keeping with our traditions, we sang silent night to candlelight.

I ate lunch at The Counter today, and was impressed. When Alvin told me about The Counter I thought this was just another build-your-own-burger restaurant, like Lunchbox Laboratory. But The Counter seems to be much more established and thought out than the others. The beef is terrific, never frozen, and is not greasy. There is a menu of fifty ingredients that you can add to your burger. The service is great, and the restaurant is clean. One drawback is the location. The Counter is on 46th Street and 14th in Ballard and can be hard to find. I can’t wait to return!

Sunny and I cooked dinner for Laurie and Scott at our condo. Dinner was good and we played a fun game, Who, What, Where. In this game you create a drawing of a person (Who) in a specific setting (Where) doing something (What). You pass the drawing to each player and guess what the artist was trying to draw. We had a great time! This photo was taken outside our condo.

Sunny and I picked out a tree from the Boy Scouts again this year. They sell Christmas Trees from a school across the street, so we can walk home. We selected a tall and narrow tree, and it fits perfectly in our home. The tree is actually bigger than it looks, I had to run to Fred Meyers twice to buy more lights. We had a lot of fun decorating the tree. We have so many beautiful ornaments!

Sunny and I joined our friends at Jason’s house for Thanksgiving Dinner. Jason had prepared six or seven appetizers and an amazing turkey dinner. He has really become a great cook – dinner was outstanding. After dinner we played a few fun games with the kids. I really cherish the time I spend with my friends.