Sunday dawned cold and cloudy as forecast. We lazed around till 11am at which time Venkat and family joined us. Then we dropped Penny off at Doggy Day Care and headed to Eastern Market for the Sunday market to see my friend Param's booth. Param is an architect/artist and we worked together at Callison in Seattle. The market was like any outdoor Farmers Market - locally made products, jewelry, ceramics, clothes, fresh flowers and fruits, scones, doughnuts, jams, jellies......! We shuffled around for a couple of hours - I say "shuffled" cos it was so cold and windy we had to huddle together to stay warm! I met up with Param after 10 years or so...he has some great artwork. Check out his artwork at www.parambedi.com.
We then hooked up with Manu, my nephew, who had spent the last couple of days with friends at John Hopkins and then all headed out to lunch at Sticky Rice in the H Street corridor, near Capitol Hill. Funky, fusion Pan Asian cuisine. Had some interesting dishes while being startled every now and then by this huge metal gong - everytime someone downs a sake shot, the gong is whacked and if you don't see it coming, the deafening sound will knock you off your seat as happened with me. Here are some pics of what we ate.....
After lunch we headed home for a short break, then Indu and I headed to our favorite store IKEA. Always fun to see whats new there and it never fails to disappoint. Fabulous new items in kitchenware, bed and bath and really hard to resist piling up your cart. Came back, had our usual lively discussions, large quantities of wine and beer were imbibed.....and then Thai dinner again. By 10.30 or so Venkat and family left.......end of another fun day!
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