Saturday, September 6, 2025

Three Beautiful Things 09-05-2025: Uh Oh! The Beanery Serves Milk Shakes, Story Hour at The Lounge, Another Wok Experiment

1. I've had a craving for hard ice cream milk shakes for a couple of months. For the most part, I've resisted this craving, limiting myself to a few hand stirred shakes at home and to a drive to the Harrison Creamery and Fudge Factory for a milk shake a week ago. 

I mailed the Sube's license plates to Rich today and, on my way back home from the Post Office, I did not resist stopping at The Beanery, aware that they serve Cascade Glacier ice cream, but unsure if they offer milk shakes. 

Uh oh. 

They do. 

I thoroughly enjoyed my Cookie Monster milk shake and now I'll be faced with a daily decision: Do I give in to my milk shake craving? Go to The Beanery? Or do I resist? 

2. No need to resist going to The Lounge this afternoon! 

Sue and Cleve joined Ed and me and we grabbed a table and had a good session of storytelling and catching up.

It was a good day for the Class of 72 this afternoon. Tona dropped in and later Jake and Carol Lee arrived. It was great to see all of them. 

Sue is a WNBA fan, especially of the Seattle Storm. She and I didn't talk long about the WNBA, but I really enjoyed the conversation we did have. Sue is very positive about the WNBA and so am I! Talking about it fired me up. 

3. Tonight, as I continued to give my wok a workout, I wondered how it would be to make a few Trader Joe's gyoza potstickers a part of the stir fry rather than my usual habit of eating them as an appetizer. 

So, I stir fried onion, celery, yellow squash, red cabbage, mushroom, and sweet pepper with a few shrimp and added the chicken gyoza potstickers along with the jasmine rice I had cooked. 

I was very happy with the results and just never seem to tire of one evening of stir fry after another. 

 

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