Howdy! My first post as Davey Handmade! Exciting times. I picked this photo for my first post as it signifies the beginning of my new chapter in Seattle. Here I am unpacking our storage after 9-months of travel. Funny how all of ones worldly-possessions fit into a 6 x 10 storage space. Good thing I found my tennis racket! Here goes… I am finishing up my first product prototypes (post coming soon!), so in the mean time I will write about something else near and dear to my heart…and stomach: local, yummy grub and kitchenwares! As I write this post, the weekly farmers market in Columbia City, Seattle is humming about 30 feet from my door. I’ve been taking advantage of this as much as possible – purchasing fresh flowers, homemade noodles, sauerkraut, tamales, brocollini, apricots and so much more. Here is a photo from the meal I made with my recent purchase of spinach linguini from La Pasta. I had just made a a batch of pesto from my bounty of basil growing in my Zipgrow towers (photo below) and tossed the linguini with fresh sautéed veggies, an onslaught of parmigiano reggiano, and some chunks of spicy sausage. Yum! THE GORGEOUS BOWL THAT HOLDS THIS TOWER OF PASTA WAS HANDMADE FROM A FRIEND OF MY HUSBAND’S AS A GIFT FOR OUR WEDDING. I hadn’t used it much in the seven years since our wedding and when we moved to Seattle I vowed to actually use all the items we had stored away for the year while we traveled (more on that way down below). The one thing I missed from our Tetris-packed storage unit (more cringe-worthy photos below – isn’t that nice? Glad I didn’t get squished!), was my kitchenware…and I have boxes of it. Previously I have saved these items for special occasions or dinner parties, but really, every night at our house is a dinner party! My husband and I eat dinner with each other just about every night, at the table, with cloth napkins to boot! We grew up that way and its something I plan to continue when we have children. We connect over the meal and catch up about our day. We laugh as our dog gives us sad “I am so hungry” eyes and waits to do give the pre-wash duty on our plates. By no means is every meal as pretty as this…

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