Vegan Chili

Eileen is checking out the vegan lifestyle. She has been vigilant for about two weeks now. This is a new cooking adventure for me so I thought I would share some of my findings. Today was a chilly day and we had a little rain so I thought of making tofu chili. It came out pretty tasty, thanks to two envelopes of taco seasoning I had stashed away.

The tofu crumbled and we added beans, onions, garlic, peppers and tomato sauce.

It looks just like we think chili should and it was mighty yummy with the taco seasoning and some extra chili powder. Yummmm.

Cardboard Boat Building II

Rick,Olivia, Cody, Reese, Eileen, Maurizio, Cinzia
Three teams: Under 30's, Over 30's and Jim
90 minutes to build a boat
Goal: Get 2 people out to the breakwater and back...

All three launching

Olivia and Reese launching the Huck Finn raft. They actually won.

The raft, the bullet nose kayak and the row boat.

Jim going down with the ship.

Results:
Under 30's 1st

Group Picture IV

Working on another group picture. This time we did it with Kathryn, our summer guest who is leaving on the 00.50 train from Trani to Roma and heading to the hurricane coast of NC!

WHAT A SUMMER!!!

Can hardly believe that today is September 1st! When did that happen??? We had such a full summer of fun and travel. Here is an overview...
Olivia, Mom, Dad, Eileen and Jenny on the beach in Madison, CT.

Uncle Bill, Olivia and Eileen at the firing range in the back yard...

Eileen, Olivia and Maggie on the rocks in Central Park, NYC

The family pig roast...

Olivia hanging out with Lenin in Freemont, WA...

Olivia at Alki beach with Seattle's Space Needle in the background...

Cara, Eileen, Sue, Olivia and Rick getting ready for some cart racing...

Wayne and Leslie on the Duck Tour of Seattle...

Catching up with friends...

Did you have a good summer too???