Favorite Restaurants List

I was chatting with a friend who recently moved to our area and we got on the subject of good restaurants. Since I think I know of a few I decided to post a list of my 25 all time favorite restaurants.

1. The Bistro San Martin - Arlington, WA (Great Steaks!)
2. Anthony's Home Port - Everett, WA (How can you live on the coast and not eat Salmon?)
3. Christiano's - Marysville, WA (Yummy Italian)
4. Giorgio's - Everett, WA (Different but also yummy Italian)
5. Tokyo House - Smokey Point, WA (Sushi and Stir-Fry)
6. The Brooklyn - Seattle, WA (Steaks and Salmon!!!)
7. Red Robin - (Yum) - Everywhere
8. Teriyaki Bowl - Marysville, WA (Teriyaki, just like it says)
9. Dutch Bakery - Marysville, WA
10. Pagliacci - Victoria, BC (Italian, not for tourists this is the place locals go to)
11. DeDutch - Victoria, BC (A dutch pancake house, super yum!)
12. Tulalip Bay - Tulalip, WA (Expensive, Not for everyday, but really excellent)
13. Buca De Beppo - Lynnwood, WA (Italian served family style)
14. Janbo's - Everett, WA (Chinese, get the Singing Chicken!)
15, Cheesecake Factory - Seattle, WA (For obvious reasons)
16. Craigo's Pizza - Rexburg, ID ( Fun!!!!)
17. Murchie's - Victoria, BC ( An old English Tea Shop with baked goods)
18. McGrath's Fish House - Lynnwood, WA
19. Denver Chophouse - Denver, CO (Amazing Steaks)
20. San Angel Inn - Epcot Center - Orlando, FL (Really good Mexican, get the Tortilla Soup!)
21. Sakura Sushi - Boise, ID (It's been a while but it was good last time I had it!)
22. Flying Pig - Everett, WA (Steaks and such)
23. Jamba Juice - Smokey Point, WA (Fabulous)
24. Acapulco - Marysville, WA (Mexican)
25. Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine - Ft. Lauderdale, FL (WOW!)


There it is,

Enjoy, and let me know what you think, also, share your favorites with me!!!!

100 Books

I have to admit I've been Facebooking and my friend Sandy posted 100 Books cited by BBC as Classic reads- It got me to thinking and I decided to make a list of my favorites. This is my list of 100 Books that I recommend as classic reads, Several of these are "Young Adult" books, I like these because they tend to be less violent, have better language and less sex in them. And also because they are just good books. There are a few that coincide with Sandy's list but most are pure me. Enjoy.

1. The Hiding Place - Corrie tenBoom
2. Across Five Aprils - Irene Hunt
3. Jonica's Island - Gladys Malvern
4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
5. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle
6. The Chosen - Chaim Potok
7. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
8. The Belgariad - David Eddings
9. Inkheart Trilogy - Cornelia Funke
10. Ever - Gail Carson Levine
11. Dragonriders of Pern Series - Anne McCaffrey
12. A House for the Season Series - Marion Chesney
13. Searching for Dragons - Patricia Wrede
14. Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
15. Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare
16. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
17. Emma - Jane Austen
18. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
19. Persuasion - Jane Austen
20. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
21. The Bible - Heavenly Father
22. The Book of Mormon - Heavenly Father
23. Nancy Drew Mysteries - Carolyn Keene
24. Runny Babbit - Shel Silverstien
25. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
26. The Fablehaven Series - Brandon Mull
27. Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
28. Leven Thumps Series - Obert Skye
29. Touch Not the Cat - Mary Stewart
30. Cheaper By the Dozen - Frank Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
31. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
32. Bridge to Teribithia - Katherine Paterson
33. Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss
34. The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
35. Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
36. Holes - Louis Sachar
37. My Friend Flika - Mary O'Hara
38. The Eragon Series - Christopher Paolini
39. The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
40. His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullum
41. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
42. Treasure Island - Robert Lewis Stevenson
43. Matilda - Roald Dahl
44. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
45. Lord of the Rings Trilogy - JRR Tolkien
46. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
47. The Shannara Series - Terry Brooks
48. The Pit Dragon Series - Jane Yolen
49. Mistress of Mellyn - Victoria Holt
50. Tregaron's Daughter - Madeleine Brent
51. Lake Wobegon Days - Garrison Keillor
52. Green Mansions - William Henry Hudson
53. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
54. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
55. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
56. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
57. Rebecca - Daphne DuMaurier
58. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
59. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
60. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
61. The Dragons Boy - Jane Yolen
62. The Ladies of Mandrigyn - Barbara Hambly
63. Redwall - Brian Jacques
64. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
65. Animal Farm - George Orwell
66. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
67. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
68. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
69. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
70. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
71. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
72. Charlotte's Web - EB White
73. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
74. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint Exupery
75. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
76. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
77. Complete Tales and Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
78. Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes
79. The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain
80. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
81. The House of Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne
82. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle
83. Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
84. Sink the Bismarck! - CS Forester
85. Dracula - Bram Stoker
86. The Time Machine - HG Wells
87. The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
88. Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls
89. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights - Howard Pyle
90. Arabian Nights - Anonymous/Zipes, Beaumont, and Burton
91. The War of the Worlds - HG Wells
92. Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare
93. The Call of the Wild - Jack London
94. The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne
95. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
96. Andersons Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Anderson
97. Miss Marple Mysteries - Agatha Christie
98. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
99. Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
100. Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare


Okay, Thats my list. It is not comprehensive, there are 1000's of great books to read, but these are the ones that I would actually (and have) read twice.