I did a solo outing last night, and decided to blog it.
It’s sort of like when you read a book outside the realm of a book club, right? Anyway, I’d been procrastinating something awful lately, and last night I finally managed to finish said task ONLY by promising myself a trip to Etta’s for dinner, if I finished in time. How did that carrot end up on that stick? Well, I was surfing… thinking I needed to blog the Cremant outing… and instead, went over to Seattlest, a blog I check a few times per week. There, lo and behold, were some Seattle-based James Beard Award 2008 nominees, including Tom Douglas. You’ll recall that I interviewed Tom for my script… and of course, the thing I was right then actively procrastinating on was: my script.
The stars aligned perfectly when I followed the Tom Douglas link from Seattlest over to his site, to find out that Etta’s is doing Dine Around Seattle for the month of March. $30 for a 3-course meal, and a good one. The menu was posted, I saw the coconut cream pie for dessert, I made the silent deal with myself, and I was immediately focused! Straight to work at last! Pathetic!
Anyway, 3 hours later, I was done with the script’s latest hurdle, and out the door to Etta’s… on a Monday night at 8:40. So spontaneous! I would have called a menu clubber for company, but I figured it was too late.
The blue crab roll was fine, the black cod in miso-lemon broth was quite tasty. And the pickled bamboo shoot on top of the cod was amazing. The famous coconut cream pie was ohhhhhhhhhh so good. Wow.
So, there you have it. Symmetry. Tom gave me help with my project back in October; I went and ate his food at a milestone in said project. I basically closed the place, since all other tourists patrons were gone by 9:45 when I finished… alone, looking out on to Elliott Bay and the park with all the druggies, wallowing in coconut and whipped cream, listening to Lyle Lovett on the stereo, thinking of my script on a damp and chilly Monday night.
-Beth
