I Have a Tapeworm when at Xanadu

There must be something in the air that wafts off the Puget Sound because whenever we are at Xanadu, we want to eat and drink like lords. No joke. E whips us up a gorgeous breaky every morning often including her newly famous Rae-Cakes. Mind you, E and I are NOT pancake people. My damage could possibly lead back to the first time that E made me pancakes for breakfast when they were raw in the middle and the Bloody Mary's didn't have any vodka in them, but I don't want to point fingers. Whatever the root cause, until we got Xanadu, we ate pancakes about twice a year. Ever since the keys exchanged hands, however, Rae-Cakes have been on the Xanadu menu at least once a weekend. We still don't eat them in Seattle. (I know these aren't Rae-Cakes but you gotta love the golden brown croissants!)



It doesn't end with breakfast. We usually have lunch sometime during our outings into Kingston, Poulsbo, Silverdale or Port Gamble. Our current favorite lunchtime joint on the Peninsula right now is the Main Street Alehouse, but we'll talk more that that some other time.



We always try to get back to Xanadu by 4-ish because we need to have time to prepare for Happy Hour at the End of the World. What is that, you ask? From mid-April through the end of September, five different cruise lines (Royal Caribbean, Holland America, Princess, Celebrity, and Carnival) steer their ships nearly daily through our backyard. E whips up a batch of margaritas and I set up chairs and a table on the very edge of our property overlooking the Puget Sound. We then take bets on which cruise lines will be making an appearance and simply take in and enjoy our Happy Hour at the End of the World.