macrina bakery

this past weekend i had a morning all to myself.

i don't know about you, but sometimes i like to explore.

and recently i've been drawn to my old favorites places.

so macrina bakery it was :)

i think i first discovered macrina in college with one of my favorite people.

we used to hike up queen anne hill to drool over the gorgeous houses

and pick up a perfectly roasted espresso and a scone.

then, somewhere along the way i met the most amazing woman.

she was almost 30 years my senior, and lived down in california.

she was the mother of one of my classmates

and practically adopted me as her own daughter.

she would send emails of encouragement,

and never missed a holiday or a birthday

without something arriving at my doorstep.

she also loved macrina :)

and when she would visit seattle i distinctly remember

how she would recreate their 'rocket muffins' by the dozens

and freeze them for us to enjoy during our long weeks of studying.

a number of holidays later, she gave me a gift.

it was a macrina cookbook signed by the author herself

and you know what?

i haven't thought about that lady or that cookbook in quite sometime.

it's good to go back to those old places sometimes.

just to think back on old seasons of life.

i think i'm going to pull out that cookbook again.

and write a thank you note to that woman :)