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WARNING: Dieting competitors beware post contains details of cheat foods and may trigger cravings.

On Thursday Rob Thomas graced the Mountain View Plaza at the Snoqualmie Casino. It was 85 on Thursday, a gorgeous night to be out in Snoqualmie watching and listening to an equally gorgeous specimen of a man sing. Oops, I’m drooling again. My girlfriend and I had 3^rd row seats and not just any 3^rd row seats, these were PERFECT 3^rd row seats, almost center stage. Mad props to Brett for scoring such amazing seats for my friend and me!

Before the concert my friend Julie and I went out for drinks and appetizers. I have a client/friend who frequently dines at the Woodman Lodge in Snoqualmie and tells me all the details about the food, so I decided that Julie and I should go check it out. As it turns out the place is only 5 minutes from the casino…perfect!

The Woodman serves Happy Hour appetizers from 4-6, so, since calories didn’t count on Thursday, we ordered up 3 appetizers to compliment our apple martinis. If you like seafood and Northwest cuisine, you will totally dig this place! The Penn Cove mussels at this place are insane!! Make sure you order bread to dip in the spicy Cioppino sauce…um, delicious!!! We also had Dungeness crab cakes and coconut shrimp skewers with spicy dipping sauce. Being the daughter of a culinary arts teacher and foodie, I have dined at most of the top seafood restaurants in the Seattle area…this place was definitely right up there with the best of ‘em! In fact, as I sit here writing about it, reliving it, I’m sort of salivating.

Of course, since it was “calorie-free-Thursday” we decided to have a look-see at the dessert menu. I mean, I figured that since it was so close to the casino I should write a review on the place for competitors since it hands-down beats the casino buffet! You can’t really write a solid review on a restaurant without having dessert and my client had just told me the day before about the carrot cake, which is one of my favorites! Okay, so, first of all, the desserts at this place are ENORMOUS!!! Think Claim Jumper getting all classed up and sophisticated…that’s the size! I, of course, ordered the carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and Jules had crème brulee. We shared. It was kind of an “experience”…we definitely got lost in the moment. While the crème brulee was amazing and wonderful, the carrot cake was probably the best I’ve ever tasted and I’ve tasted a LOT of carrot cakes in my day. I think I liked that it was a small 2 layer round cake with the most delicious cream cheese frosting EVER!!

While we were enjoying our calorie-free night at the Woodman, I thought of my fellow competitors who would be out at the casino on October 2^nd looking for some amazing food to eat after 12+ weeks of contest dieting. This place puts the casino food to shame, seriously! I talked to the owner and asked him if he would be willing to put a deal together for the Ironman competitors and he said…OF COURSE!!! So, stay tuned…I will post details when they are available. In the meantime, you can check out their website and menu for yourself at www.woodmanlodge.com. You can also find them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/woodman.lodge

On that note, it’s time to get my butt to the gym for Sunday’s total body metabolic training, followed by an hour of steppin’! Fun times!

~Julie~
Fearless, with cape in hand

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