BEST: "After we had been dating for a while, we bought a simple wicker picnic basket. We promised to keep using it. For our 10th wedding anniversary, we took our picnic basket and walked to Pike Place Market. Being a vegetarian, my wife picked what she liked. Being a meat eater, I picked what I liked among the many shops. Then, we walked onto the ferry to Bremerton and found a window seat with a table. I'd snuck on a bottle of wine. We had a lovely two-hour dinner cruise on Puget Sound. It's been 30 years and we still have the same picnic basket, and we still use it." — Hugh

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