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World Burger Tour with Hard Rock Cafe
May 23, 2016It seems like every big city has a Hard Rock Cafe and Seattle is no different. Ours is right near Pike Place Market and it has some iconic Nirvana and Pearl Jam memorabilia and an awesome rooftop deck too! I was recently contacted about their World Burger Tour, a menu showcasing some Local “Legendary Burgers” […]
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Cinco de Mayo, Qdoba and an easy way to bring home a feast
May 5, 2016Don’t you just love guacamole? I whisper in my kids’ ears as I tempt them to go out to dinner with me. They want to stay home for dinner and I DO NOT WANT TO COOK. Thankfully errands bring us to the Qdoba near Uvillage in Seattle (The “University Plaza” location) where the hubby and I […]
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Going beyond bagels at Seattle Bagel Bakery (Pike Place Market, Seattle)
April 29, 2016Seattle Bagel Bakery is situated nicely between the Daily Dozen Donuts and Saffron Spice in Pike Place Market and there is a convenient seating area nearby too so this was an easy choice for my 52 weeks of new-to-me Pike Place Market restaurant project. I also happen to love bagels and cream cheese but I’ve […]
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Sound View Cafe in Pike Place Market
April 23, 2016I’ve been stalking the window seats at the Sound View Cafe ever since I started my 52 weeks of eating at Pike Place Market series. I’ve seen this place very crowded and I wanted to make sure that the day I visited I got a window seat. The cafe is very casual-you can order at […]
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Pondering the color of airplane sound and the meaning of indigo because of the Seattle Art Museum
April 21, 2016“Get ready for a crash landing” the boy ahead of me squeals. His mom promptly hushes him, “We don’t crash land. We just land.” And she looks around tentatively for reassurance that her son hasn’t cursed the plane. I meet her eyes and smile and though normally this type of ominous negativity jarrs my danger […]
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Lyrical Flowers at my Local Safeway Let Me Play Florist at Home
April 18, 2016Truth be told sometimes I used to get off the bus I rode to college just short of campus because there was a spectacular florist along the route and I couldn’t help but stop in and see what new things were going on in the store. Pretty flower arrangements are something I have always loved to […]
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A Book to read for Baseball Season in Seattle
April 15, 2016It’s baseball season again and now that we’ve played a few years, we’re starting to get serious. Practices are longer and we now have kid pitchers who throw the ball for part of the game. Coaches take notes on little pads of paper and I look around wondering which of the neighborhood kids might play […]
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A meal worth waiting for (Farvahar Persian Cafe, Seattle, WA)
April 8, 2016Pike Place Market in the spring and summer can get quite busy and navigating the market when you’re in a rush is not always the easiest. Being a local means I don’t need to knock off a bucket list of famous market places in these time periods and I try and use this opportunity to […]
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Procopio Gelato and so much sunshine (Pike Place Market, Seattle)
April 1, 2016(PS. I think Procopio gelato might be closed now in 2019. We have a lot of restaurant changes recently in seattle. Shugs, Gelatiamo or Bottega Italiana are all near the market and serve ice cream and gelato. I have walked by Procopio Gelato more times than any person ever should walk by a gelato store […]
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A Warm and Uplifting Reuben Sandwich at Three Girls Bakery (52 weeks of Pike Place Market, Seattle
March 25, 2016Just when you think it’s spring in Seattle, we get a few chilly blasts that remind us to give weather the reverence it deserves. The day I was lunching at Seattle’s Pike Place Market for this week’s market lunch entry it was so blustery that I wanted to be somewhere cozy but I wasn’t craving […]
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Tofu, Blossoms and other things that can be fleeting on a day after Monday
March 21, 2016Oh Seattle, how obsessed are we with cherry blossoms? I can’t tell if we’re all smiling lately because the sun is shining past 7 pm or if it’s because of all the pink confetti drifting all over the city. Underneath all of our rain gear and rubber boots, Seattleites must be total hopeless romantics. I […]
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Biscuits and Gravy made of chocolate (Honest Biscuits, Seattle)
March 17, 2016Every week since the start of 2016 I’ve been eating at a new-to-me restaurant in Pike Place Market and I didn’t realize how many amazing places I would find. This week, for my 10th restaurant out of 52, I decided to eat at Honest Biscuits (it’s in the Chinook Book too, by the way-do you […]
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French Onion soup and pretty windows on a rainy afternoon (Place Pigalle, Pike Place Market, Seattle)
March 12, 2016There are so many different ways to eat in Pike Place Market. You inevitably will be offered samples of chocolate pasta, sliced fruit, Chukar cherries, and yogurt to tease your palate as you pass through the market stalls. You might grab a pastry or Hom Bow to munch while you walk from Piroshky Piroshky or […]
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A little bit of Paris in Pike Place Market (Crepe de France, Seattle, WA)
March 4, 2016Every week that I’ve been adventuring through the Pike Place Market for my 52 weeks of eating at different market restaurants project, I don’t totally know where I’m going to eat until I walk into a restaurant. I was going to visit the Sound View Cafe, but all the window spots looked like they were […]
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Gifts and books that can inspire little travelers
March 2, 2016My guys have loved travel since our first trips up to see family in Vancouver when they were teeny tiny babies. Because Vancouver is about a three-hour drive from Seattle, it meant a van-load full of stuff and drives conveniently timed between naps. Back then our travel needs were totally different than they are now […]
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Japonessa (near-ish Pike Place Market, Seattle)
February 26, 2016When I started my 52 weeks of eating at Pike Place Market project, I never thought about the actual physical boundaries of Pike Place Market and I am not sure where it starts and where it ends. Do the restaurants have to BE where the market stalls are? And how far away from the market […]
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Some good things you can think about in Seattle on a Monday
February 22, 2016If you are in Seattle on Thursday, the 25th of February 2016 this is a really easy way to give back to the community by merely dining out. The event is Nom Nom Seattle and it’s a one day fundraiser that benefits four Seattle-area nonprofits that empower kids to live healthy lives including Pike Place […]
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Japanese Gourmet in Pike Place Market (Seattle, WA)
February 20, 2016A long time ago my husband was interviewing for a new job and I found myself wandering hungrily through Pike Place Market and into the Japanese Gourmet restaurant where I had my first meal in Seattle alone. That was a momentous day for us because the interview went well and we ended up back in […]
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When you think you might make Seattle your home on a Monday
February 15, 2016Before we had kids we didn’t really think about WHERE people with kids lived in Seattle and when we first moved with kids we were still new to parenting and didn’t think too much of the long-term. We were just desperately in need of space because the space we picked pre-kids was not suitable for […]
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A not so spooky cup of coffee in Pike Place Market (Ghost Alley Espresso, Seattle WA )
February 12, 2016If you come to Seattle to see neat little coffee shops, a teeny coffee house known as Ghost Alley Espresso needs to be added to your list. I didn’t realize the historic value of this shop until I tried to figure out what the significance of Ghost Alley was and I read on their site […]
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