The Seattle Neighborhood Date Challenge

 SEPT 25, 2020  TODAY WE SPUN FOR THE LITTLE KNOWN POCKET OF MADRONA FUN FACTS MADRONA HAS NAMED ITSELF THE "PEACEABLE KINGDOM," AND PEACEABLE IT IS!  IT IS HOME TO THE GLASSYBABY FLAGSHIP STUDIO KURT COBAIN ONCE HAD HIS HOME NEARBY THE SEATTLE SEAWOLVES RUGBY TEAM HAS THEIR TEAM STORE LOCATED IN MADRONA GREAT FOOD WE ATE AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN FOOD AT CAFE SOLEIL. THIS WAS A FIRST FOR US, SO WE HAD THE OWNERS DAUGHTER ORDER FOR US. THE FOOD WAS OUTSTANDING! THIS SWEET RESTAURANT IS OWNED AND RUN BY A LOVELY ETHIOPIAN WOMAN AND HER TWO KIDS. GO AND SUPPORT HER EFFORTS!  WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE YELLOW SPLIT PEA ALIT'CHA W'ET AND THE CHICKEN KE'YI W'ET. DESSERT FOR DESSERT WE ATE AT MOLLY MOONS.  FANTASTIC. CREAMY. ICE CREAM. FUN THINGS TO DO AT THE CORNER OF 35TH AND JAMES YOU WILL FIND SOME AMAZING HISTORIC HOMES. INCLUDING THE RAYMOND OGDEN MANSION BUILD IN 1913. AT THE END OF THE CUL DE SAC YOU WILL FIND ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS IN ALL OF SEATTLE!  TH...

  SEPT 17, 2020 TODAY, OUR DATE TOOK US TO  THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT  INTERESTING FACTS SEATTLE'S ORIGINAL CHINATOWN WAS LOCATED NEXT TO PIONEER SQUARE BUT WAS RELOCATED IN THE LATE 1920'S CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL IS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES GOOD FOOD WE ATE AT SEATTLE'S OLDEST CHINESE  RESTAURANT TAI TUNG WHILE THIS RESTAURANT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN QUITE SOME TIME, IT WAS FREQUENTED BY THE ONE AND ONLY BRUCE LEE! YOU CAN SIT IN THE BOOTH THAT HE FAVORITED. THE FOOD IS FRESH AND DELICIOUS. DESSERT FROM DINNER WE HEADED TO THE BAMBU CAFE . THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND SHAVED ICED DESSERT! I THOUGHT I WAS ORDERING A TRADITIONAL STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, BUT TO MY WONDERFUL SURPRISE, IT WAS MORE OF A SORBET. I WOULD DEFINITELY GO BACK!  FUN THINGS TO DO  IF YOU ARE A PHOTOGRAPHER, THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IS A COOL PLACE TO VISIT. FROM ART, TO CHICKENS IN THE WINDOW, TO COOL SHOPS--LIKE GORILLA GAMES, AND DIS...

SEPT 11, 2020 THIS DATE BROUGHT US TO OUR SIXTH DESTINATION WE SPUN THE WHEEL FOR THE UNUSUAL DATE SPOT OF RAINIER BEACH WHILE WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, "WHERE THE HECK IS RAINIER BEACH?" THIS SPOT HAD SOME HIDDEN GEMS GOOD FOOD WE FIRST HEADED TO JUDE'S OLD TOWN FOR DINNER,  BUT THEY WERE CLOSED DUE TO COVID AND SMOKE.  THAT BROUGHT US TO THE MOST AMAZING  NEAPOLITAN PIZZERIA  "PIZZARIA PUULCINELLA" THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST PIZZAS  WE HAVE HAD IN A LONG TIME.  THE AMBIANCE AND SERVICE WAS QUITE MAGNIFICO! DESSERT   FROM DINNER WE HEADED TO KING DONUTS FOR DESSERT. HERE YOU CAN ORDER, NOT ONLY YOUR FAVORITE CHOICE OF SUGAR DOUGH-DELIGHT, BUT ALSO PURCHASE TERIYAKI, THAI FOOD, ESPRESSO, AND EVEN HAVE YOUR LAUNDRY PRESSED! TO SAY WE WERE IM-PRESSED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! LOL! OK, NOW FOR THE TRUE HIDDEN GEM OF RAINIER BEACH! WAIT FOR IT. . . IT'S FREE. . .  IT'S AMAZING. . .  IT'S. . .  THE KUBOTA GARDENS!   (ALTHOUGH IT WAS TECHNI...

 SEPT 4, 2020 WE SPUN THE WHEEL FOR THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT WHILE THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DATE NIGHT CHOICE, THERE ARE SOME FUN THINGS TO DISCOVER, SEE, AND EAT ON THE WATERFRONT.  INTERESTING FACTS CHIEF SEATTLE'S DAUGHTER, PRINCESS ANGELINE, LIVED ON THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT UNTIL SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1896. THE WATERFRONT WAS A WORKING PORT UNTIL THE 1970 WHEN IT TRANSITIONED TO A TOURISM DESTINATION.  THE WATERFRONT IS HOME TO SOME OF SEATTLE'S MOST NOTABLE ATTRACTIONS LIKE: THE GREAT WHEEL, THE AQUARIUM, THE FERRY TO BAINBRIDGE AND BREMERTON, THE ARGOSY CRUISE OUT TO TILLICUM VILLAGE, AND THE INDOOR CAROUSEL. GOOD EATS WE ATE ON THE PIER AT THE WING-DOME. DAN HAD AN AMAZING CHICKEN SANDWICH AND I HAD THE COB SALAD. BOTH WERE A GREAT CHOICE FOR A DATE. IF WE HAD BEEN IN THE MOOD FOR A MESS, WE MIGHT HAVE ORDERED THE WINGS. FUN THINGS TO DO SOARING OVER SEATTLE THE GREAT WHEEL SEATTLE ANTIQUE'S MARKET THIS FUN UNIQUE SHOP IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PIER. IT WAS WORTH...

  THIS WEEK THE WHEEL SPUN FOR MAPLE LEAF THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME " MAPLE LEAF". PEOPLE BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER NAMED FOR THE NEARBY MAPLE SAW MILL, OR NAMED AFTER THE ACTUAL MAPLE TREES THAT WERE ONCE IN THE AREA, OR THE FACT THAT IT SEEMED SO FAR FROM DOWNTOWN SEATTLE THAT IT WAS PRACTICALLY IN CANADA-- THE MAPLE LEAF COUNTRY.  MAPLE LEAF WAS GIVEN THE TITLE "NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR" IN 1986.  FOODS AFTER TRYING OUT OUR OLD STOMPING GROUND AT CLOUD CITY COFFEE, WE WANDERED OVER TO A MUCH MORE QUAINT CAFE CALLED BLUE SAUCER. DAN HAD THEIR HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE AND I HAD AN AMAZING HAM AND SWISS CROISSANT. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO THE BLUE SAUCER FOR COFFEE AND TREATS.  THE BLUE SAUCER THINGS TO DO MAPLE LEAF RESERVOIR PARK WE WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT THE MAPLE LEAF RESERVOIR WAS NOW TURNED INTO A 16 ACRE PARK. IT HAD A FULL WALKING PATH, GREAT VIEWS OF SEATTLE AND MOUNT RAINIER. THIS WAS A PERFECT PLACE TO WALK...