Fremont Mischief, Kerry Park, Elysian, Cupcake Royale

Saturday April 13, 2013

Saturday morning was a struggle for Jackie. About half the 1/5 of the whiskey bottle was gone. She didn’t partake in the breakfast quiche with the others.

There was a better weather forecast for Monday so we did Seattle stuff for the day.

First we went to the Fremont Distillery, Mischief. We brought home a good bottle of gin and made plans for Jackie to take a slight detour on her bike rides home to pick some more up.

We were starting to get hungry for lunch so we took them to the best sandwich shop in Seattle. Paseo had recently reopened. They close down during the winter. The hiatus from Cuban sandwiches seem to last sooo long. The line was also long. At least a 30 minute wait to order. 

We drove over to Kerry Park to eat our sandwiches somewhere with a good view. Of course it started to rain just as we got there.  It didn’t stop 3 brides in limousines from stopping with their photographers to take the scenic shots with the city and Puget Sound background. It made it a little difficult to get pictures of our visitors there since the wedding people would get the prime photo spots. 

Next we drove over to Oola, another micro-distillery on Capitol Hill. Unfortunately once we were there we learned they do not do tastings without 24 hour notice reservations. It has something to do with their type of license which doesn’t really make sense to me.

We wished we hadn’t filled up on Cuban sandwiches as we walked by Skillet diner.

Instead we went over to Elysian Brewery for some beers.

After that we walked down to Cupcake Royale for ice cream. 

I think Joe & I look like Seattleites in this picture on Pike Street in front of Cupcake Royale. 

As we were walking back to the car we heard thunder which I had just finished telling everyone we rarely get thunderstorms in Seattle. Then there was a massive downpour noise in the distance getting louder and louder. We quickly hi-tailed it to the car, expecting a massive downpour. It wasn’t rain, it was hailing! It was coming down hard. The roads and even I-5 looked like it snowed!

We stopped at H-mart, the Korean grocery store in Lynnwood on the way home to pick up the makings for dumplings and other desired Chinese food. Sunny and Emily were dumpling wrappers extraordinaire.