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Seattle Waterfall Garden Park

October 3, 2012 By Helen

We stopped in downtown Seattle on Sunday on our way to Beverly’s. It was so busy near the Pike Place Market, we weren’t able to stop there. So we went a bit further and parked near Pioneer Square. We walked around a bit and stumbled on this gorgeous little park. Small but beautiful and extremely […]

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Elysian Brewing

September 30, 2012 By Helen

Just a few short blocks from the bookstore is Elysian Brewing, a restaurant and brewery. We had their wonderful Men’s Room Red recently at Pony near Morgan’s. So we had a flight of tasters that included a couple of IPAs, a coppery ESB, porter and the Men’s Room Red. Our favorites tonight were Space Dust […]

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Elliott Bay Book Company

September 29, 2012 By Helen

We decided to take a bus from our hotel in Lynnwood to downtown Seattle, about half an hour. When we got off the bus, we had a little less than a mile to our first destination, Elliott Bay Book Company. All streets from the bus stop to the bookstore were UP hill! Got our cardio […]

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Two Beers Brewing Co.

September 28, 2012 By Helen

We had a nice bonus for our visit to Tom Bihn… not far in the same industrial area is Two Beers Brewing. Our server was incredibly knowledgable about their many beers, quite a few of which were hoppy… our favorite was Evolutionary IPA.

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Tom Bihn store

September 28, 2012 By Helen

Top of my list when we arrived in Seattle was a visit to the Tom Bihn store. They make rugged and beautiful bags for travel and technology. Very satisfying, though I didn’t buy anything big. I still need to think what travel bag is best, but at least now I’ve seen most of their stuff […]

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