I live in a neighborhood in Seattle called Green Lake. It’s just north of downtown, close to i5 and there is a 250 acre freshwater lake bordered all the way around by a park in the middle of everything, named Green Lake, of course! I really like my ‘hood. I also like that it neighbors Phinney Ridge/Greenwood, which is the awesome neighborhood where Dustin lives. Phinney has lots of great shops, bars, restaurants and the zoo!
Sunday we were supposed to float down a river with friends. But the weather didn’t cooperate (I will have to find another excuse to use this awesome tube I bought!). Everyone was bummed, but we decided to make the best of the situation and come up with a plan B. Our plan B was the zoo. Sunday morning Dustin and I went out for breakfast, which we rarely do anymore, after our favorite breakfast place closed down. It was nice to get out and enjoy breakfast together.
After breakfast we met Brittan and Justin at Woodland Park (which is the park surrounding the zoo, which also neighbors Green Lake Park) for some wine, pita chips and hummus on a blanket.
I’ve been to the Woodland Park Zoo a few times since I’ve moved to Seattle. Usually with kids, one time with Dustin and now this time, with friends while a little buzzed from our wine prefunk. This time was the most fun time. We had a blast at the zoo!
Fun fact, Dustin used to work at the Portland zoo, so it’s always fun to go with him. He has lots of random zoo knowledge!
The 4 of us walked around, looked at the animals, stopped for a beer/bathroom break in the food court, and took selfies with animals.
All the animals seemed to be out and moving around while we were there. Apparently Sunday late afternoon is the time to go! Some of our favorite animals we saw on Sunday were the lion, giraffes, giant eagle, bears and penguins.
Brittan and my favorite animals at the zoo, though, were the flamingos! They were so funny to watch. We decided to make up stories for each of the flamingo cliques (the real housewives, the lonely tweaker bird in the water, the trophy wives, the business men, etc.). It was awesome.
After the zoo we had dinner at The Ridge and then called it a night. It was a fun day.
Also of note this weekend, on Saturday morning I got up early, went to the Aveda Institute on Capitol Hill and got a facial. It was my first ever and my normally dry face still feels moisturized. It was very relaxing and I would recommend the Aveda Institute if you’re in the market for an affordable spa service!
After my facial I stopped for a coffee because I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to the Hill quite yet (after law school I rarely make it into that neighborhood) and as I was headed back to Green Lake, I had to stop for this picture:
Seattle was looking gorgeous on Saturday (Sunday too!). I don’t want Summer to end!
2 comments:
Sounds like a great weekend! Especially jealous of that facial, and of your brunching. That french toast! Yum! Now that I'm living in the burbs (borrrrrrring), I am really feeling the loss of all the cool restaurants and bars and especially patios! WHERE ARE THE PATIOS!? AND THE BOOZY MIMOSA BRUNCHES?! It's kind of devastating. #firstworldproblems
I am in favor of having a Dustin fun fact each blog post. This is at least the second one recently. First about the wrestling, this time about his job at the zoo. Dustin has all the adventures. Please have him blog about his life story and favorite tank tops. For science. Thank you.
You live in such a pretty part of Seattle/the World. I wish I had been able to see the Space Needle from that angle when I visited Seattle!
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