Thursday Night = TWIF Night

Thursdays, as of late, have been unofficial twiffing (that’s right, I made it a verb) nights it seems. A few Thursdays ago Amy and I went to check out pay-what-you-can night at Seattle Repertory Theater. The play scheduled for the night was The Three Musketeers. After purchasing our tickets (you can pay anything you want [...]

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Happy Hour: Chapel

Locale: Chapel, Capitol Hill
Parking: Mopeds are compact
Company: I rode there with Amy, but there were lotsa folks there - it was part of Arianna’s Bachelorette Soiree!

With a martini list in the double digits (43 to be exact.. Amy counted) and an extensive specialty cocktail list, who can complain?  My first choice was the Beet Martini.  It was re-order worthy, but I [...]

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The Happiest of Hours: Fremont

Locale: Fremont; Roxy’s Diner, the Triangle Lounge, Dad Watson’s.
Date: Saturday March 1st
Company: Kim
Parking: My car stayed behind.. parked in a yard.. and we walked.
Kim and I walked down from the “House of Regrets” to Fremont to get our happy hour on. We stopped at Roxy’s first since it was the fist place we [...]

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Ridin Dirty with a Guilty Conscience

After a good but unspectacular happy hour experience in Ballard, Jen and I headed over to Bal Mar with our friend Hannah from San Francisco. This was my first time at Bal Mar but Jen had been previously and highly recommended a cucumber cocktail named “Guilty Conscience”. Jen ordered a “Ridin’ Dirty” which was [...]

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The Happiest of LA Hours

Locale: Danny’s Venice; Venice Beach; Los Angeles, CA
Date: Sunday Feb 16th
Company: Brendan, Danny, Seth, Matt, Chris, Lydia, Lydia’s friend, Josiah, Cindy, Justin, Arianna
Parking: What’s nicer than a mile walk after a late lunch?
During the Latebirds’ Flock Yeah moped rally, a few of us broke off from the large group and decided to go to [...]

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The Happiest of Hours – Park Pub (More from Jen with one N)

The Facts:
Locale: Park Pub, Phinney Ridge
Day: Saturday Jan 12th around 4:30
Company: Amy, Kim, Stephanie
After considering several places that only offered small plates, we ended up at the Park Pub. We were hungry. We didn’t know what we had signed up for. The sign outside announced “Football Game on Inside!” As we walked [...]

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The Happiest of Hours – Hattie’s Hat

[Amy's Note: this is Jenn's first installment - see more about this at the end of this post]

This edition of the happiest of hours is dedicated to: charlie and the mexican transformer.
The facts
Locale: Hattie’s Hat, Ballard
Day: Christmas Eve 2007
Company: Amy
Parking: it’s never been so easy to park in old Ballard. thanks Jesus
Despite feeling obligated [...]

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