jarrbar

My dear friend, Bryan, opened the cutest little bar in Pike Place Market called JarrBar. It's a Spanish themed bar featuring Jamon Iberico, a special type of cured ham made from black pigs in Spain and Portugal that feast on olives and acorns. It's delicious and JarrBar is one of the only places you can find it in the city. Check out this great write-up from Seattle Times!

mt. dickerman

Anders, Maggie, Sammy and I hiked Mt. Dickerman today, and I have to say it's one of the more challenging hikes I have done in awhile. The web says it's 8.6 miles round trip, but my fitbit logged me at over 11 miles. I'm not sure which one is correct, but I'll just say it FELT like 11 miles. So long! So difficult! However, the views at the top were well worth the miles and miles of suffering. We were a little late in the hiking season, so when we got to the top it was extremely cold and windy as we were above the treeline on an open faced mountain top. We only made time to snap some quick pictures before retreating down the mountain. Still worth it, though. I highly recommend Mt. Dickerman if you are up for a long day of hiking.

Some pictures!

Soooooo tired.

topsy turvy

I dragged Anders to the steepest street in Seattle last weekend because I'm in to that sort of thing (in case you are wondering it's on Roy Street between 25th and 26th in Cap Hill) but mostly because I wanted to take funny pictures. 

happy summer solstice!

It's a bright, sunny weekend here in Seattle and the perfect weather to welcome the start of summer and the longest day. I went to the Freemont Solstice Parade yesterday, which will forever be my favorite. Of course, the sun directly overhead makes for horrible pictures (I had the same problem a few years ago), so please excuse the overexposed, shadowy images.

 My favorite of the entire parade, was this "mobile wedding." "This couple was actually getting married as they walked the parade! Check out her veil!

green lake fishing

We walked down to Green Lake the other night to check in on a few of the PPF guys who were there fishing. Fish guys fishing? Yup. Please note: don't actually eat the fish you catch in Green Lake.