Umbrella Spectacle • Pike Place Market • Seattle, WA

This past weekend I headed down to Pike Place Market to photograph the Umbrella Spectacle. It was a promotional ploy by Savor Seattle to get people talking about their foodie tours (and it worked!). I even did a little sampling on my own of the "world famous mac&cheese" at Beecher's Handmade Cheese included in their Pike Place Market Tour. In case you are wondering, it was quite tasty. Here are some of the highlights from the Umbrella Spectacle and the Pike Place exploration I did with my photographer friend Hilary at Hilary Mercer Photography and her little one.

         

 

         

 The mac&cheese wore him out.

          

This last shot was taken with my phone, but I decided to add it as a bonus.

Foodie Friday • Arabica Lounge • Seattle, WA Photographer

As many of you may know, Seattle is known for its coffee so todays post is paying tribute to one of my favorite little coffee shops nestled in the heart of Capitol Hill. Arabica Lounge not only sells fantastic coffee from Stumptown Coffee but they always impress me with their artistic presentation.

  

Arabica serves a scrumptious variety of homemade foods and pastries. You can check out their full menu here and their "booze" menu here. A few of my favorites are the Smoked Salmon Toast, Bacon Egg & Cream Cheese Crepe, Soldier Eggs with Proscuitto, Yogurt with Granola, and the Luchador Cake although you really can't go wrong with anything on the menu. They use the freshest ingredients and offer many items that are gluten free and vegan. 

Soldier Eggs

 Bacon, Egg, Cream Cheese and Onion Crepe

  Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, Sun-dried Tomato & Caper Toast

 Luchador Cake (Almond and Orange) gluten free and heavenly

Meringue and Pistachio Toffee

A really nice touch to the eclectic atmosphere is the grand piano that often gets played by customers, otherwise vinyl sings through the speakers.

 

Arabica hosts many events in the evening as well. Check out what is happening now under their "events" tab here.