This weekend is the St. Demetrios Greek Festival. Based in the Montlake, at the neighborhood’s Orthodox Church. I attended the event for the first time last year. I attended for two reasons, 1. I love learning about cultural 2. I love baklava (better than cake, cupcakes, donuts, etc.) The event had me feeling like a Greek for the…
Category: Inside Seattle
Cherry Blossoms on a Rainy Seattle Day
Last year was blue skies and sun, this year’s trip to University of Washington to see the Cherry blossoms was gray and wet. While this is my preferred choice of weather, it doesn’t make for the best showcase of cherry blossoms. Click here to view Part I of last year’s Cherry blooms shoot. Click here to view…
Peek into the Washington Park Arboretum
Last weekend my boyfriend and I planned a trip to the Washington Park Arboretum. It was a first trip there for both of us. It’s a short bus trip from where I live, Capitol Hill. We had our lunch packed in our red and white Coleman lunch pail, which included . We sat on a bench at Foster…
PNB presents the Nutcracker
I was first introduced to the Nutcracker by my father. He would play intermission for the Delaware Ballet. I attended these performances for several years until I moved West. Wanting to continue the tradition of watching the Nutcracker during the Christmas season, I asked the locals about the Nutcracker show local to Seattle. I was…
Swedish holiday, St. Lucia
This week the Swedish Cultural Center is celebrating St. Lucia. I will be attending Luciafest, Sunday, December 09th. Students from the University of Washington will be performing the traditional Lucia pageant. There will be singing by Svea Male Chorus and the Swedish Women’s Choruses. The performance is followed up by coffee and traditional Swedish cookies, along…
Swedish Pancake Breakfast, A Sweet Tradition
I look forward to the first Sunday of the month. The Swedish Cultural Center host their monthly Swedish pancake breakfast (with exception to July due to 4th of July and Labor day pushes Septembers Swedish breakfast to the second Sunday of the month.) This has been a tradition for my boyfriend and I since we…