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Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

  Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos.  Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying.  My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again.  For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to  Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

Wedding Anniversary Cupcakes

Yesterday, June 16th,  my husband and I celebrated our five year Wedding Anniversary. Five years.  Wow, it goes by fast! It seems like just a few months ago I was walking down the aisle to marry him.  I ordered some cupcakes from Safeway and they were delicious.  Our Wedding cake was chocolate with white frosting so I ordered these the same.  I ordered five cupcakes, one for each year, with the date on them.  The traditional flower for a five year Wedding Anniversary is a daisy, so I had a daisy on the other two cupcakes.  An Anniversary is a wonderful excuse for cupcakes and I might have to have them every year with a different design! 




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