A Wedding Date Night

April 05, 2025

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...

I love weddings but I'm usually working at them. I'm taking photographs of the bride and groom, all the beautiful details, the wedding party, the guests, and the list goes on. So when we received an invitation from a family friend whose son was getting married, we looked forward to attending as guests and sitting back and enjoying ourselves. So we got a babysitter and called it a date night. I had to sit on my hands a bit at the reception as photographs weren't allowed but I found plenty of detail shots at the reception to take. The ceremony was at a church in Renton and I loved the high ceilings and the lights they hung to make it special. Then the reception was held at the Doubletree Hilton in Tukwila. My husband and I had a couple of cocktails from the no-host bar and nibbled on some appetizers of eggrolls and meatballs while we waited for the bride and groom to arrive. Then it was time for a dinner buffet of prime rib, salad, veggies, rice pilaf, salmon and shrimp pasta, and more. Then we had to cut out early and get home to relieve the sitter and get the little ones to bed. We had just enough time to take a sip of champagne and congratulate the happy couple! No wedding cake for us, but sometimes you can't have your cake and eat it too!