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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...
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Pumpkin Desserts for National Pumpkin Day

 Fall arrived awhile ago with its beautiful and bright colors. A lot of the leaves have fallen, but the trees are still so bright and orange. And today is National Pumpkin Day. One thing I love about fall besides the pretty foliage are the pumpkin treats. 

I made two pumpkin items this October. I baked some really easy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I made these before and you can see that post here. My whole house smelled like pumpkin and melted chocolate and I wasn't mad about it. These are really easy with only three ingredients. Perfect thing to make on a rainy fall afternoon. 

My husband and I also grabbed some soft serve from  Milk Drunk one day while our boys were in school. One of October's specialty flavors is Pumpkin Mascarpone Soft Serve and they also have Halloween sprinkles! It was really creamy and dense ice cream and I could taste the pumpkin flavor well. 

Today for National Pumpkin Day I baked Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. I topped them with Halloween sprinkles and Candy Corn since Halloween is this weekend. I used the recipe from Allrecipes.com and you can find it here. I used the wrong baking pan, a 13x9 instead of a jelly roll pan and my bars turned out really thick like cake. Oh well, they still taste delicious and just like fall! They taste best chilled because of the cream cheese frosting. 

What kinds of desserts are you baking or buying for fall and Halloween? Have a happy and safe holiday this weekend and happy National Pumpkin Day!  








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