Thanksgiving Eats for 2021

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...

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a relaxing holiday with loved ones and lots of good eats. For me, tomorrow is the official start of the Christmas season and I'll be putting up my decorations this weekend. But today was for lots of eating and feeling grateful for what I have. My family ate a lot of good things. We started the day with some Monkey Bread. I used the one from a company called Bridgeford. There products are found in the frozen section. You just bake it for 25 minutes and it tastes gooey and delicious! I also got to use my new Harry Potter mug I got yesterday! I finally started watching the Harry Potter movies and have been really enjoying them. I'm only twenty years late!

Then as an appetizer before our big meal at 2:00, I made a cheese board. We had gouda and goat cheese, along with peach jam and crackers. I also baked some cookies with turkeys from Pilsbury. They were really cute. We also had some yummy Pinot Nior from Oregon we picked up at Safeway. We had turkey, Brussels sprouts, potatoes, rolls, and cranberry sauce. Then we had Pumpkin Pie for dessert much later. I also made a chocolate cake the day before. I used the recipe from Beyond the Butter. You can see the recipe here.

And that's a wrap for Thanksgiving 2021! Now on to all things Christmas!