A Visit to the Seattle Art Museum for Free First Thursdays

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...

The Seattle Art Museum in downtown Seattle is free on the first Thursday of every month. So my husband and I decided to go visit today! It had been a few years since we visited. I've always loved this art museum, ever since we took a field trip there in art school years ago. The museum was established in 1993. I'm a lover of all museums. I always feel inspired by the interiors, the history, and the art itself.

On this visit, I took some shots with my phone. I enjoyed looking at the Andy Warhol and the Georgia O'Keeffe paintings. If you've never checked out the Seattle Art Museum, I recommend doing so!

The Hammering Man statue stands guard in front of the museum. This 48 foot statue installed in 1991 and celebrates the worker's contribution to society.

This floating tree sculpture, located in the museum's lobby, was installed in 2017. Called "Middle Fork" this sculpture has half a million bits of cedar. It will eventually end up back in the forest in North Bend, WA.