Holiday Decor

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...

Welcome to December! Today's the first day December and it's the start of the holiday season. I decorated my house for Christmas a couple of days ago and it's feeling festive with the lights and my cute decor. Every year I like to purchase a few new items to spruce things up. This year I had good luck finding some fun things at Target and Marshalls.

I found this adorable small Gingerbread snow globe at Marshalls. The bottom is actually a bottle opener, too!

I actually found this mini-Christmas Tree at Target in the $5 bin! I put it in my bedroom next to my bed and my Hello Kitty snow globe I bought from a local Seattle shop a few years ago.

This Corgi mug is from Target. This is my son's favorite mug to have hot cocoa in. He loves Corgi dogs!

While wandering around West Seattle we came across this shop decked out for the holidays. This is Brocante Beach House, an antique store that's filled to the brim with adorable holiday items. It was fun to browse the store and get in the holiday mood.