Portland Cider Girl: Seattle Special Edition

We are in Seattle this weekend and are having a blast. Yesterday I got to have lunch with my cousin who I haven't seen in about 5 years. Last night we had some drinks at a bar called Smith on Capitol Hill. They had Ace cider- not my favorite, but at least I could have a cider. I tried some of the group pitcher of Pike Brewery Kilt Lifter and I must say I didn't make the bitter "eww" face. Interesting! My classmate Beth's boyfriend Don might have succeeded in finding a beer I 'like.' He convinced me to order a Hoegaarden and I drank it! He concluded that I must not like the hop taste and I should try more malty beers. Ok I'll give it a shot. We then went to the Elysian Brewpub where I enjoyed a large bottle of Aspall with my ham and gruyere panini!

Today we rode a ferry with Brendon and Mel and drank beer/wine on the way over! We went to the perfect town of Bainbridge Island where we had delicious pie at a little coffee shop and one of their friends showed us around this awesome nature center/school/learning center called IslandWood. We came back to Seattle and enjoyed happy hour at Cascadia. We all tried their famous Alpine martinis (Bacardi lemon with a scoop of Doug Fir sherbet- and yes it tasted like a tree but in a good sweet way)! Now we are cooking pasta at Beth's and plan on going to see Born Ruffians tonight. It's been a great weekend.