While the boys (my brother and Dad) were off back-packing this past weekend, my Mum and I had a girls-day out on the town. We slept in late, got dressed up, poked through the critics’ reviews of a few gallery exhibitions and then drove out to Capitol Hill. First stop: brunch at Plum Bistro.
Plum Bistro is rather small, but I love how intimate the setting is. Who cares if you could practically eat off the next door tables’ plates? The food is cult-worthy (and completely vegan). They serve everything from pancakes, crepes and French toast, to mac and ‘yease and Latin scrambles. There are even biscuits and mushroom gravy.
seitan and avacado taquitos... mmmmm we started off with our protein :)
I had spicy chocolate pancakes topped with red bananas and a mango-cacao sauce.
Mum ordered one of my all time favorites from Plum Bistro: fluffy Costa Rican banana pancakes with mole.
Spiced mole sauce (left) and maple syrup (right)
After stuffing ourselves with mole, hotcakey goodness we moseyed on down to the Frye Museum. The Frye contains two main collections of artwork. The first is a rotating exhibit that changes every 2-3months; the second is a permanent gallery of pieces that originally belonged to the Frye couple. This permanent gallery is arranged like how it would have looked in the Frye’s home, floor to ceiling paintings, shoved into whichever space they will fit. Initially, the display is overwhelming, but eventually I have grown to like it. The crammed in paintings forces you to get up close to the artwork and really connect with what the artist created. You cannot meekly observe the Frye’s collection!
Over in the rotating exhibit was a collection of paintings by Gabriel von Max. His paintings are quite eerie, and walk that quiet line between creepy and romantic. Gorgeous paintings! Many dealt with the concept of science vs. the human spirit. One of his most famous paintings is of a cadaver... make what you will of that.
one of his less somber paintings :) and my favorite in the exhibit.
We took our leave after about an hour in the museum to head up to Volunteer Park. I hadn’t been to Volunteer Park is years. To emphasize, I was probably 3 the last time I was there. Which plainly is a bit of a pity as the conservatory is devastatingly beautiful. While I personally am not much of a gardener, my parents could happily retire and pull weeds for the rest of their lives. The amount of work and adoration they pour into our sprawling garden is ceaseless. Sometimes I think their plants are their second children! I digress… anyway, the collection of orchids, tropical/temperate/dessert flowers, trees and vines is breathtaking. Only pictures can come close to describing the immense variety of blooms.
At the other end of Volunteer Park is the water tower, which gives spectacular panoramic of the Seattle skyline. Forget the space needle people! This water tower is free, quiet and includes trees. 5 times better.
Of course, the day was not over yet. What is a girls-day without a little shopping? Thus, we poked around in Anthropologie for an hour. Ahhhhh. I could live in that store. Whenever I am feeling a little blah or need inspiration, Anthropologie is my ideal medicine. On this trip, there was a lofted bed that has me all amped up for living in a dorm—if only just because I have a new space to decorate. I foresee many whimsical pennants, ethnic textures and eclectic art…
On the way out, Mum and I stopped for cake donuts from Mighty-O’s. Mum selected a chocolate glaze (shock-horror) and I opted for a cinnamon sugar. Yum. Sometimes you feel like being a little “naughty” in order to nourish your soul.
Currently sipping iced coffee and procrastinating packing for Uni… I have a feeling tomorrow night is going to be a late one. Any tips for packing/ moving into a dorm???? All suggestions are welcome. There are no books published on this stuff.
Cheers, kaite ;]
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