Anytime I find myself in Seattle for an extended period of time I consider it a mini stay-cation. It’s not quite a vacation because I’m only hopping, skipping, and jumping across a small body of water, but it’s time away from my home making it an adventure nonetheless.
I spent the last eight days house sitting in Seattle, and my days looked something like this: work (three of the days), eat (all of the days), and explore (most of the days.) Despite the fact that I do get paid for these house sitting gigs, I typically end up spending more than half of what I make on food. I consider it bonus cash. 🙂
I spent a lot of time at Whole Foods hot bar spending my life savings on all things vegetables.
I’ve made a conscious effort to use Whole Foods for here bowls instead of putting my meal into a to go box. Let’s be honest, I eat it all while I’m in store anyway, might as well save a bit of the planet while I’m at it.
I had a few more bowls from different days, I just couldn’t deny the convenience of this Whole Foods being so close to Green Lake, another place I spent a few hours of my time. Here I found my soul mate in bird form, all black body (like my soul) with giant odd looking feet. I was also a witness to a love triangle. Female ducks know how to work their bodies despite being less flashy looking than the males.
We can all take a note from the female Mallard. Confidence on point.
I gave my first unborn child to eat an acai bowl, little did they know I don’t plan to have kids. So expensive, but so good. I’m excited to be reunited with my blender. Perhaps next time I just bring it with me. Yes, that sounds like a good plan.
I kept my sugar beast in check most of the days despite being surrounded by copious amounts of amazing vegan treats, except for one solid choice. A new ice cream shop opened in November showcasing plant based goodness with a base of raw sprouted cashews and coconut milk (no fillers or gums), somewhat sweetened by dates and maple syrup, and with amazingly unique flavor profiles.
The cone is made from maple syrup and oats. Das it.
Be still my plant based heart. Top scoop is salty caramel ash infused with activated charcoal, bottom is California cabin infused with pine needles, black pepper, cardamom, and smoked sea salt. If you’re ever planning to visit Seattle, Frankie and Jo’s is a must. Did I mention pine needles? So much yes
I tend to enjoy eating ice cream mostly in the winter months, I’m not sure why. I don’t really eat a lot of ice cream and in the summer with the heat it makes me feel heavy. I happily ate these scoops despite the frozen tundra that hit Seattle last week. So cold it froze parts of the lake.
I spent a solid five hours with a friend from work over the weekend. It was nice to chat with a like minded individual, those are hard for me to find these days. She’s the bee’s knees.
The only other honorable mention from my week in the city was the sleeping cat I found at the park by the gym I went to. What I want to know is WHERE these statues were when I was a child? Kids these days have it so good.
I’d have climbed on his back like he were Falcor from The Neverending Story. Or maybe the dragon would have been better suited for that, although his spikes look painful.
Back home, and back to school today. I had a glorious month long break making it equal parts hard and easy to go back. This will be my last full semester, with a partial semester over the summer to finish things off. I.Am.So.Ready.
Q: What kind of entertainment did you have in the parks as a child? I was early teens when I first saw a t-rex dino you could ride forward and back. It was purple, and it was the coolest.
Blissfulbritt 
46 thoughts on “Seattle Staycation”
B
That ice cream cone looks amazing! Now I want one. We had one of those dinosaurs too! I think a lion as well.
Brittany
Bahaah ohh man, I would prefer the lion.
rootchopper
Your winter ice cream craving is shared by the people of Massachusetts. They have the highest ice cream consumption per capita in US.
I didn’t do parks as a kid. We played games in the “stadium” at the end of the dead end street I lived on. And we played in the woods. They weren’t very big but to a ten year old with an imagination they were filled with wonder.
Brittany
Oh man, playing in the woods sounds magical. I did that a little bit, but wish I had done it more. I make up for that in my adult like though. 🙂
rootchopper
Sadly they’ve been ruined by grown ups. Deadman’s Pond is no more. All the underbrush was removed. How do they think you can spy on the big kids without cover? Geeze! A least you can still climb the trees.
Brittany
So sad, grown ups ruin everything.
katalysthealth
Maple syrup and oats? Ummmm YES PLEASE! What an awesome looking cone right there 🙂
My favorite thing to play on in the parks was the monkey bars. I literally just loved climbing things. We had a park I called the “wooden park” because everything was made of wood and it was AWESOME to climb on!
Brittany
Wooden park sounds like paradise! I also liked the bars that I could flip all around, I thought I was so cool when I could flip forward extra fast.
benjaminpeach
Oooh the food porn! God I miss WFM. So much great stuff! Lovely pictures of everything.
Brittany
WFM is my wallets worst nightmare, but my tummys best friend!
Ellie
How was the activated charcoal? I’ve only had that once and it was in a coconut water beverage. It made me poop, so I guess that’s a good thing right? It also made my teeth black…so I had to remember to brush or I would scare people. 🙂
There wasn’t a park where I grew up, we went to the play ground at my elementary school and so I had access to a plastic jungle gym. You know what this makes me remember though? Those electronic riding animals outside of grocery stores in the 90s. They costed like a quarter and you got to ride an animal or dinosaur for a minute or two. What happened to those things?!
Brittany
Hahahaha omg those rides! They probably hurt too many kids and they had to get rid of them! I lived next to an elementary school so we’d go play on their equipment. The charcoal was good, no distinct flavor change.
Lauren Keating
Love the pictures!!
Brittany
Thank you!
Josh dV
Looks like more lovely adventures. I’ll eat that ice cream.
My playground days involved swings, bikes and forts and tree-swings. I was actually a little Lord of the Flies….with less killing.
Brittany
Hahahaaa. Swing though, always a good choice.
Kayse
I would come out there just.for.that.ice.cream. What!!!!! That sounds mindblowingly good!
Brittany
It was insaneeee!
wanderwolf
You are ready for your last full semester! And the staycation looks like a lot of fun.
Those ice cream flavoring though? Crazy! And love the statues.
Brittany
The flavors were amazing! They had others that were great too!
danaelizabethx
those statues are too cute!! 🙂 and all the food looks so yummy!! 🙂
Brittany
I loved that cat hahaha.
Hannah
That ice cream! I don’t think it’s too wild to bring your own blender. My mother in law takes her own coffee making equipment whenever she travels haha
Brittany
That’s smart! I did that too when I was drinking a lot of coffee hah!
An Unrefined Vegan
That is some seriously interesting ice cream! Leave it to the west coasters to come up w/ this stuff (I kid because I love!).
Parks/playgrounds…I loved swings above all else, but my second favorite were those things on giant springs – usually in animal shapes – and you’d sit on top and just kind of bounce back and forth. Maybe the repetitive motion hypnotized me :-). No doubt it addled my little kid brain.
Brittany
YES that’s what I was talking about as the dinosaur. Hahahaha.
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
You think the spikes look painful and I think they look intriguing. Who knows, they could be a good time. 🙂
I’m glad you got your adventure and your eats on. I used to house/pet sit when I was in college and it was always a nice retreat from my usual life. Plus the houses were always way nicer than my dorm room. 🙂
Brittany
Haaahaha you would you dirty bird. I like the mini escapes, though I let them stress me out sometimes.
stubbsyblog
That food does look good indeed! And extra kudas points for referencing The Never Ending Story!
Brittany
Yasss glad someone commented that.
Heather
I love Whole Food hot bar. And I want to try pine needle ice cream! Acutally, both ice creams AND the cone!
Brittany
It was insaneee, I wanted 4 servings.
Melanie
Wow, that frozen lake is beautiful!! I’m beyond impressed with that ice cream cone too. I think I need to plan a trip to Seattle now, lol!
Brittany
You do indeed!
Christina Does It All
You’re making me excited! I know this is supeeerrrrr last minute, but I’ll be in Seattle the 19th-23rd. Would love to meet up for coffee or something if you have the time!
Brittany
Ahhh whaaat! I’ll only be in the city that Friday for work, and I work 630-5. 😫 I live an hour outside of Seattle, but if I lived there it would be so easy to meet! If you feel like taking a ferry boat to Bainbridge island to meet halfway there’s an awesome coffee shop there that I adore! No worries if not!
Allie Zottola
That cone is so cool! As is bonus cash 🙂
Brittany
Agreed!
Mellie Dee
Ooooo I would staycation in Seattle too. Houston on the other hand isn’t as great to staycation in.cute statues. wish I knew about them when I went! Would have definitely loved taking pics with them. hehe
Brittany
You just have to go back 😝
Mellie Dee
it’s on our list. next time I’m back, I’ll let you know! Would LOVE to meet you!!
Brittany
Yaaass, please do! ❤
dave379
Even though I read about the duck’s feet, when I scrolled down and got to the second picture, I let out an audible, What?!…in conjunction with a smile. At my school growing up, we had an entire tire playground. There was one slide, and rings, but otherwise it was all tires. This included a tire dragon 🙂
Brittany
Those feeeetttt! Tires are a blast at playgrounds.
stateeats
Ohhhhh that ice cream! Gotta get me there the next time I am in Seattle – Kat
Brittany
You MUST!