Bellevue is the Eastside’s vibrant hub — full of shops, restaurants, and green spaces just across the lake from Seattle. It’s where modern city life meets Pacific Northwest charm, and it often shows up in my everyday routines. This section gathers posts about Bellevue, from style notes and shopping stops to food finds and local experiences, all through a British expat’s lens.
Cake for breakfast? Say less.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I hadn’t visited @ladymcakes before, but when @mynameisaiko invited me to be her +1 at a preview event, how could I say no? We sampled the newest flavours, which include Rose, Strawberry (probably my favourite!), Lavender, Berry Mont Blanc, Dassai Blue (which has sake and white chocolate in, yum!) and I had a perfect London Fog latte to go with it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Now I know how delicious these cakes are, going…
New (to us) favourite sushi place in Bellevue – @kurasushi_usa. It’s like Yo! Sushi back home with the conveyor belt, but so much better with a screen to order from, an automated delivery service (second belt above the main one that brings your request out and of course the drinks robots) and instead of stacking the plates high, you drop them in a chute and after you’ve dropped in 15 plates, you get a toy….
Last weekend, I headed to the @athleta #bellevue store at some crazy time for a Saturday and took part in one of @lauramakfitnessass kicking classes (and I stole this photo from her). I’m hoping there will be more classes like this at the weekend for us east side people because this was SO good! I did struggle a little with some of the moves because even though it’s a year since both of my knee…
Another beautiful day in the neighbourhood!
What a beautiful view! Last weekend I headed to the @seattlegirlbosses brunch in downtown Bellevue and had so much fun (although caught the sun a little bit!) I’ve been blogging for 18 years, and have been going to events for the last 10, and yet everytime, I get super nervous about meeting people. And every time, I always realise that there was nothing to worry about! So tell me, how do you deal with those…