Seattle is where city energy meets Pacific Northwest charm. From cheering on the Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena to exploring local coffee shops and neighbourhood finds, I share my perspective as a British expat living just outside the city. Whether it’s style inspiration, everyday life moments, or places worth bookmarking, this is my take on Seattle living.
We’ve toured Climate Pledge Arena twice now, and it turns out it’s more than a hockey arena! My sister didn’t visit the US between 1998 and 2022, and when we finally got her out here, we took her straight from an 11-hour flight to a Kraken game and created a hockey-loving monster. She’s been back every six months since, so we’ve done most of the usual touristy things. The CPA tours have been a favourite…
Had to break my no-feed streak for this one… Yesterday we headed over to Little Beast in Ballard for a roast dinner – I have not been able to find anywhere in the Seattle area that does a roast in the 8 years we’ve been here, and for some reason I haven’t had a roast either of the times we’ve been back to the UK, so as you can imagine, this was pretty exciting! I…
Further proof (if ever it was needed) that I am a terrible content creator.I was invited over to University Village way back in September to visit the Sezane pop up store. It was supposed to be there for the holiday season only, but happily, it’s still open so I popped over again recently.I had known of the brand for a while now because of Carrie’s (@wishwishwish) posts featuring them, but never really checked them out…
It’s been a while… Last week, Alex booked us in for our first date night in at least 2 and a bit years at Altura on Broadway – they do a tasting menu and each plate is as beautiful as the next. It’s definitely a bit of a splurge, but since we’ve missed out on celebrating at least 4 birthdays, 2 job changes and 3 anniversaries since our last visit, it seemed like the right…
I’m always a bit unsure about sharing things we’ve done in Seattle because I know the majority of my long term audience is UK based. But I’ve asked this question…