Wendy's Waffle Bar Wendy Rose Fillman

In this episode, I talk about the importance of female friendships and challenges that come with maintaining friendships over our lifetime. I also talk about the example of friendship my mom gave me and I share a passge from "everything I know about love" by dolly alderton that I wanted to ponder together. Enjoy!

Part 4 and the last of the city series! Hope you enjoy this episode all about FoCo - go rams!!

One of my favorite places I've ever lived! Hope you enjoy!

Helloooo this episode is all about some things I've been reflecting on as I approach turning 26, from all the ways life has changed in the last year, to things that hold us back, to new things I want to try as I get older. Hope you enjoy!

Part 2 of a new segment I'm doing called the city series! I share what it was like growing up outside Seattle, all the different activities I would/would not recommend doing if you visit, and some restaurants and bars I'd recommend trying! Detailed list below:) Hope you enjoy!



Seattle Recommendations:

Sweets

Ice Cream:

Frankie & Joe’s - Ballard✔️

Sweet Alchemy - Ballard and UVillage✔️

Salt & Straw - Ballard and Cap Hill✔️

Molly Moon’s - Wallingford and Cap Hill ✔️

Donuts:

Mighty O Donuts - Ballard, Wallingford and Cap Hill✔️

Top pot - everywhere✔️

Krispy Kreme✔️

Miscellaneous:

A La Mode Pies - Ballard and Phinney Ridge ✔️

Hot Cakes - Ballard and Cap Hill✔️

Midnight cookie co - Wallingford ✔️

Hello Robin - UVillage and CapHill✔️ 

Cupcake Royale - Ballard✔️

Bluebird creamery - Phinney Ridge

Full Tilt - White Center 



Breweries

Fremont Brewing - Fremont✔️

Magnuson cafe & brewery - Wedgewood✔️

Elysian - Cap Hill ✔️

Optimism Brewery - Cap Hill

Ravenna Brewing - Ravenna

Avid Cider Company - North Bend



Bars

Pour Decisions - Downtown✔️

Damn the Weather - Downtown✔️

Tapster - South Lake Union✔️

Flat Stick Golf Bar - South lake Union✔️

Add-a-ball - Fremont✔️

MBar - Downtown ✔️

The Nest - Seattle 

Montana- Cap Hill✔️ 

Rose Temple - Cap Hill✔️

King's Hardware - Ballard✔️

Kangaroo and Kiwi - Ballard✔️

Percy's - Ballard✔️

Rachel’s Ginger Beer

Knee-high stocking club (speakeasy) - cap hill

The zoo (cash only, best of the dive bars) - east lake



Sushi 

Musashi’s - Wallingford✔️

Moshi Moshi - Ballard✔️

Wasabi Sushi - Belltown✔️

I 3 Sushi - South Lake Union✔️

Bamboo Sushi - University Village✔️

Momiji - Broadway, $$

Shiro’s - Belltown,$$$ 

Sushi Kashiba - Downtown, $$$$



Mexican 

Taco Chukis - Cap Hill✔️



Thai 

Bangarak Market - Belltown✔️

Mae Ploy - Ballard✔️



Pizza 

Dino’s - Cap Hill✔️

Pagliacci - Wedgwood✔️



Bakeries 

Larsen’s Danish Bakery (ballard)✔️

Tall Grass Bakery✔️

The Flora Bakehouse✔️

Macrina Bakery✔️

Cafe Flora (Washington park arboretum) 

The Flour Box (south seattle) 

Farine Bakery (Redmond) 



Coffee

Cherry Street Coffee - Downtown and Cap Hill✔️ 

Storyville Coffee - hidden in pike place✔️

Fremont Coffee Company✔️ good vanilla latte

Stone Way Cafe - Wallingford

Van Gogh Coffeehouse✔️ best chai and vanilla latte 

Ballard Coffee Company✔️

Seattle Sunshine Coffee✔️

Analog Coffee - Cap Hill✔️



Activities:


Golden Garden Park in Ballard 
Gas Works Park in Wallingford/Fremont area 
Magnuson Park in Magnuson
Volunteer Park near Capitol Hill and Montlake 
Discovery Park in Magnolia 
Waterfront down by the pier and aquarium 
Pike Place Market 
Ballard Farmers Market 
UDistrict Farmer’s Market 

Hellloooo, today I share all my thoughts on San Francisco! First impressions, misconceptions, and all of the cafe/restaurant/park reviews! See below for the full list, hope you enjoy :)

San Francisco 

COFFEE / BAKERIES 


Red Bay Coffee✔️ iced vanilla latte (10/10) -> ferry building 
Ritual Coffee✔️ iced oat milk sweet latte (10/10) -> Haight Ashbury
Duboce Park Cafe✔️ egg sammy and iced oat milk vanilla latte (10/10) -> Duboce Park
Blue Bottle✔️ sweet iced latte (8/10) -> Hayes Valley 
La Boulangerie✔️ iced vanilla latte (6/10) -> Hayes Valley
SightGlass✔️iced vanilla latte (5/10) -> Divisadero
Wooden Coffee House✔️iced vanilla latte with whole milk? (3/10) -> Cole Valley
The Mill✔️egg in a hole toast(7/10), earl grey olive oil cake (10/10), iced syrup latte (5/10) -> Divisadero
Cafe Reveille✔️ iced vanilla latte with whole milk (3/10) -> Duboce Triangle
Jane the Bakery✔️iced sweet latte, chocolate chip toffee cookie, banana bread, and turkey/caramelized onion sandwich, $30 (9/10) -> 

Jane on Larkin
Jane on Fillmore

Fifty/fifty✔️iced vanilla latte (8/10) -> Lone Mountain
Stable Cafe -> the mission 
As Quoted -> Presidio Heights 
Andy Town Coffee Roasters -> Outer Richmond and Outer Sunset
Thorough Bread -> Castro
Cinderella Bakery
Cafe Trieste
Paris Baguette
Kantine
Tartine

BAGELS / BREAKFAST  


Shlock’s Bagels & Lox✔️ iced chai tea and cream cheese salt bagel (9/10) -> Divisadero
The Laundromat✔️ salt bagel (10/10) -> Outer Richmond
Fiddle Fig, russian hill - breakfast sandwiches
Cracked and Battered -> Marina 

AÇAÍ


Bowl’d
Palmetto superfoods

SALADS 


original Joe’s (Dungeness crab Louie)

DRINKS (and tapas)


Zeitgeist✔️Beer bar in Mission
The saloon - live blues bar in north beach
Smuggler’s Cove - Tiki Bar just north of Mission
Phone Booth - dive bar in Mission
500 Club✔️dive bar in Mission
Arcana - natural wine bar with live music in Mission
NoPa✔️ gin & juice, lentil soup 
Phononbar✔️ summer summer summertime (8/10)
TrickDog✔️ scooby snack shot 
Lost Resort✔️
ABV
Red Window (live music every sat/sun 11-3) 
Little Red Window 
House of Shields 
Madrone’s (Motown Mondays!) 
Irvin street and 19th 
The View Lounge, for sunset, downtown
Arbor Patio, for wine, Hayes Valley 

SEAFOOD


Scoma’s - fancy and $$$
Hog Island Oyster Co. 
Hook Fish✔️ fish tacos and fish&chips (8/10)

MEXICAN 


Nopalito
Mission burritos✔️
Lolo✔️ Valencia in the mission (10/10)

ITALIAN 


Square Pie Guys
Original Joe’s
Tony’s Pizza
Casaro Osteria, Union street 
Flour and Water - special occasions 

JAPANESE


Nora✔️ blazing glory (6/10)
Tsunami✔️ papa San, volcano roll, spicy tuna (10/10)
Marfuku - ramen 
No Joe’s - Hayes valley, ramen 

THAI 


Mangrove Kitchen✔️chicken pad Thai 
Farmhouse ✔️ chicken pad Thai 

INDIAN 


Dancing Yak (Nepalese)

VIETNAMESE 


PPQ
Dragon Eats - bon mi

BURMESE


Burma Superstar 

DESSERTS


salt and straw✔️ Hayes Valley
Hot cookie✔️Castro
Bi-Rite Creamery✔️Alamo Square 
Swenson’s 
Smitten Ice Cream✔️ the Mission 

ACTIVITIES


Dolores Park - great for a view of the city skyline, lots of people watching, get a mission burrito while you’re there
Headlands Lookout - best view of the Golden Gate Bridge/city
Golden Gate Park - bigger than Central Park
The Mission - Mexican/hipstery neighborhood with great food and bars, near Dolores park. Mission street and Valencia street are both awesome
North Beach - Italian neighborhood, very picturesque also great food/drinks
Alamo Square Park - good view, painted ladies from Full House
Hike up twin peaks for a good view
Bernal heights hill also a good view 
Lands end is like SFs version of discovery park in Seattle
Bonfire on ocean beach