a veg life

(posted by Emily)  Saturday 11 October and Sunday 12 October In the same area as the Space Needle and Chihuly Garden and Glass , there is a large and colorful building with very modern architecture. Rick and I were curious to see what is was and who designed it. We were both strongly reminded of Disney Concert Hall in LA.  the monorail runs through the building amazing colors separating the car park from the museum complex Turns out, our suspicions were right on--the building was designed by Frank Gehry , the same architect who did the concert hall! It is home to the EMP Museum, which celebrates music, science fiction, and pop culture. We walked inside to see what was currently on exhibition, but decided not to do through. It was lucky we stopped, however, as it started pouring rain as soon as we got inside.  inside the museum After the rain let up, we hemmed and hawed and finally decided to head up to the U (University) Dist...

(posted by Emily) Based on some feedback from the R in E&R, I decided to split up these posts. Don't want to overwhelm anyone with too much content! Hopefully this makes things easier to read, and more manageable :)   We took the bus up to the Mississippi Ave, and the  Mississippi/Williams district  for lunch. There are a number of food carts here as well, and one of our must-hit food spots was located among them.  man on a mission I have been following  Homegrown Smoker  on  Instagram  for a few months and their food fascinates me. There is something pretty amazing about barbecue, and it is hard to replicate in a vegan way. Well, they have great reviews and we had to give it a try.  HGS does burritos and sandwiches, but I came with a plan--if I'm coming for barbecue, I want it to look and taste like barbecue. I ordered the combo platter, with tempeh ribs, smoked soy curls, mac no cheese, baked beans,...