Happy Friday! Whether you’re staying home or getting out in your community, check out this roundup of things to do around Seattle this weekend.
Eats and drinks
- Find great food options and expanded outdoor seating in the University District.
- Make this recipe for honey lavender cookies, courtesy of Seattle-area tax accountant and “Top Chef Amateurs” competitor Danie Baker.
- Bake up these chewy, fudgy, malted brownies.
Movies, TV and books
- Find something to watch from this list of what’s new on Video on Demand, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and other services.
- Return to the multiplex with these recommendations for a perfect dinner and a movie.
- Find something to read in this roundup of all things crime fiction this month.
Community events
- Attend an outdoor concert or check out these other local events happening around the Seattle area.
- Check out this visual arts recommendation: works by LGBTQ ceramicists and a visual time capsule of quarantine life.
- See Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival, which has returned with live concerts.
Outdoors and travel
- Go on a staycation with these three day trips to take from the Seattle waterfront.
- Take your dog (or just yourself) on this loop of the off-leash area at Marymoor Park.
- Visit Sequim’s fragrant lavender fields, which are in full bloom right now.
- Get outside, but still stay safe on the water with these tips.
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