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Hey guys, I'm Alia.

I have lived in Seattle for over six years now

and today I wanted to share with you guys all of my favorite places to go,

hang out, eat and everything in between.

We're gonna cover restaurants, bars,

cafes, bakeries, shops, areas, and general activities.

So let's go.

Okay, we're gonna start out with food

because I know that's why a lot of you are here is to figure out where do you go eat in Seattle?

What's the spot to go eat at?

Where does everybody go for dinner?

Well, I have the answers,

but first I do want to give a disclaimer

that these are just places that I like to go to

and places that I've been going to for the last couple years.

First one on the list comes as no surprise to you guys if you've watched my videos for a long time,

you know that my favorite,

favorite, favorite place to get food in Seattle has to be the Seattle Fish Guys.

I have been going to them for years now,

and ever since I had them for the first time,

I just, like, fell in love.

They are located in the heart of the Central District.

They are a restaurant and seafood market.

They serve the most incredible poke I've ever had in my life.

Guys, I gotta tell you,

this is my favorite spot in Seattle.

Do you know how many times we've been here?

I haven't been counting, no. yeah i mean i haven't been counting either

but i definitely think it's like over 20 times like 30

times we come here at least twice a month i would say once a week is like the usual

but i always always get if they have it the sweet shoyu salmon

and the spicy salmon you can build your own bowl i always get the spicy tuna

if you get the salmon it's also really good

but i just double up on Yoni loves the spicy tuna because it's the mayo dressing like the mayo sauce.

I mean look at this beauty.

Oh my god are you kidding me?

Now next for food we have Rachel's Ginger Beer

which is located in Capitol Hill but also with the location in Pike Place and U Village.

But the reason why RGB is in the food section is

because their Capitol Hill and U Village locations both have a collaboration with Maono fried chicken

so anytime i go i always get either the fried chicken sandwich

or the chicken fingers they are incredible they have different spice

levels they can pick from i would always stay with the mild

because it's plenty

but try it at your own risk the combination of the fried chicken with the fries

and the rachel's ginger beer with whatever flavors you get is

so on point that it has to be at the top of the list now the next restaurant

that i would highly recommend to everybody to go try is paju located in lower queen anne they serve modern

and unique takes on korean dishes

if you come here you have to try the squid ink fried rice

or the steak bulgogi made with truffles it's absolutely incredible those

two are always on their menu most of their menu changes seasonally

but these two have been on rotation on the menu every

single time i come over there they just serve really innovative dishes with incredible incredible flavor combinations

and this place is also great to come with a large group

if you want to taste test everything

because the portions are meant to be shared family style now

one of my all-time favorite places to eat in seattle has

to be pasta casalinga in pike place market it's a little bit hard to find

and you have to really look for the signs of where to go

because it's deep in the market so it's one of those places

that if you know you know

but pasta casalinga is a pasta bar not a lot of seating

so So you definitely have to sometimes wait a little bit,

but it's so so so worth it This place has been my family

and I's go-to ever since we moved to Seattle since we've discovered it.

It's incredible So we're at pasta casalinga right now They have three

that change always have one from the ocean from the farm

and from the garden And then they always have like the lasagna

and the classic like pomodoro pasta But this is my go-to spot in Parkway Parkways in Pike Boys Market

Another one of my all-time favorite restaurants in Seattle for the past couple years has been Isarn Thai Soul Kitchen.

They have several locations around Seattle area,

but I always go to the Queen Anne location or the Gravana location.

The ambiance is always so nice

and perfect for dinner with a larger group as their dishes are really the perfect size to share among people.

And they have so many different dishes that I love,

but some of my favorites have to be the chinese sausage fried rice

and the patou as well as their thai steak salad

which i could literally eat every single day it's

that good okay now listen i love my pastries like

if pastries were a food group

which to me they are i just i take them very seriously

and that's why i have one place to recommend you for

pastries in seattle where to get the best pastries with the most like interesting flavors

but also the highest quality would have to be at temple

pastries in central district they have come through every time like

every time they change their menu every time they have new items it's just

so good it's flaky it's buttery it's like the perfect pastry i swear to you they have new changing flavors

but some ogs that are always there also the interior is really lovely

if you want to hang out in there they also have a little bit of outdoor seating

and if you're trying to get some work done they have some upstairs seating

that has plenty of seeds and a lot of plugs now a second pastry shop

that is close second for me has to be bake shop

in lower queen anne they also make some incredible pastries

but they also have sandwiches and more like lunch items

but everything

that i've tried there has been really good super flavorful um

also their coffee is really good i'm a big bagel gal

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if you are a bagel person these are my recommendations for

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you first we have westman's bagels they're my absolute favorite

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because they were in my neighborhood but they're also some of the best

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that i've had in the city their sandwiches especially their bec

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which is bacon egg and cheese sandwich is so

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so good their version of it is exactly the perfect bacon egg

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and cheese sandwich in my opinion i always get it on an everything bagel

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but they have all varieties of bagels and they have seasonal schmears

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and they have an extensive menu of different sandwiches if you're not a BC person.

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Second, we have Mount Bagel which is also located in Capitol Hill.

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They're a newer addition to the city but definitely worth checking out.

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We've got our bagels.

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Both scallion but this is a spicy scallion.

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This is good.

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I love how soft the inside is too.

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The next spot might be one of my most frequented places that I've been to in Seattle,

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especially in the last few years.

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And it has to be Little Oddfellows located in Capitol Hill inside of the Elliott Bay Bookstore.

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By the way, Elliott Bay Bookstore should be a place that you check out on its own outside of the Little Oddfellows.

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But Little Oddfellows has been a hub for me to work out of my apartment.

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For some reason I can really focus in there.

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It's super chill and nice and nice.

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It gets really busy by noon so you definitely have to hurry up and snatch a seat because it's really popular.

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They have really great pastries.

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They also have a few lunch items like sandwiches or soup and more importantly their coffee is really really good.

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There's plenty of seating and plugs to charge your computer.

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Okay now for drinks I do have a few recommendations to start off with.

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If you are a matcha person,

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if you like matcha, which I love matcha,

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I'm also very particular about my matcha then i would say

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that my favorite matcha spot it would have to be nana's

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green tea downtown seattle they by far make the best matcha i've found in the city

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but they also make matcha everything they're one of those places

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they have matcha parfaits matcha ice cream matcha pastries they also

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have savory food like rice bowls with meat you can easily

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just have a whole meal there including a matcha dessert seattle has several bubble tea places

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that are really really good but I have two favorite ones in the city.

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Number one has to be Meraki tea in the U district.

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So we just went to Meraki tea

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and this is one of my favorite like bubble spots especially

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when I was in college living around U-Dub I would always get bubble tea from Meraki

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and my go-to is the mango passion fruit green tea

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and you can also tell they have like little bits of I think it's mango

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and passion fruit inside it so you know like that's why the flavor is

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so good and second we have happy lemon i know they're international

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but we do have a few locations here in seattle

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and they are some of my favorites for specifically milk teas with boba

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and of course you always have to get one of their bubble waffles

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because they're just to die for incredible

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and the pairing with the milk tea is just chef's kiss now i don't really drink much

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but i did want to include one drinks slash bar place if you are interested.

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I do love wine and one of my favorite,

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all-time favorite wine bars in Seattle has to be Otherworld Wine Bar.

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They specialize in natural wines and they always have so many wines that you can either buy to take home.

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They also have rotating wines,

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either some whites or reds or oranges or rosés.

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It's just such a lovely space to be in

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because you don't feel like have to know about wines to go there the vibes are immaculate

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and the music and the space and the people

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that go there i highly recommend you guys check out otherworld

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wine bar okay now for desserts i am not a big ice cream person i'm gonna say this

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but at the same time at the top of my list for desserts has to be salt

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and straw their ice cream is incredible they have new flavors every month

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which is amazing and keeps people going back i would have to say

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that my favorite favorite favorite favorite flavor

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that I always get no matter what the new thing is

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has to be honey lavender ice cream in a waffle cone or waffle bowl.

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Now the second dessert place that I highly recommend you guys check out is called Byten

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and it's located also in Capitol Hill.

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They specialize in Japanese desserts but more specifically the fruit sandwiches and incredible soft serve.

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We got a little yuzu soft serve and black sesame soft serve.

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Oh my god, the black sesame is crazy.

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Now for activities.

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Seattleites are known to love the outdoors

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which is actually why a lot of people live in Seattle

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and the Pacific Northwest is because there's so much greenery

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and water and just nature in general so people are always looking for ways to spend more time outside.

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Now we're over here at Lake Union and I'm here

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because probably one of the most popular activities for Seattleites has to be paddle boarding.

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I would say I personally prefer Lake Union just because it's a little bit more adventurous.

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It's bigger and you get to see the city 360 degrees because Lake Union is in the middle of Seattle.

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So you get to see downtown,

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you get to see Gasworks Park and it's also really close to a lot of different food places.

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So you can make a whole day out of it.

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I have to say that one of my favorite parks in Seattle is where I'm actually located right now,

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which is Myrtle Edwards Park.

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And it's super sunny today,

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but even when it's gloomy, it's so beautiful.

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It's my favorite go-to spot for a walk or a run.

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This trail is the Elliott Bay Trail,

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and it's a super long one.

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So if you want to go on a run or anything,

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anytime you want to get away from the city and get to be by the water,

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the breeze, the smell of the ocean is just beautiful.

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And I love how it stretches all the way from Inner Bay down to the Olympic Sculpture Park.

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And speaking of, my second place

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that I highly recommend you guys check out in Seattle or just go to hang out is Olympic Sculpture Park.

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It's very, very unique to Seattle.

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It was put together by the Seattle Arts Museum.

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And there's just a lot of like different sculptures that are in the park.

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The park itself isn't really big,

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but there's a lot of just like open space where you can hang out,

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you can sit down, you can have a picnic.

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And I love how all these parks are just connected to each other.

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So you can easily just see all of them in one day.

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And if you continue in the same direction,

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you will reach the waterfront,

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which is probably my favorite part of the activities because it's so beautiful.

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You really get to feel like you are in Seattle and that Pacific Northwest vibe.

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There's actually a lot of different little like restaurants and coffee shops,

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places to eat, stores that you can find along the way

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and in the summertime it's always super busy but still really fun especially

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if this is your first time in seattle i definitely recommend

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walking all the way from centenio park into the waterfront

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because then you can walk all the way to pike place

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and it's a beautiful like 20 minute walk not too long you get to see a lot of the city

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and a lot of what the seattle vibe has to offer

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and of course pike place market i know it's super touristy

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but even

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if this is not your first time in Seattle I really love coming here from time to time

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because there's always so much going on there's

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so many things you can do you can spend a whole day walking through the market

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because there's so many little places that sometimes are a little secret

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and you might need to find your way to them like pasta castlingo

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which I mentioned before but there's so many little like food spots

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that are kind of hole in the walls they also have

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so many little stores inside the place that aren't just market like

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but you can buy like posters or books or antiques

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so the market is super fun especially because it's connected to the waterfront.

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So there's a lot of really nice views

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that you can get from the market

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and in general it's just a great weekend activity

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but also early morning during the week

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if you get a chance it's really nice

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because it's a lot more quiet so you get to enjoy the market all to yourself.

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And lastly for activities we have the Fremont Sunday Market.

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It's probably where you're gonna find me every Sunday because it's that good.

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Okay so we're over here at the Fremont Sunday Market.

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It's always super busy but especially in the summertime it's really busy

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and in the wintertime usually the market is moved under the Fremont Bridge so if it's like rain season,

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winter season, you can always go to the market so let's go.

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When my sister and I come here every time,

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we always get some type of food.

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They always have food trucks lined up.

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People always come, get some food,

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then go walk through all the little stands.

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And the food trucks are always like local Seattle businesses.

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And now onto vintage and thrift stores.

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My favorite category.

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I left it for last.

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If you already have the Fremont Sunday Market,

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you might as well make your way to the Fremont to the Fremont Vintage Mall,

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which is just a block away.

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And you can spend hours in this place.

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It has everything you can imagine a place to have from homeware to clothing to accessories.

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I always love popping in there to like look at records or books or even clothes.

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You can really find some special finds in there.

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Next, I would say at the top of my list

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when it comes to vintage stores and thrift stores in general in Seattle has to be Slow Dance in Capitol Hill.

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They are some of my favorites because they are more of a curated vintage shop.

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The price point will be a little bit higher,

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but I think it's worth it because I know every time I walk in there,

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there will be several pieces that I would like.

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And they always have various sizes and the quality is really, really good.

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I like that it's not just like the typical vintage tees or denim and those types of more like thrifted finds.

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You can really see that they take time to curate their pieces

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and they have a lot more selection when it comes to like more fancy items.

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Next, we have Red Light Vintage,

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which is located in the U District where all the college kids go to get their vintage and thrift finds.

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So, you know, it's good.

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They really have a lot in there,

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a lot of vintage tees,

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a lot of denim, and they actually have a whole area just for costumes.

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So, people often go there for like parties, themed parties, or Halloween.

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There's really a lot to dig through in there.

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Next, we have Late Night Vintage Market.

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This place is huge and if you are someone who likes to put on their headphones

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and browse in a vintage shop for hours This is a place for you.

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This place is really big.

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They host a bunch of different vendors,

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which I love There's literally something for everybody There's

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so many different styles of clothing in the market from like sporty to super vintage

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and rare There's really something for everybody

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and it's a great place to go with friends and hang out

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and walk around and browse through Another shop is Erez Consignment.

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I actually really love this store.

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If you want to find something a little bit more fancy and less thrift-like,

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this is actually a consignment store.

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So you will find a lot of really great brands that are not necessarily vintage or old,

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but they're just, you know,

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put up to be reused.

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And I've really found some great pieces in there.

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And there you have it.

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Those are all of my favorite places in Seattle to eat,

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drink, hang out, shop, and everything in between.

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Let me know if you're gonna check out

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or have checked out any of the places I mentioned

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and also let me know if There are any spots that you're like,

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how could she not mention this place?

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Please let me know and again This is just my opinion.

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These are just the places that I like

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and I've liked for the last couple years

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But there's plenty of other ones that I didn't mention just

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because this video again can't be 20 hours long

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But I hope you guys enjoyed it I would really appreciate it

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if you guys liked this video and share it with your friends and also subscribe if you're not subscribed.

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A lot of exciting videos coming to you very soon.

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I'm filming from a very special location right now.

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Thank you guys so much again for watching and I'll see you next time.

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