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Highline Bar – Seattle, Washington
Are you craving those classic greasy appetizers– like Fish & Chips and Buffalo Wings– but you don’t want to cause animals any harm?
Do you want to tear into a BBQ Pork Sandwich, but you don’t want knives tearing into pigs?
Are you craving some cheesy gooey-ness but you care about cows?
Well…Vegan dreams DO come true!
Highline is a vegan bar/restaurant located in Seattle at 210 Broadway Avenue East. It’s a bit dark and dingy in there, and there’s nothing fancy about the place. This is a bar, after all. The menu is yummy. On a warm, sunny day, it’s nice to sip and eat from the balcony while people-watching. Funny…I always feel like I need more tattoos when I’m in this neighborhood! Here are some things we’ve ordered…
PULLED BBQ HERO – Soy-chicken, sauteed peppers & onions smothered in house made bbq sauce topped w/ coleslaw.
REUBENDER – House-made vegan pastrami w/ russian dressing, smokey provolone cheez sauce & sauerkraut on grilled rye.
FISH & CHIPS – Crispy soy-fish strips (with nori) & french fries w/ tartar & lemon. (You really must try them to believe how good they are!)
BUFFALO NUGGS WITH RANCH
PELE WRAP – Maple teriyaki tempeh w/ pineapple, spinach, cabbage, red onions, miso-sriracha aioli.
THE MELTDOWN – Vegan tuna w/ mozzarella style cheez on grilled bread.
CAPANOTA WRAP – Chunky eggplant capanota, avocado, spinach, sun-dried tomato cream cheez, and vegan cheez curds.
BEER CHEEZ SOUP
Buzz, buzz, bzzzz…I’m still buzzing from my first experience doing the flying trapeze! WOW. What an exhilarating experience! First of all, thank you, Facebook… because it was a friend on Facebook who invited me along. We’d never met in person until today. Now we’re “real” friends and not just “Facebook friends.” (Gotta love the modern vernacular, huh?)
Until recently, I’d never even heard of the School of Acrobatics New Circus Arts (SANCA) in Seattle. What a fun place. Animals don’t belong in the circus, but people do! I didn’t know that getting on the flying trapeze was on my “bucket list” until today! (Technically, I don’t have a bucket list, but I think I might just start one. After all, I’m already into my 40’s. Time’s a ticking.) Yes, the flying trapeze is definitely bucket list material.
The whole time I was there, I was nervous and excited and shaking and giddy. My face is tired from using my grinnin’ muscles. (It probably didn’t help that I had a non-dairy espresso drink during the drive there!) The class was small– only 3 of us– so we had plenty of “air” time. I’m probably going to be sore from using muscles (i.e distal hamstrings) that haven’t been used that way for decades. Let’s see…the last time I swung upside down by my knees on a bar was in elementary school, on the playground…around 1980!
First, I learned how to take off (“Ready, HUP!”), swing out, bring my legs up on the bar, and swing upside down by my knees (“knee hang”):
Then, I learned how to have the instructor “catch” me. Here’s the instructor getting set up:
And here’s me in action:
I’m looking forward to going back again!
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