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It's a little late for lunch but you can snack on these:
A random assortment of updates and new biz from around the 'hood:
Remember when Monsoon hurt us -- and by us, we mean all of YOU -- by inviting a bunch of local hacks to a big brunch party to show off their brunchy skills but left out CHS?
Seattlest's MvB, filled with guilt, tried to broker a correction of this horrible error and received the following response: Who is the author of that blog? I'd love to send them "Peace pork buns" to make amends.We're sorry, Kim, but that's just not going to cut it. We won't be satisfied until this wrong has been made fully right. That means peace pork buns for everybody. Make it happen and we might forgive.
Monsoon's co-owner, Eric Banh, is back from some fun foodie project in Canada (one of the cool parts - Toronto) and apparently has a lot of energy, because there are THREE events at Monsoon this month. On August 14 you can eat lunch with Andrea Nguyen, who wrote "Into the Vietnamese Kitchen" that describes her family's escape from Saigon, and includes recipes adapted from the notebook of recipes her mother was able to save. On August 22 there is a Vietnamese Soul Dinner, which is five-courses and family-style. They describe it as "an unhomogenized version of the cuisine" which I think is a nice way of saying "not watered-down for lame-ass American palates." It features rieslings and rosés that are paired with the courses. Yum. Hopefully my addiction to Monsoon's delicious banana cake with savory coconut sauce doesn't betray embarrassingly homogenized tastes. Finally, on August 31, there will be Viet Bits & Cult Sips - which will be all about getting to taste some highlights from Eric's collection of...
What the hell, Monsoon? -- we thought we were friends!
Happy birthday, anyway, j/k
Stranger writer Annie Wagner points to her review of 19th Ave's latest drama, The Museum Play, and lists a few nearby treats over on the Slog.
Before we get to the play, Annie reviews the 50/50 bar deliciousness that is the Good Orange at Fuel Coffee. We're big fans too. Though a vegetarian, she also notes that the lamb burger at Vios looks yum. Social meat, Annie -- try it! While she says it is worth seeing, Annie is less than sanguine about Washington Ensemble Theatre's latest show: As it is, the play is more of a curiosity, a chance to hear some lovely, witty dialogue and one indulgent, simile-ridden soliloquy. Still, that's good enough for us. We're so hapy to have WET in the neighborhood, curiosity alone will bring us in the door. The Museum Play shows through Sept. 25, Th-M nights at 8:00. WET's Web site has ticket info and more. If Vios or Fuel can't fill your tummy, Monsoon or The Kingfish Cafe are nearby chow alternatives. Here's more about the play from other sites: Seattlest: ...this play may be the perfect...
We're guessing you could give a hoot about the Blue Angels at this point so we figure we better ramp up with some interesting non whiny stuff about the neighborhood ASAP. Here you go: 22 Doors' cocktail list -- it's most impressive attribute -- has been updated. This may be old news to you but we haven't visited since the start of summer. The version on the Web is now outdated and we're pretty sure the super pretentious $75 cocktail didn't make the update -- but we'd guess you could order off menu, Mr. $. Save your bucks and go for the Pimm's cocktail.
While we recommend you save your $60 for dinner to spend at Monsoon a few blocks away instead, we do recommend you utilize your $20 for foo-foo fancy cocktails at 22 Doors. --j/k
While we were busy writing about plums, Seattlest dug up this juicy 15th Ave scoop. The fish-outta-water Kozak's is gone -- thanks for trying guys and good luck. Seattlest says we're getting a "Mediterranean-flavored lounge" in the space in a month and a half or so brought to you by the good people responsible for the Nectar Lounge in Fremont. This makes us ask...
Seattle Weekly has listed its favorite 'ethnic' restaurants in the city. Geography is adhered to slavishly so the list lumps awesome taco trucks in with yuppie chow from joints like Belltown's Flying Fish for North America. We think it would be more interesting to see the Weekly editors struggle with categorizing the restaurants geopolitically-- perhaps something more like Lovers of Freedom, Ambiguous Capitalists, Axis of Evil.
Anyhow, three great restaurants from our neighborhood here on the backside of Capitol Hill predictably made the list.
Kind of like the World Baseball Classic. BTW, there were several others on the periphery...  Since moving up here, we've noticed a certain weekly pattern to our life on Capitol Hill. So you can emulate our fine, fine lives, here's a weekly documentation. Get to it! Fuel Coffee Trader Joe's Capitol Hill Madison Market Sonic Boom Capitol Hill Victrola Monsoon 22 Doors The Canterbury The Hopvine --j/k 
 Tucked neatly next to its little buddy, Fuel Coffee, the Little Theater is waiting for you. It knows you wander by and think about a visit. It sees you enjoying your double-short latte, reading the flyer for Swimming in the Shallows and thinking to yourself you need to see more plays.WET -- the Washington Ensemble Theater -- is giving you a good excuse to give into your longing. Its production of Shallows is a lot of fun, simply and effectively styled and authentically absurd. Not quirky. Absurd. The weird lives and loves of gen-nexters are easy entertainment and WET makes the most of the craziness of it all. Do yourself a favor and don't read the plot and casting summary until after the show. Just sit back and watch the friends go round, try not to get too uptight when the audience laughs too-hard at the simple jokes and enjoy your smug self when you find something funny that nobody else did. But you had better hurry. Shallows ends on March 6 so this weekend is your last chance to jump in. -- j p.s. -- Gosh, it...
Sometimes things just happen -- like this gorgeous owl that visited Seattle the other day. Sometimes you need to plan. Nothing replaces actually doing something better than having a list of things you could do. That's why we love event calndars. We probably won't do most of these wonderful things but there is the potential of it all to make us feel happy and fulfilled.
Here's a round-up of calendars for our part of the Hill in semi-geographical order starting on 19th ave and ending on 15th. Range too small for you? Start your own damn blog! Capitol Hill Seattle's Neighborhood Event Calendar Round-Up 1) Capitol Hill Neighbors event calendar Semi-random compendium of activities and entertainments. Check in here when your want to turn your day over to serendipity. 2) Monsoon events Special dates at the graceful 19th Ave restaurant 3) Washington Ensemble Theater at The Little Theater 4) St. Joseph Parish events Because gods are entertaining 5) 22 Doors music schedule<...  In our expert opinion, there are two parts to Capitol Hill -- the urban, gritty part and the practically suburban fancy pants part. We live in fancy pants. The two parts mix here and there but mostly seem to keep to themselves. But what do we know? We just moved here from downtown Seattle. We used to blog there too. We plan to blog here. It's a habit. It helps us know our home better. It gives us an excuse to eat out more.We'll write about a few things. Probably complain a bit here and there. Praise a restaurant or two. Compare and contrast Belltown living with life on The Hill. FYI, it's noisier up here than down there. Not in volume, really, but in breadth of noises, the jet flyovers, the plaintive doggy yapping, the leaf blowers and the children have downtown's constant hum of automobiles beat. We're happy to be here. It's exciting to have Victrola on your home turf -- we feel like they are part of our team now. Go, Victrola, go! And now we can look forward to a stroll down to Monsoon or Fork or Harvest Vine...
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