We started out at Highline on Capitol Hill. Highline is situated right on top of Castle and as such can be easy to overlook. If you don't know what Castle is, nevermind; I'm not going to link it. ANYWAY, Highline serves Vegan food, and Derek knows just how much I love going to restaurants where I can order anything on the menu and not have to interrogate staff as to how the food is prepared. I will have to admit, I took a chance and ordered the "fish" and chips knowing full well that I may not like them. And I was right. As such, I didn't think to take any pictures of that particular meal. I did, however, order a Long Island Ice Tea that tasted like key lime pie in a glass. Double woot for strong drinks that taste like dessert!
Our next destination was also on Capitol Hill and quite possibly my new favorite spot on the hill. Joe Bar is a small place that one might call a "hole in the wall" for its size but certainly not for its atmosphere. Or its menu for that matter. Inspired by my Long Island, I told Derek to surprise me with a red wine. He chose a Dolin Vermouth Rouge. And a giant molasses cookie for us to share. Ha. Share. Right. Molasses cookies are quite possibly my favorite kind of cookies and while we ate this one I'm pretty sure I vowed to perfect a ginger-molasses cookie recipe as my next project. The vermouth (teaching moment: for those unaware, like myself, vermouth is a "fortified" wine. Dry vermouth is white, sweet is red. Thus, my drink would be considered a sweet vermouth) actually went quite well with the cookie, I thought. Plus, as a photographer, they made such a lovely visual on the table!