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Archive for August, 2010 
Hullo Adventurers. On our most recent trip to Seoul, our focus was on the food. Breakfast was a stone grilled egg sandwich bought outside our hostel. Lunch was bulgogi and Nakji Bokkeumbap fried in a giant wok at our table. Dinner: Seafood scallion pancakes washed down with Doenjang-Tzigae. The list goes on. We forced ourselves to walk around the city so that we’d be appropriately hungry enough to appreciate our next meal – a glutton’s exercise regime. Gastronomical Heaven. The city is so fantastically cosmopolitan and rife with community based culture. Highlights: fractal laser shows on the Cheonggyecheon River that conjured up giant projections of robotic flowers, the school children that swarmed the Rodin exhibition at the Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, and above all, street markets that teeter with the weight of every product I could possibly imagine. Bring empty suitcases to this city, adventurers – Seoul is the place to shop. Even the subway stations all have their own malls. If you are looking for a cheap place to stay – consider the hundreds of hostels in the Honggik University area. If not, the Hilton in Namsan Park gives you an incredible view of the N Seoul Tower. Explore the Lotte empire – there is an underground mall (or rather, labyrinth) devoted to duty free goods. Walk around Myeong-dong at night to see the street performers mime, dance and sing. Follow it up with a bottle of Soju and some fried octopus – but be warned – this innocuous looking liquor packs quite the punch! In short, adventurers, if you’re looking for an urban adventure that has a dizzying carousel of delicious foods, serene palaces and retail therapy, come to Seoul. It’s a sensory delight.
Until next time adventurers. This is Gao Gao reporting from the Mainland.
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You should definitely come join Babeland, Molly Moon’s and us here at The Adventure School Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for . . . . Mobile City is a FREE outdoor nighttime party and thennnnnnnnnnn we celebrate Capitol Hill and its glorious bizzzznessses with a weekend of awesome deals and activities!!! Here’s more info about the party on Thursday. It will be a mobile eats extravaganza. Everything will be on wheels. Bands will be on the back of a truck! The bands will be My Goodness!!!!! Picoso!!! and Mash Hall!!!! Please be prepared to dance inside of a mobile disco. Walk, bike, blade, ride transit, skate, jog down to this bangin’ outdoor party, bring everyone you know. Celebrate Capitol Hill. Eat at Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream Truck, Maximus Minimus, Rancho Bravo Taco Truck, Via Tribunali and shop at the CMRTYZ/Young Monster Pop-up shop, ride The Adventure School Spin Art Bike, and jump with Double Dutch Empire! Capitol Hill . . . it’s the best neighborhood. That is the new slogan I have made up, and the thing is, it is true, right? . . . BUT, as always, I am open, SO . . . . SOLU, Georgetown? Convince me!!! I mean, International District I already love you, don’t take this the wrong way. Anyways, collect maps of the sale stores at Molly Moon’s, Babeland and the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce. These are your ticket to the sale prices/deals and/or you can use your zipcard! *Download your own full resolution .PDF of the map and schedule: http://www.theadventureschool.com/wp-content/uploads/MCmap.pdf While you’re here, let me tell you that the weekend long Summer Sale will feature tons of stores on Capitol Hill and VERY IMPORTANTLY . . .
We are also doing a food drive for Northwest Harvest so bring your non perishable food items and drop off at locations with an * asterisk
Babeland * 20% off featured waterproof toys Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream * Oddfellows Café * Laughing Buddha Pilot Books Pagliacci Pizza Gyro World Speckprint * Ada’s Technical Books Gold’s Gym * Julia’s * Panache EDGAR The Store Marigold and Mint Feedbag Utrecht 8 limbs Yoga Centers * Café Vita Kaladi Brothers Coffee City Home Store Emerson Salon * Retrofit Home * Bluebird Ice Cream and Tea Room Old School Frozen Custard * Veridis * Throwbacks NW * Atlas Clothing * Gamma Ray Games * Cake Spy * NuBe Green * Bootyland Kids * Century Ballroom Copper Vine MOE BAR BIG MARIO’S Homegrown Simply Frames Whimsy Home Decor Brocklind’s Formal Wear Urban Outfitters * Salon Armand Flora and Henri Edie’s Shoes Zaw Pizza Sal’s Barber Shop Thanks to our sponsors Sound Transit, zipcar, BIA and Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce!!!!!!!!!!! See you there!
Hullo Adventurers, Last night I went to see Swan Lake, at the Water Cube. Enough said. I have few words to describe the experience: Glitter, pogo sticks and tight tights. I am also depending heavily on my Adventurephone photos to tell the story.
The Moscow Ballet Company excellent – the synchronised swan diving even better. If you come to Beijing, Adventurers, I shall also bring you into the water park next door. They have a Turbo Basin that shoots you into a sea of floating (fake) jellyfish at breakneck speeds. It is beyond cool. Until next time Adventurers, (from Shanghai) GG
Friend of adventure, Molly Moon, has started an ice cream revolution as of late! Anyone who has tasted the sweetness of Scout Mint knows what I am talking about. You can find her any given day on Capitol Hill or in Wallingford at her Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream Shops delivering the masses from their ice creamlessness. AND NOW, she has a mobile ice cream truck hitting the mean streets and cooling down the hot city with scoops of vegan Theo Coconut Kiss and ultra creamy Balsamic Strawberry. Molly Moon’s is a great woman-owned business and Molly Moon, the woman, is a huge fan of beautiful, walkable Capitol Hill. Come meet Molly at the Mobile City event this Thursday, and get to know her more right here in her Adventurer Profile!
What skill do you want to learn? The scariest thing you can think of? Not being able to breathe. Your favorite party supply? Lots and lots of pretty dishes — and flowers! Just finished The Help. Super good. Describe your dream party place.
One of my favorite meals of all time is a pasta dish made with linguine and freshly dug manila clams from Desolation Sound. We made it one night while boating in the area last week… so delicious!
1lb. dried italian linguine saute the sliced garlic in olive oil until tender, over low heat, so as not to brown. add white wine, chili flakes and simmer 5 minutes over low heat. serves 4 to 6.
As promised, last week, here is some more information about next week’s totally boss FREE OUTDOOR NIGHTTIME PARTY ON CAP HILL! The party will kick-off a Capitol Hill-Wide Summer Weekend Sale! Capitol Hill . . . it’s the best neighborhood. The weekend-long Summer Sale will feature tons of stores on Capitol Hill including: Babeland Thanks to our sponsors Sound Transit, BIA and Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, guys, here’s the deal. We are doing an amazing event with Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream on Capitol Hill on August 26th. It’s a Thursday, and you are going to need to come out to celebrate the brilliant walkability of our favorite Seattle neighborhood, CAPITOL HILL. It is going to be held where you may be used to picking up fruits and veggies and flowers at the Broadway Sunday Farmer’s Market, just behind the Broadway Bank of America at 10th Ave East and East Thomas. AND, to make matters, even more awesome, it is the kick-off party for the Capitol Hill Summer Sale!!!! BOOYAH! Stay tuned to this blog for more information on foods, bands and deals!!! Here’s a taste of what’s to come!
By the way, the walkablity score of the party location is 95. A walker’s paradise!
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