This Weekend’s Splurge vs. Steal!

 

 

Happy Thursday dear readers! I’m so so SO excited for the weekend – Brett and I are heading off this afternoon for a MUCH anticipated weekend away with friends at Mt. Bachelor! While we’re DREADING the 8 hour drive down (show-tunes, anyone?), the three days on the mountain will certainly make up for it.

For those of you sticking around the city this weekend, there is much to do! So let’s get the party started with this week’s installment of Splurge vs. Steal!

This Friday night is the Preview Night for the Intiman Theater’s Paradise Lost.

See it early and know before anyone else!

“Preview performances” are pre-Opening dates where the productions are still in working process prior to being reviewed by the media. These performances are sometimes the most fun, because you can tell the cast and crew are relaxed and having fun wiht it – also, it’s great to have this “inside look”!

What is Paradise Lost?

Here’s a description from the theater’s website:

Life shouldn’t be printed on dollar bills.
Paradise Lost conjures a remembered time when gangsters, dreamers, agitators and idealists were the people who formed the hopeful heart of the American Dream. This rarely produced classic teems with life, taking us deep into the relationships, passions and dreams of a middle-class family trying to survive the hardscrabble time of the Great Depression.

Sounds saucy! Show starts at 8pm. Tickets range from $10 to $45, and can be purchased here.

And because the Intiman Theater is located right in the Seattle Center, you are surrounded by some great restaurants to round out your evening. Grab a bite at what Brett and I consider Seattle’s BEST Thai food restaurant, Racha Thai (23 Mercer Street, (206) 281-8883), located just two blocks from the theater! Be sure to order their specialty: a Thai Iced Tea! YUM!

This Sunday, grab your sweetie and hit up Fremont’s Sunday Market! The  market happens every Sunday, and its booths are full of fun foods, flowers, trinkets, soaps, crafts, furniture, and everything you could possibly think of! Think Pike Place Market with a hippie twist.

There is an undercover area you shouldn’t miss – it’s full of crazy antiques and junk you just HAVE to buy!

Brett and I go quite a bit, and it’s fun to play this little game: give each other a $10 to go and find something the other person will love (or hate!) – but ONLY spend $10 (trust me, you’ll find all sorts of goodies for that!). Meet a half-hour later to exchange gifts, then head up the stairs to the Red Door (3401 Evanston Ave N., (206) 547-7521) for their fabulously spicy Bloody Mary’s.

The Market is open every Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Read all about it here!

Thanks to my lovely Twitter pals for sending me some great ideas for weekend fun! For all the goods on Seattle events, be sure to follow @Seattle_Events, @PIAfterDark, and @SeattleMaven