Kirkland is a happy place!
Our teenaged friend Joseph said this about Kirkland the first time he visited us.
Indeed it is!
Recently we ate at a new restaurant in downtown Kirkland - Alanya Cafe. The owners are from Turkey. The cafe, like so many restaurants in downtown Kirkland, is very small, perhaps 6 tables. We tried pide which is kind of like pizza only much better. The owners were very proud of their food, emphasizing that everything is homemade and very delicious. It certainly was delicious. We'll definitely be going back.
As we sat in the cafe, enjoying the food and the people watching, we talked about the types of restaurants we could see. We were in a Turkish restaurant; then there was Japanese, Greek, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese. Ones we couldn't see but were within half a block were Italian, Thai, Mexican and a place you could get hamburgers. Only a few of those places had more than 8 or 9 tables. There's even more variety a block and more out from where we were sitting.
It was a beautiful almost summer evening. We stood outside the cafe, right in the center of town, and took a picture in all four directions.
looking north up Lake Street
The cafe where we ate is on the left
looking south on Lake Street
The Alanya Cafe is on the bottom right, beside me
looking east up Kirkland Avenue
the cafe is to the bottom left
We live about a 10 minute walk up this street
looking west on Kirkland Avenue
Lake Washington is at the end of this street
The Alanya Cafe is to the right
I get my hair cut in a little shop on the right
Before the bridges were built across the lake,
people took the ferry from the end of this street to get to Seattle.
We walked a short block from the restaurant down to Marina Park and Lake Washington
The top picture is looking south - the sky was a vivid blue
looking west into the setting sun
sparkles on the water - isn't it beautiful!
Can you see the sparkles going from the boat to the gazebo?
The pathway looks like a sparkling magic carpet!
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