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Make it memorable
It may be more difficult to celebrate special occasions during a pandemic, but with creativity and flexibility, important events can still be enjoyed. Whether it be a wedding anniversary, a birthday or the year-end holidays, we’ve rounded up the best places to get your sweet treats, fancy dinner, balloons and even entertainment right in your own home.
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Eat sweet treats
There is nothing like a cake to put the icing on an important day. Macrina Bakery has delicious whole cakes that can be ordered with two days notice. Choose from Tuxedo Cake, Carrot Cake or Mom’s Chocolate Cake, or dig into a rustic tart or pie.
If cupcakes and slices are more your style, check out Deep Sea Sugar & Salt, which offers a rotating selection of slices and cupcakes at their walk-up window. Whole cakes and special orders require seven days’ advance notice. Choose from unique flavors such as Chai Apple Cardamom, Molasses Stout, 9-lb. Porter Chocolate and more.
For something really decadent, go to Hot Cakes for individual molten cakes, cookie ice cream sandwiches and more. They even carry natural wine by the bottle and organic beer. Both locations in Capitol Hill and Ballard have limited delivery or takeout options.
Show me the holiday cookies 🎄🍪
The SweetSide in Seattle has a wonderful selection of holiday goodies, including a cookie grazing kit, a classic cookie platter and a cookie decorating kit. Online orders can be picked up in the store or shipped to your home.
Seatown Sweets in Kirkland is offering adorable ready-made vanilla sugar cookies with frosting, piping bags and sprinkles. They have three different holiday kits to choose from. Online orders can be picked up in the store or shipped to your home.
Gluten-free? Nuflours in Seattle offers delicious, festive cookies for gluten-free kids, including gingerbread people and a gingerbread house kit. Online orders can be delivered on the same day through Grubhub or DoorDash, shipped to your home or picked up in the store.
Dine in style
Put on your fancy pants for a special dinner. Take a break from cooking or your usual fare for a special-occasion restaurant experience at home.
Wild Ginger Bellevue and McKenzie locations are open for takeout and delivery. The McKenzie location also offers Dinner for Two, Date Night for Two and Family Meal options. These include entrées, sides and dessert. Add a bottle of wine to elevate your celebration.
Cafe Juanita is offering a rotating menu of chef-prepared entrées to reheat at home, including options such as a roasted veal chop dinner or a Muscovy duck breast. Or choose from handmade pastas to cook at home. The restaurant also offers pantry items and beer, wine and cocktails for pickup.
Spinasse is offering fully cooked menu items for takeout, along with many dishes to cook at home, including “prepare at home” dinners for two. These dinners are deconstructed, raw and include detailed cooking instructions plus a bottle of red wine.
Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi has three takeout gourmet menus on offer which include items from their signature menu, casual menu and family comfort food menu. Wine and cocktails may be added to make your dinner feel extra-special.
Monsoon Seattle and Bellevue are open for takeout and delivery. Family meals to go for the holidays are available throughout the month of December. Dinner for two is $65, dinner for four is $125. Meals must be ordered one day in advance and picked up and the restaurant.
Cafe Flora is open for takeout and delivery. You can create your own holiday feast by pre-ordering entrées and take-n-bake treats. Everything will be fully prepared and will include reheating instructions. You can also order natural wines, craft brews, plus housemade shrubs to make your event extra special. All items must be ordered one to two days in advance.
Blow it up
Balloons can make the most dreary day more festive. Luckily, balloons and balloon bouquets can be delivered right to your door, or to the door of a special someone.
Balloon Planet in Seattle can deliver a professionally curated balloon bouquet right to your door. It offers a wide variety of balloons, holiday bouquets and other arrangements for just about any occasion. From a rainbow unicorn display to a giant, helium-filled birthday cake balloon, they have your special day covered. You can even add a teddy bear or bag of candy for extra smiles.
The Red Balloon Company offers balloons and party supplies, plus a selection of gifts, games, toys and confections. It is your one-stop shop for balloons plus a gift! Delivery is available in Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Redmond, Shoreline, Burien, Renton and Tukwila.
Sing and dance
One bonus of not being able to go to the theater or concert hall is the amazing amount of performance art that is now available for a much wider audience online.
Live music events are still happening and many are available to a virtual audience. This list from Billboard is updated weekly. Check out livestream concerts by Metallica, Justin Bieber and many others.
Schedule a virtual meet and greet, a music lesson or a prerecorded message from your favorite Broadway star. Check out the long list of award-winning stars available for this amazing experience for Broadway fans.
You might not be able to make it to a New York Philharmonic performance (ever), but here’s a chance to see one of its concerts online.
See dancers, from classical ballet to modern and hip hop, perform in a variety of performances, from recorded events to clips of rehearsals from before the pandemic.
Check Playbill for free livestreams of plays and musicals, from “A Christmas Carol” to “Peter Pan.”
