We’ve continued our journey up the West Coast to bring the Class Trip to Seattle! The bus is open Wednesday – Sunday until July 7th at 2nd Ave. and Pine Street. Our hours are 11am-7pm.
On Tuesday the 18th, we’re making a trip to visit Theo Chocolate! Anyone is welcome to swing by the bus while we’re there. It’ll be parked at 3400 Phinney Avenue N. from 4-7pm.
“I was an architect, but when I turned 30 I decided to go to pastry school,” Brandi Henderson told us. “Then the economy collapsed and all architects lost their jobs so I thought, ‘I guess I’m a pastry chef now.’”
What could’ve been an unfortunate turn of events has worked in Brandi’s favor. Four years ago, Seattle’s restaurant Delancey was opened, a spot best known for their wood fired pizzas. They were looking for a pastry chef just as Brandi was hunting for a job, so the transition was seamless. About a year after, the back space attached to the restaurant opened up and Brandi knew she wanted to make it her own, calling it The Pantry.
Sub Pop Records founder Megan Jasper swears like a sailor but is as sweet as can be. Giving her company bio a read before getting together with her, we had a feeling she’d be a total hoot—take a quick look yourself. Jokes aside, this former punk rocker has put in a great deal of time and hard work to rise through the ranks at the label, which is now celebrating it’s 25th anniversary.
Thank you for such a warm welcome this week, Seattle! Hilliard’s Brewery was filled to the brim with local residents on Wednesday evening, and we were thrilled to have you all there.
Being in a new city means a new team is running the show on the Class Trip bus! This exuberant group has already hit the ground running, kicking things off last night with our launch party at Hilliard’s Brewery. Liz, Ash and Darius (along with Jamie, who was managing the team in Portland too) will be here throughout our stay in Seattle. Get to know them a bit before you swing by the bus!
Seattle, we’ve arrived! To kick things off, we’re throwing a party tonight at Hilliard’s Brewery from 6:30-9:30pm. Join us there for a couple of beers, some sliders from Curb Jumper and a performance by local band La Luz.
If you miss the party tonight, you can catch the bus at 2nd and Pine starting on Thursday! We hope to meet you all soon.
Photo by Collin Hughes
In the running against Minneapolis, Portland is considered to be one of the most bike-friendly cities in the US. There are bike lanes aplenty and residents are ultra friendly to anyone trying to cross the road (we think it’s just a Portland thing, since drivers would stop every time we even neared crosswalk). Walnut Studiolo, founded by Geoff Franklin, allows riders to spruce up their bikes with handcrafted accessories—leather bags and bar wraps, handles to allow for easy transportation of your frame, and a handful of options for transporting your Portland brews.
“I saw a lamp break and thought, ‘I could make that,’” Shannon Guirl told us of the moment that sparked her interest in making lighting. Without any previous experience with lighting, Shannon taught herself the ropes and set up her Kickstarter campaign to really get the ball rolling. Now, out of her small studio in Portland, she crafts beautifully designed modern-shaped lighting from clay and wood as Caravan Pacific.
We’ve checked another must-visit spot off of our Portland list: Voodoo Doughtnut. Guaranteed to have a line out the door, this shop has customers leaving with sugar rush-enducing pink boxes in hand.
“We wanted people to smell and feel what Portland is like,” Taylor Ahlmark explained to us of Maak Soap Lab. Having grown up in Arizona, he and Anoria Gilbert were driven to move to Portland for its climate. “We graduated in 2009 and moved to be able to see a change and see seasons,” Taylor elaborated.
