I'm sitting poolside in Palm Springs writing this post! My husband, Bryce, and I are at the beginning of a THREE part trip! We've left Seattle to chase the sun and to visit friends and family across the miles.

Typically my first post after a trip is the {overview} but I'm excited to outline it all, here and now, from the beginning of the vacation. 

{Let's See Seattle} is a series of Figs and Flights posts where you can find the very best  of the city of Seattle. The great eats, gorgeous spots, and weirdest attractions of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest overall come to life right before your eyes. We're not always drinking coffee while wearing rain boots!

Recent {Let's See Seattle} posts include Seattle for Kids and Springtime in Seattle with the Cherry Blossoms and Tulip Fields. 

This post is the 2019 update for the best eats at Seattle's baseball park. Want to see the best eats from 2017 and 2018? Check it out here. 

​On Saturday night we gathered at Luso Food and Wine in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood to celebrate Portugal with the Portuguese Wine Flight and Pasteis de Nata {event}. This was the fourth Figs and Flights {event}.

In short it was the BEST {event} so far! 18 of us overtook the tiny wine bar, the level of excitement was high, and we had a blast together drinking wine and indulging in the sweet Portuguese treats. 

Maybe you've never had a fig. If you haven't and I handed you one you'd say: "I don't even know how to eat this!" 

Well here we are: I've made a whole list, complete with pictures, for how to eat figs. Your first fig should be fresh, right from the tree. You can eat it all, the skin and the inside, just not top of the stem. There's no seed inside. Just take a BIG OLE BITE. Then, once you're in love, use this list to get creative with your new favorite fruit. 
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I love figs, clearly, as I've named my blog in honor of them. It all started in the backyard of  my Pap Pap (that's Pittsburgh-speak for Grandfather) when I was a kid. He'd pull fresh figs right off of the tree and he'd let me eat as many as I wanted! The hard part, back then, was waiting for the figs to be in season. The hard part, still, is waiting for the figs to be in season! 

Pap sold that house when I was in second grade and went to the eternal fig tree in the sky when I was in college. Good news, though, I grew up and bought a house that came complete with a yard and a fig tree! I never feel my Pap's spirit more than when I'm back there picking figs and eating them without a care in the world (see photo of me IN the tree).

​Those of you who've been reading my blogs since the old days might remember my older blog and "The House with the Fig Tree" stories from when we'd just moved in to our house.

The first time I tried halloumi cheese was at a restaurant called Lola in downtown Seattle. I was there for brunch and ordered Halloumi Cheese Kebabs with Kalamata figs. I had no idea what halloumi was but I love cheese and it came with figs so I ordered it.  

The kebabs came and they looked crazy with squares of cheese that hadn't melted and dried figs all lined up on a skewer. I was worried about what I ordered. It almost looked like marshmallows and mushrooms! Alas it was a wonderful breakfast and I was amazed by this cheese that a) paired well with figs and b) didn't melt when cooked!

That began my love affair with halloumi cheese. Let's figure out just what in the world this odd cheese is and exactly how to cook and eat it.