The floating bakery

We’ve been talking about creating a floating bakery on Lake Union.

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“Maybe we can build it on top of two canoes,” Simone suggests.

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“We’d like to it move about Lake Union and Lake Washington, ” the girls explain, “and we’ll need a place to display the baked goods, so people know what things we have.”

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The background to this is that we spent a great deal of time on paddle boards last summer, and we would have loved a spot to get a glass of lemonade and a crêpe.  The girls started with the idea of a “lemonade stand,” but then we all had big “aha” moments and started to imagine how fun it would be if it could be a restaurant, a performance space, a place for kids to make art.  You name it, and yes, let’s do that too.

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A pop-up “curated” art exhibit and…

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“Now and then, friends could paddle over with supplies,” said Simone.  “Or maybe we should tie up to a dock so that we could serve both water folks and land folks.”

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“Hmmm.” Simone is thinking. “An awning is necessary,” she says. “At least over the cash register and the muffins.”

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“Could we simplify it?  Maybe a Mekong Riverboat?” I ask.

“Not so much.”  Says Simone. “You see, Mama, we really need a kitchen and a place for other boats to dock-up so they can put their order in at our little window.”

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Not that we need to go crazy with the design…but “Mom, maybe we need to think a little bigger.”

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Do come by the floating bakery…when we get it figured out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 Response to The floating bakery

  1. jonathan says:

    we, too, dream of a floating bakery! Any progress on your end?
    I picture more of a barge, with a direct-fired brick oven. If the water’s clean,
    use sea water for mixing the dough: the salt content is perfect!
    Keep us posted…

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