As we came upon Pike Place Market I started seeing people carrying huge bouquets of flowers.
They were holiday bouquets with pine, holly berries and pinecones.
They were so reasonably priced, if I could have taken one home on the plane I would have. I am known for carrying unreasonable things home on the plane with me.
I'd like to recreate arrangements like these at home. Note to self, here are some more ideas for holiday flower arrangement inspiration.
Traveling means finding new food to try. As soon as I got to Seattle I checked Yelp for interesting spots to check out. My first day there I was on my own and I found a restaurant near the hotel called What the Pho. I may have picked it just for the name but the pho with meatballs was delicious!
Just because we are traveling doesn't mean we miss our favorite meal of the weekend. For brunch we went to Sweet Iron for waffles. It's a tiny little place that serves Liège waffles with all sorts of toppings.
Aaron had berries and whipped cream while I had brie, bacon and basil. Pretty amazing.
After some sightseeing we stopped in at Biscuit Bitch right before it closed. It's a kitchy little spot where they serve up biscuits with even more toppings than you could get on a waffle.
I am talking gravy, fried egg and spam. Oooh la la, it was so good and filling. They were super nice there too.
Top Pot seems like the place to get a doughnut in Seattle. We managed to squeeze one in before flying out. I actually found the apple fritters to be the best thing there.
I'm sure there were a lot more restaurants to check out. I'm looking forward to coming back again to try them.
I have never been to Seattle so when Aaron had to come out for work I jumped at the chance to join him for the weekend. Today we got to do some sightseeing.
The first stop was the Space Needle. The entire time I had "... tossed salad and scrambled eggs..." running through my head.
The Space Needle is an observation tower that was built for the 1962 Worlds Fair. It's 605 feet tall and has 25 lightning rods.
There are cool intereactive things to do at the top of the Needle, like posting where you traveled from.
After the Space Needle we headed over to Pike Place Market. Started in 1907, it's one of the oldest farmers markets in the US.
We watched fish being tossed.
Looked around at the shops.
There were some funky shops and quirky spots like a shoe show. I didn't need to see giant shoes. I see those in our own house every day.
In Pike Place you can find the first original Starbucks. There is long line, but something I had to visit.
Also in Pike Place is Post Alley, home of the Gum Wall.
The alley under the market has a theater box office. As people would wait they would stick blobs of chewed gum to the wall. Some parts of the wall were several inches thick, 15 feet high for 50 feet the length of the wall.
Just last month, it was determined that the sugar in the gum was eroding the bricks and it needed to be cleaned off. From November 10 to 13 workers scrubbed down the wall and steam cleaned it. Over 2,350 pounds of gum was removed but folks are already starting to add it back again.
We had a hand in that.
It really grossed me out.
It rained while we were in Seattle but that is okay. It felt like we were getting the original Seattle experience. PS - I didn't realized how hilly it was there.
I also didn't realize what huge football fans folks in Seattle are. Fridays are "Blue Friday" where everyone wears their Seahawks gear to work. At one of the shops, instead of saying "Have a nice day", the shop keeper said "Go Seahawks!"
It was a short trip, but we will be back!