so i want to start off this blog with a little nutshelling......basically.....brent and I love Seattle, Brent and I want to live in Seattle, or at least close by, and Brent and I like this rhyme ive got going about Seattle. :) anywho, onto the picture story
so we left sunny warm Austin St. Patty's Day headed for the Emerald City. We had just enough green on not to get pinch but i feel if you are going to be in city thats coined phrase exudes GREEN...you should be fine. Hillary, Blake, and Rusty picked us up from the airport and brought us back to Blakes awesome dowtown loft. Not for long, however, b/c in Texas time it was well into dinner time and we were famished! We walked a couple of blocks up to this great sushi place and slowly consumed tons of tastiness for well over 3 hours......dont be too alarmed...we paced ourselves and had breaks!
Day #2 we woke up to the fresh cool mountain air and hum of the highway. for now 2 days we have been able to see Rainier clearly some 100+ miles in the distance. We started out at this AMAZING organic, home-grown place called portage bay for brunch. some of the boys had potatoes and omletes and whatnot but Rusty and I hit it big with the French Toast and toppings bar! can you saw IN-CREDIBLE! and of all the random stuff to compliment, the blueberries were to die for. :) After sufficiently warming our selves and stomachs up for the day we headed over to the infamous Freemont Troll. This guy originally was constructed as a time capsule...yes that is a real VW bug under there....but now its just a local hot spot for fun. Then we were off to Kite Hill and Steamworks (think paintball and paddle boat scenes in 10 things i hate about you) Kite hill has a fantastic view of the entire downtown skyline while looking over lake union. When Brent and I visited in the summer we actually canoed out in that Lake but of course we didnt take our cameras on that expedition so now you have a better idea of the scenery for that trip :)
while out on the "hill" we also saw some of the docked ships from The Deadliest Catch and the Sleepless in Seattle house....speaking of sleepless in Seattle, after touring the lake union area we went back to Pikes Market for lunch at Lowells...now lowells is not where they ate in the movie but it was right next door..see the connection.....and we walked down the sidewalk as i had brent tell me i had a cute butt ;)
among other adventures of the day we also went out to the peir thats literally a block from blakes house, to just soak in Seattle.....from the peir (and blakes rooftop really) you can see the cityscape, the water, the mountains, mt rainier, the needle, and the shipping yard. we all love to people watch so it was a bonanza of opportunity.
we also found a human statue...super convincing....we was tanted by an angry high man though...unsure what the grudge was there...maybe he used to work that starbucks or something
day 2 started out bright and early with another clear beautiful day and donuts.....65, sunny, no work, and donuts....thats what i call a little slice of heaven
we took our buddy domo out for some adventures today so you may see him sneak in from time to time. First stop...Top Pot donuts. This place was very electic and antique-chic. not really sure if thats a term but it had a nice mix of old, new, and cool. then we wandered the city for a few hours just doing whatever. while we were doing a little shopping we we able to watch these happy people pass out flowers....turns out these cheerful volunteers were passing out free dafodils to celebrate the first day of spring....it was great way to ring in the season
aand with josephs recommendation we checked out another seattle "hot spot"....the GUM wall. this thing was incredibly disgusting but oddly cool at the same time....of course being in the health field all i can think of is years and years worth of contact germs that have slowly been washed onto the sidewalks and walls we are touching....blah. This thing stretched a good two buildings and even had artwork placed within...kinda like freebirds does with foil...
the next day we ventured to an older section of town for the Seattle Underground Tour. Old Seattle was built in the 1800s but a huge fire completely burned down the entire city. when they started rebuilding, while constructing retaining walls and sidewalks, etc over time they managed to create an underground area. (its a lot clearer on the tour but im giving you the abridge version for all our sakes) back in the day these underground tunnels were used for shopping and various black market acitivties. it was really cool to see all of whats left down there and to think of the huge buildings above you that you'd never guessed had all this history in its basement
we ended friday night stuffing our faces (like we did in August) at the Crab Pot....the pictures do not do the mound of fresh steamed seafood justice....it was a ton of food and a ton of good! saturday we visited Blakes work and got a tour of the studio and ended the night with a hopping party at the loft.
so thats the trip in somewhat of a summary.....I leave you with a fun shot of the sunset on Rainier. man i love this area!
so we left sunny warm Austin St. Patty's Day headed for the Emerald City. We had just enough green on not to get pinch but i feel if you are going to be in city thats coined phrase exudes GREEN...you should be fine. Hillary, Blake, and Rusty picked us up from the airport and brought us back to Blakes awesome dowtown loft. Not for long, however, b/c in Texas time it was well into dinner time and we were famished! We walked a couple of blocks up to this great sushi place and slowly consumed tons of tastiness for well over 3 hours......dont be too alarmed...we paced ourselves and had breaks!
Day #2 we woke up to the fresh cool mountain air and hum of the highway. for now 2 days we have been able to see Rainier clearly some 100+ miles in the distance. We started out at this AMAZING organic, home-grown place called portage bay for brunch. some of the boys had potatoes and omletes and whatnot but Rusty and I hit it big with the French Toast and toppings bar! can you saw IN-CREDIBLE! and of all the random stuff to compliment, the blueberries were to die for. :) After sufficiently warming our selves and stomachs up for the day we headed over to the infamous Freemont Troll. This guy originally was constructed as a time capsule...yes that is a real VW bug under there....but now its just a local hot spot for fun. Then we were off to Kite Hill and Steamworks (think paintball and paddle boat scenes in 10 things i hate about you) Kite hill has a fantastic view of the entire downtown skyline while looking over lake union. When Brent and I visited in the summer we actually canoed out in that Lake but of course we didnt take our cameras on that expedition so now you have a better idea of the scenery for that trip :)
while out on the "hill" we also saw some of the docked ships from The Deadliest Catch and the Sleepless in Seattle house....speaking of sleepless in Seattle, after touring the lake union area we went back to Pikes Market for lunch at Lowells...now lowells is not where they ate in the movie but it was right next door..see the connection.....and we walked down the sidewalk as i had brent tell me i had a cute butt ;)
among other adventures of the day we also went out to the peir thats literally a block from blakes house, to just soak in Seattle.....from the peir (and blakes rooftop really) you can see the cityscape, the water, the mountains, mt rainier, the needle, and the shipping yard. we all love to people watch so it was a bonanza of opportunity.
we also found a human statue...super convincing....we was tanted by an angry high man though...unsure what the grudge was there...maybe he used to work that starbucks or something
day 2 started out bright and early with another clear beautiful day and donuts.....65, sunny, no work, and donuts....thats what i call a little slice of heaven
we took our buddy domo out for some adventures today so you may see him sneak in from time to time. First stop...Top Pot donuts. This place was very electic and antique-chic. not really sure if thats a term but it had a nice mix of old, new, and cool. then we wandered the city for a few hours just doing whatever. while we were doing a little shopping we we able to watch these happy people pass out flowers....turns out these cheerful volunteers were passing out free dafodils to celebrate the first day of spring....it was great way to ring in the season
aand with josephs recommendation we checked out another seattle "hot spot"....the GUM wall. this thing was incredibly disgusting but oddly cool at the same time....of course being in the health field all i can think of is years and years worth of contact germs that have slowly been washed onto the sidewalks and walls we are touching....blah. This thing stretched a good two buildings and even had artwork placed within...kinda like freebirds does with foil...
the next day we ventured to an older section of town for the Seattle Underground Tour. Old Seattle was built in the 1800s but a huge fire completely burned down the entire city. when they started rebuilding, while constructing retaining walls and sidewalks, etc over time they managed to create an underground area. (its a lot clearer on the tour but im giving you the abridge version for all our sakes) back in the day these underground tunnels were used for shopping and various black market acitivties. it was really cool to see all of whats left down there and to think of the huge buildings above you that you'd never guessed had all this history in its basement
we ended friday night stuffing our faces (like we did in August) at the Crab Pot....the pictures do not do the mound of fresh steamed seafood justice....it was a ton of food and a ton of good! saturday we visited Blakes work and got a tour of the studio and ended the night with a hopping party at the loft.
so thats the trip in somewhat of a summary.....I leave you with a fun shot of the sunset on Rainier. man i love this area!
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