Playing in the Rain: Seattle!!!

Monday, July 28, 2014

Seattle!!!

The beginning of our trip

Hanging out with cousin Riley

At an Irish pub

Will and I went on vacation last week. It was so nice to get away. Part of his vacation was spent at home taking care of things around the house...The end of it was spent in Seattle! We had such a good time. In true Pacific Northwest style, the start of our trip was pouring down rain. If it had to rain at least it was at the beginning while we were driving. This trip was an early anniversary celebration. We will have been married 7 years at the end of next month. Crazy! It has gone by so fast. We went to dinner at a fancy restaurant in downtown Seattle. Afterwards we enjoyed a dessert at my favorite, The Melting Pot. There we were joined for drinks by Will's cousin, Riley. It had been such a long time since we saw him. He is such a sweet, bright guy. Definitely a joy to be around.

The next morning, we headed to Pike Place. On our way, we saw the Olympic Garden (I believe that is the correct name) that had a walkway filled with art.

A piece of art that allows you to hear sounds when sitting there

Neat headphones!

Pike Place

Pike Place was very neat. There were a lot of great vendors with neat things to sell. We bought a new piece of art for our house. Of course, we saw the fish market. Very neat. I have never been on a ferris wheel, so we were going to ride the one on the docks...but I wanted the traditional experience where it is an open seat. We ate lunch at the Fisherman's Restaurant and Bar. It was delicious! I had clam chowder and calamari. It was nice enough that we ate outside overlooking the water.

It was huge!

Where we had lunch

Such a beautiful view

Since it was my first time, we had to go see the Space Needle. Such a sight to see. I am so glad we went. We decided against going up. I did not feel the need.

The Space Needle

Go Orioles!!

We had tickets to go see the Mariners play our favorite team, Baltimore Orioles. We were amongst a small group wearing orange that day (but more than I expected). The stadium is amazing! The food is awesome. It was a pretty cold night, so we had to give in and buy a Seattle Mariners blanket. You can see how excited Will was below. Such traitors. Although, Will likes the Mariner's OK. He just likes Orioles better! I am an Orioles and Nationals fan. Sorry Seattle. The blanket was nice and warm though. Orioles won!! It was Knit and Pitch night. So many ladies gabbing and knitting away.