Seattle Day 1

The first day of our fabulous trip started with a leisurely awakening, coffee served in bed, and pancakes. I am using Tim’s very old laptop, so more pictures to follow when I return home. Some neat shops around here:

More Tattoo parlours that Cotati!

Then we went to the Seattle Public Library. It’s pretty cool.
11 floors of fun! Each floor is a different color. There is one floor with over 100 public computers with browser, excel and word installed. No empty machines. All full and lots of click-clacky sounds of happy typing. Julie found the layout of the place dis-com-bob-u-lated. I thought it was cool.

Tim and I are getting along:

Sometimes:

The next place was the Pikes Place Market. We found excellend parking. Go Grr! Then had a excellent lunch at the Cocabanna. It was advertised as bolivian food, but they had some spanish touches. Jule scored with some beef dish that we all partook of. It was yummy.

The Public Market is famous for the fish sellers who, when you purchase a sea food product, will throw the fish at each other in their haste to wrap up your selelctions. Sometimes they sing as well. Kinda touristy and a tab bit trendy but it was cute. We walked around the 3 stories of the market, some parts had been there for almost 100 years. Typical vendors, but the flowers available there were lovely. As was the produce. We might have bought a few things .. .moving on.

We went to the orginal Starbucks^TM. The first. Numero Uno. It looked just like … any other Starbucks. Only this one was full of Japanese tourists and loud and crowded and hot. Oh and no seats, buy your products and get the hell out. We bought our tasty drinks and made our way to a grassy area to admire the view, enjoy our beverage and sit next to the vending machine toilet. I choose that time to call someone and say hello. I was chastised by our host. Oh and he made fun of my hat.

Then stop Pioneer Square. You know how some parts of a city get gentrified? The yuppies stop by, see that they like it and then buy a few things, before you know it the greasy diner is replaced by a Bistro and there is a shop selling essential oils. Well, that hasn’t happened to Pioneer Square yet.

It is still “rough around the edges” and the middle and the side and the top and bottom. But it was cool. Worn cobblestone surrounds the place. There was one shop that made fantastic stained and fused glass. There was a great bookstore with a huge selection. The basement was a small cafe. A woman sat at one table and talked on her cellphone the entire time we were there. After about 1/2 hour I realized she didn’t have a cell phone.

After Pioneer Square came dinner at a place called “Taste of India.” It was damn good. Thats all I am gonna say about that. We back to Tim’s and had a restful sleep.