Wares in Seattle

Sis had to work today. She's taking off the rest of the week, but since she was out of pocket today we decided to see (some of) the sights in Seattle. We'll have plenty of chances to ride the ferry this week, so we decided to drive in this morning. The drive to Seattle from the Kitsap Peninsula involves crossing the Tacoma Narrows bridge - site of the famous 'Galloping Gertie'.

As soon as we got to town we headed straight to Pike Place Market and spent a couple hours visiting old haunts (at least for me). I've been to Pike at least a dozen times and every single trip has included a visit to Piroshky, Pikroshky for some tasty pastries (apple cinnamon rolls and rhubarb piroshkies are favorites of mine).



From Pike we dropped by my favorite radio station in the world: KEXP. After a tour of the station we headed north to visit a local icon: The Fremont Troll. Following our stop at 36th & Troll, we visited Archie McPhee at their new location (the boy had really been looking forward to this). I was sorely tempted to pick up an 'Avenging Narwal' to go along with the 'Avenging Unicorn' I keep at the office, but I decided to postpone the purchase 'til my next trip up here on business.

The missus began to inquire why we hadn't yet been to a coffee shop, so we made a stop at a local favorite: Caffe Vita in Capitol Hill. We'd been advised not to miss out on a local ice cream shop (Molly Moon) so we paid them a visit while we were in the neighborhood (vacation = never having to make an excuse to eat ice cream). We decided we'd had enough fun for the day (pacing ourselves - we'll be in town for a week), so we headed back across the sound on the 4:20 ferry.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) though Thursday will be work days for me - so I likely won't have as much to post...though it's not likely to stop me either.

Thanks for reading.