As I write this, we’ve just arrived back home (roughly an hour ago) from our quick whirlwind trip to Seattle.
Laurie’s already sound asleep as I catch up on some e-mails and such before heading that way as well.
We had a great time seeing many of Seattle’s great sites…
The Space Needle/Space Center
The floating home on Sleepless in Seattle (which was recently on the market for $2.5 million)
Pike’s Place – including the 1st Starbucks ever (didn’t get a picture though :-()
Several hundred Starbucks everywhere else we went
And several other places in between.
And we managed to do it all without a rental car! WOot WOot!
Granted, our legs are feeling all the extra walking we did as well — but think of all the money we saved and calories we burned! Yeah buddy.
For me, the highlight of the trip was getting to spend all that time with My Wonderful Life — without distractions, schedules, TV, etc.
I also really enjoyed Bainbridge Island (which is a 30 minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle). There were lots of great shops we visited, including a couple that featured local artists.
Indie Banditas Bazaar was definitely my favorite as well — loved getting to know the owner Kate and two of her kids. It was obvious that she loves what she does. We wish her and the artists she supports the best of luck.
We absolutely loved the artwork and handmade goods Kate had in her shop… especially the work of soopajdelux (aka Jenna Colby) and one of her paintings – Twins…
We asked Kate how much the painting was — and she told us that it had been a gift from soopajdelux so she didn’t think she could part with it for less than $1500. DRATS! But totally understood. I’d hold on to something like that as well.
I’m sure we’ll be sharing more in the upcoming days — both on our blogs, Flickr and YouTube.
So be on the lookout… until then I’m off to sleep and try and reset my internal clock to Central Standard Time.
