Oh, what a wonderful time we had in Seattle! It was the perfect three-day vacation, just what we all needed. We stayed downtown which was great for walking to many of the sites you all recommended. [Thank you again for everyone who commented/emailed me Seattle 411!] It was a bit cloudy when we arrived last Thursday, but then the skies cleared up and it was sunny the rest of our stay. We took advantage of the fantastic weather and spent a lot of time outdoors walking around, which was great for burning off all those extra calories we consumed.
And boy did we eat some good food. We probably had 4 meals a day, plus snacks every other hour. We ate a lot of sweets, which is unusual for our family, but a nice treat. The triple coconut cream pie at Dahlia Bakery is amazing, and I generally don't like coconut. Appah got addicted to those bite-size pies and I believe we ate them every day.
And we cannot forget all the yummy seafood. My favorite meal was at Flying Fish--wok blackened hawaiian ahi tuna + risotto cake + baby bok choy + wasabi cream--but Big J's seafood hot pot was also very tasty. Big J loved the clams at Anthony's Pier 66, he almost ate the entire order by himself.
We also enjoyed all the food over at Pike Place Market. We ate many cheese + tomato + basil paninis over at Beecher's cheese. The flagship, their signature cheese, is so tasty and their tomato soup is the best [we ate it three times]. And I cannot resist French bakeries, so we picked up some goodies at Le Panier.
Oh, and those mini donuts that they sell at that tiny stand at Pike Place Market, so good. We also enjoyed the donuts over at Top Pot Doughnuts, although eating one of those first thing in the morning sure gives you a jolt! [Good thing we mellowed it out with some more food from PPM.] The decor inside TPD is so neat--walls of bookshelves, what a dream.
I took the boys to the aquarium while Appah was working, which was a big hit. The boys loved the sea otters and touching the star fish. We also went to Uwajimaya [so much better than the one out here], Kinokuniya [great selection of Japanese craft books], the International District [yummy boba/bubble tea]. Big J loved taking the monorail to the Seattle Center and then the elevator up to the Space Needle. But my all-time favorite site to see was the Olympic Sculpture Park. The space is absolutely amazing, I could stay there all day.
We loved Seattle and cannot wait to return later this year. [And Blair, we'll definitely meet up next time around!]
If you're not tired of looking at our Seattle photographs, and trust me, I won't be offended if you are yawning at this point, [I did take over 200 photographs], you can see more over here.
