RJ and I had a wonderful time in Seattle. I missed Carter tons (it was the first time in 18mos that I had been away from him for more than 1 night! ahh!!). RJ woke me up at the crack of dawn Friday morning to drive up there! We got to our hotel about 9ish am and enjoyed a good mocha & some quick breakfast then it was time to head to Pike Place Market for there celebration!
the best part of wakin' up....
The market celebrated 100yrs! They had a small parade of horse drawn carriages & people dressed up like the early 1900's. It was a reenactment of how the market was back then. So you could buy produce right off the back of the wagon. There was a ton of people there!
The first! Had to stop by and pay homage to the coffee gods!
Beautiful flowers at the market!
the Puget Sound in the background
eating fresh blueberries! yummy!
For dinner we ate this place called Wild Ginger, a pan Asian style restaurant. It was sooooo good!If you like Asian food they I highly recommend you go there! We ordered off the satay bar (satay is super flavored meat on a stick with pickled cucumbers & peanut sauce to dip in!) It reminded us of our days spent in Singapore! We got the "young mountain lamb, the "street hawker beef & the "peasants chicken". so good!! I also had some super delicious Vietnamese Buddha veggie rolls with pineapple dipping sauce! YUM! Then we also ordered the Panang Beef Curry. It was soooo spicy hot! I could barely eat it & Rj DID!!! For those of you who don't know, Rj has been known to not be able to eat spicy stuff, not even the MILD sauce at Taco Bell! So this was a momentous event! haha!! We really enjoyed our dinner so go check it out!
Then after dinner we strolled back down to the market. We saw a bunch of women furiously digging through these garbage cans. We were like what the heck....it turns out at the end of the day the flower vendors toss all the unsold flowers in the GARBAGE! So that's why all the commotion! Crazy!
There was a concert out in the park going on with some local talent. This one kid took the stage and was 15 but then he opened up his mouth and out came Johnny Cash. Seriously, the kid sounded exactly like him! It was so weird! He was good though!
The next day we got up and headed back down to the market one last time to get some fresh produce before we headed home. We got some of the best peaches I've tasted this year...called "oh my god" peaches! hahah...they were indeed yummy.
We had a great time & it was a good lil get-a-way. But it's definitely nice to be home! Hope you all had a good weekend!
cheers.
2 comments:
What a great time! I just watched Sleepless in Seattle last night and saw Tom Hanks walking in front of the "Public Market" sign. before he and his friend went into the cafe. Glad you had a safe trip!
Looks like a good time...glad you guys had fun! And cute white shirt btw!!
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