WEEKEND GET-AWAY

Every great city should have a great downtown, and Seattle has one of the best. We try to visit somewhere we haven’t been before for several days at least once a year, and this year our choice was Seattle. And although this trip was initially booked for a whole different intention, we were glad we followed through on our decision to go regardless.

BECAUSE we had THE best time. And since we were only there for 48 hours, we decided to make the most of it. What a fantastic City. Upon arriving into town, we had a driver pick us up at the airport. That was the best decision we made all weekend because there is NOOOOOOOOOO way I would want to drive in downtown Seattle. I am not even sure we would have been able to find our swank hotel if it weren’t for our driver taking us from point A to point B. :)

During our short 48 hours, we walked A LOT, took a few strolls just for coffee, did a little shopping, ate fantastically, took a tour of the Space Needle, visited Pike Place Market, and meandered down on the Pier. Let me tell you our feet took in a whole lot of miles over the weekend which was good because of the vast amount of food we ate. AND yes, I did take pictures. Lots and lots of pictures.

There were tons of people milling around all over the place and they all looked like they were just out to have a good time, even if it was raining and extremely windy out. What a beautiful, unique, interesting and all-around fun place to be.

Seattle is a really beautiful place. The diversity is wonderful and I had a sense that there were a lot of “daydreamers” around. It was fun to just “people watch.” As far as stores go, downtown has just about every high-end store you could hope to see or shop at, and there is an unbelievable variety of restaurants, from funky and elegant. We ate lots of seafood (of course) and at a Thai place called the Ginger House. YUMMOS!

And, of course, there is the famous Seattle coffee and the very FIRST Starbucks store, which we did visit. It is hard to walk more than 2 or 3 blocks without running into at least two or three coffee shops, and the coffee shops are mostly jam-packed! CRAZY! But like previously stated, it was cold, windy and rainy so people were most likely just trying to warm up! :)

It was a great way to celebrate my birthday this year and I hope that we will be able to return to Seattle to spend more than just a long weekend. :)