Photo Blog - Seattle

The Floating Bridge, transporting us from Bellevue to Seattle Washington. This time, I drove!


Some pit-stop washroom on the way to Tulalip. Dan has to pee often (like some kinda Grandpa *chuckle*), so I was left responsible for his camera. Undoubtedly, I take pictures of the most pointless things, in this case a tree.


The perfect picture of us that I favour the most.


We got to Tulalip and shopped at the Premium Outlet Stores. The Nike store there is fantastic! If I knew Frees were going to be that cheap there I would have waited. After spending 2 hours at the outlet stores, we headed down to Bellevue and shopped (even more, ugh, only to my regret now) at Bellevue Square. Why take uninteresting photos of shopping itself and the items bought? I'm not going to bore you with those.


I have come to a realization that shopping is tiresome. Fatigued, we head down to Seattle and check in at the hotel. Our hotel room and myself on my cell. Once again made the grave mistake of spending too much on myself shopping and too little on accomodation.


So my best buddy calls me and I tell him that I'm in Seattle. Although he is perfectly aware that its a long-distance call, he prods me to tell him all the things I bought and we start talking about the everyday events of our lives. The best thing about friendships. Cheers to my BFF ;o) !



Night-view from our balcony.


At about 7pm, we started to feel the pangs of hunger. So we head down to this exquisite restaurant across the bridge of downtown Seattle. Cuisine: Morrocan! I love eating with my hands!


The next morning, we check out and head down to Experience Music Project.


The ever so popular Frank Gehry designed EMP and although it is not as mesmerizing as the Gugenheim, it most definitely emobodies an appealing charm that beckons your second glance.


Monkey stares in awe.



Another side of EMP.



Interior of EMP. EMP is a musuem that pays homage to modern and contemporary music of the Americas, guiding one chronologically through the history of music. Jimmy Hendrix was a prodigy, he not only had talent for music but portrayed it as well in art. They also showcase donated costumes. Quite surprised that Biggie was quite large.



Multi-faceted



Seashell



Dan and myself. Why I sometimes look like a man, I don't know.



The fuschia is quite blinding after awhile.



The thing about EMP is that you get to learn how to be in a rock band, what it feels like to be a rock star and what it feels like to be in a rock concert. The most awesome thing you can do there is learn to play instruments. Instruments such as bass and electric guitars and drums are connected digitally to computer softwares that teach you how to play. Amazing! I played the bass guitar and learned the bass to 'Wild Things'.



Next stop: Seattle's Public Market.






Array of fresh fruit and vegetables.




Abundant clams.





Delightful fresh-smelling tulips.




A skillful performance of fish throwing/receiving.




Humongous lobsters. *Note- crustaceans are the most sucessful species in the history of evolution, not having to evolve too much from its predecessors, having many adaptations in different categories and one of the most populous in numbers. I know... I'm some kind a geek.



Mmm... Crabcakes




We had some tasty ham and cheddar rolls from the store called Piroushsky(pardon me for the mis-spelling). I still think about them till this day.




Finally, one of the main reasons to go to the Public Market. To visit the pioneering flagship coffee-shop that brought such upscale (although we take it for granted) things as 'cappuccino' to the mass. They made coffee hip.




Coffee addicts from all around the world pay a visit. This Starbucks endearingly smells wonderful, the scent of spices rush to your nostrils. Nothing of the plastic, tacky, homogenous interiors of the ones we have.




This concludes the trip to weekend trip to Seattle, celebrating our anniversary. My nostrils might be flaring but check out how thin and sexy my butt looks in the mirror reflection! Makes my day.






Thanks Dan, for all your incredible pictures, what would this blog be without you. Where would I be without you.