Seattle Weekend!

This weekend, I went to Seattle to visit Gil and to celebrate my birthday. I had never been to Seattle (or that side of the country!) and I loved the city...minus the drizzle. On Friday, we ate dinner near the hotel in Tikwala at BJ's brewhouse. Great chicken barbecue pizza!

Saturday I woke up to the foggy views of Mount Rainier:

We spent the day walking around the city. It was COLD. Michigan is cold, but Seattle is WET and cold. I had no idea how hilly it is there! It was so fun walking around and spending time with Gil.

Of course we checked out the Fish Market. We got there early before it was packed.

Yes, that's gum.

We also got a chance to meet up with Gil's aunt who lives in Seattle to have lunch together. On our way, we got a chance to see a bit of the University of Washington campus.

We walked around the Seattle Center area and saw the Space Needle.


We didn't pay to go up in it though! In the evening, we went over to see the Olympic Sculpture Park along the waterfront. They have a Calder and there is a Calder exhibit going on at the Art Museum. Reminded me of GR!

I loved being on the water...the Puget Sound is beautiful!

By this point, we were frozen and headed to the Seattle Aquarium to get inside for a bit. I actually touched a starfish and a sea anemone. Gil wouldn't do it! I was fascinated by this fish...gross, right?

On Saturday night, we headed back to the Fish Market to eat at the Pike Pub & Brewery.

Everywhere we went, I was pointing out buildings that I thought were cool. I'm sure that got old for Gil to hear. I kept picking out condos along the water that I wanted to live in.


On Sunday it was really rainy. We spent a low key morning eating breakfast at the hotel and then we headed to the Science Center. We saw A Christmas Carol in 3D at the IMAX at the Science Center which was pretty good. Sunday night, we headed to Tacoma for my birthday dinner. I liked Tacoma because it was still right on the water, but less busy than Seattle. We ate at a brewery on the Puget Sound. It was nice and casual and Gil was happy to get some football watching in!

Aside from getting stuck at the airport ALL day on my birthday...it was a PERFECT weekend. :)