Quick post - starting off the Seattle leg of our journey at a downtown/close to the action hotel called the Hotel 1000(206 957-1000). I thought that we do lots of touristy stuff the first few days and then try to spread out to places like Mt Rainier and Glacier National Park. Why Seattle? I love coffee is the best reason( the eponymous coffee shop Tully`s coffee began in Seattle although Starbucks is much better) along with Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam and my other favorite Jimi....all through my brain Hendrix.
8/7
We had a fantastic day today....got out of the hotel around 11am and literally stumbled across a live show of some local folksy rock group. We sat around and listened to the bluesey sounds for a bit taking in the views while doing so.
Hunger began to set in so we headed to a churrascuria for some meat and veggies brazilian style- wasn't expecting much but (http://www.ipanemabraziliangrill.us/)
was fantastic. Fresh veggies/waitresses fawning all over Zach bringing him strawberries etc... it was a sight to behold. Another funny moment was when a complete stranger sauntered over to our table to say how she was so amazed at how well our son was eating and wondered how we did it...we said Zach does it on his own!!!
After lunch, hopped on a monorail(Zach was the honorary co-pilot during the return home) to the Seattle Center for a day meant for Zach-Experience Music Project(http://www.empsfm.org/), which happened to have a special 3-month Jim Henson(Sesame Street/Muppets) exhibit which allowed Zach to participate in a puppet show and learn a bit about the Muppets etc. The whole venue was very interactive/stimulative to the senses, which made our son a very happy camper. Finally, we let him jump on a few rides(bumper cars/carousel/yaddayadda)- you could've lit up the night-time Seattle skyline with all the electricity pulsing thru Zach!!
-After walking around the Seattle Center for a bit, we ended up hiking over to an outdoor museum(http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/osp/) that was a tad smaller in scale than we thought. Thats ok...we traipsed thru quickly then headed to the pier 70 for some great views. On the way, Zach managed to faceplant after falling off a sculpure-like bench a little blood and crying treated with ice and napkins helped to ease the pain.
-Once again the hunger pangs hit, so we moseyed over to a nice restaurant looking out onto Puget Sound(http://www.waterfrontpier70.com/waterfrontpier70/home.htm - needless to say, this place was an epicurean epiphany for us. Started off with a shrimp cocktail that rocked our world, next came a ceviche that was accompanied with these huge tortilla chips wow!!! Finally we ended it with a halibut that was sublime to say the least! We will probably head back there one more time, because not just a great view from our table, but some great seafood!
- Walked back to the Seattle Center to climb up the needle since the weather had cleared up nicely...Zach was excited to check out the views from 65 stories up...
- Headed back home after what was probably our best sightseeing day on the trip so far.
Zonked out at around 10pm
8/8 Happy Birthday Suzanne Turry!!! Turning 12 and setting a record for the earliest Bat Mitzvah ever...nice!
Woke up at 9 ish again and proceeded to try
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