The flight there was pretty uneventful, except for the pain searing down my neck and back from sleeping weird. Delta was very cool to fly with and unexpectedly, had tvs on board. very nice plus.
Upon arriving at the hotel, we learned that the housing dept. booked our one room wrong so I actually got to stay in my own room, which was awesome. These were the views from my room:
Any room that overlooks a Nordstrom and Jcrew is fine with me (i unfortunately, did not have the time to shop, which sucked major for me but was good for the budget.
Day 1 was travel, lunch at cheesecake factory, welcome reception (with very yummy crab cakes, salmon, and squash with corn salsa), and a trip to the SPACE NEEDLE!!! This was a very cool experience. I guess you can't go to seattle and ignore the Space Needle and it did not disappoint. We rode the glass elevator up and had incredible lighting. Here are my fave shots:
Day 2 was attending conference sessions, which was pretty good.
Then came the highlight of the trip: My pilgrimage to the first Starbucks. Flippin amazing. I asked the hotel concierge how to get there and then he told me I only had 20 mintues before the market closed and it was a 10-mintute walk. And so, I put on my race through NYC look and bounded out of the hotel on a mission with my colleagues. And made it to the market. But the Starbucks was all worth it:
It was all I ever dreamed of. The original mermaid logo (she is "exposed," unlike the current, more modest logo), the crowded cafe, friendly baristas, and new mugs. So so so so awesome. Here are my shots (and thanks to Deb for the fun ones of me looking like a kid on Chirstmas morning):
And then we walked through the market at sunset...and the creepy people started coming out. Now, I am totally cool with people wanting to be who they are, but it was just weird to watch an attempted mugging...yup, watched a kid try to steal a backpack and a skateboard. creepy stuff, and once the market itself closed, it started getting sketchy, so we went somewhere else to dinner. Here are the market shots:
and the one of mt. st. helen and safeco field in the background
And the final day was a full day of travel...blech. i did get to watch 5 hours of the Discovery Channel series When We Left Earth all about space travel. Thanks Jet Blue for letting me watch space ships explode as I fly. Truly uplifting.
At the end, I was just so happy to be home and eat some yummy pasta. It was a cool place, man, but again, I felt like it was 1996 all over again. I would take Bill Clinton, but not the dred locks :).
6 comments:
Amazing pictures, Kathleen. I'm so jealous, I really want to see the west coast, like soon. What was the conference for if you don't mind me asking? Now when I see the "Roasted in Pike Place" chalk sign when I get my Starbucks, I shall think of you. Glad to hear that you had an amzing trip!
It was for NACAC the National Association of College Admissions Counselors.
Great review, Kathleen. Your photos are great and STARBUCKS... I am so excited you got the chance to visit, just in time.
Kathleen, it seems like you had a great time! You took such awesome pictures, I felt like I got to visit it along with you.
love the pictures... even though you said its sketchy i still really wanna go to Seattle... it just seems like a place I'd enjoy... The fact that it felt like 1996 makes me want to go even more i would take Bill Clinton and the dread locks (have no idea why but i think their freakin awesome!)
Oh wow Seattle must have been AMAZING.
Fabby scarf in those pics m'dear.
You definitely need to help me get my blog in order so it's as rad as yours. I'm completely jealous.
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