Blogs from Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 2

Vasarnap reggel kisse borus volt az ido, bar olykor azert volt egy kis napsutes is. Egy ujabb kesoi ebredest kovetoen igyekeztunk visszaterni a C J's Eatery-be, azonban az sajnos tele volt, igy egy, a kozelben levo helyre ultunk be egy hasonlo amerikai reggelire (omlett, palacsinta), egesz jo volt. Ezt kovetoen autoba ultunk, es eszaknyugat fele, Everett iranyaba autoztunk, ott van ugyanis a Boeing-gyar. A parkolo mellett helyezkedik el a latogato-kozpont, a masik iranyban pedig a szerelocsarnokok es egyeb teruletek, melyekre mindjart kiterek. A latogato-kozpontban van termeszetesen egy ajandekbolt, egy kis kavezo/kajalda es egy repulessel kapcsolatos kiallitas, ahol a sugarhajtasu utasszallitok tortenete es gepmodellek mellett ott volt egy Boeing 747-400-as eletnagysagu fuggoleges vezersikja (a gep farka) - kb 4-szer olyan magas, mint en :) Kulonbozo hajtomuvek is ki voltak itt alli... read more

14 of my Indian colleagues and friends visited many of my USA colleagues and friends for a conference with our client. I also got to see a few old friends from my former law firm, and, my younger sister Kathleen and friends were visiting Seattle at the same time!... read more

Today we left hotel and headed back down to water for breakfast at Lowells, located in Pike Place Market. Another beautiful day in Seattle with a little cooler temps. The breakfast was really good - Sweetie had a breakfast sandwich with bacon, egg, cheese and spinach. I had slow braised corn beef hash with poached eggs, yum-yum. A little shopping produced a long sleeve t-shirt from Pike place fish mkt. for me and Sweetie got a sweatshirt of this little piggy went to market. From there we went to EMP, Experience Music Project museum. Really cool museum with exhibits of the history of guitar (acoustic and electric), Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix and Rolling Stones Exile on Mainstreet 1972 tour. Sweetie's favorite though was Don't Look Now, a history of horror movies. Lunch today was at La Lot ... read more

So the great thing about Seattle is the abundance of coffee. There was never a shortage of caffeine- especially Starbucks. From the minute we parked on the day we arrived, we were completely wired. The first thing we did was walk down to the Pike Place Market. Since it was late Sunday afternoon, a lot of the market was already closing down, but there was still quite a bit to see. We of course got coffee and posed in front of the world’s first Starbucks. Then we just walked through the market, looking at the fruits and fish and flowers and whatnot. On our way out of the market, we stumbled upon an amazing smell: popcorn. We had discovered a delicious homemade popcorn shop, where samples were plentiful and delicious. I decided to buy a bag ... read more