Everything Else: Seattle (Washington Part II)

When we moved here, a lot of people asked us why, and we didn't have a great answer. I mean, we didn't move for a job, and we have no family. So I wasn't sure how to answer except, we like it. When we were dating, Seth and I came to Seattle to visit some friends. It was a great trip, and we really liked this city. It was also at the beginning of our relationship, when everything was new and we were really excited about this new thing we had. So I guess in a way, this city is sentimental to us, it was a place we both fell in love with, our first trip together. It was the only place that made sense to go after graduating. Because we had no idea where we wanted to go. Salt Lake seemed like the obvious choice, but also the most convenient and I needed to get out of there for a while. So we came here, and Seth has loved living here, I came to realize I miss having family and I'm not sure I really love the vibe and energy of the city at times. But, I do love the city itself, if that makes sense. So taking our family around to all these places we forget to go bc we live here, I felt proud of our little Seattle, the place we've called home for the last 11 months.

The nice thing about visitors is you do things you overlook when you live here. We hardly go to the Pike Place market, but even though it's full of tourists pretty much 24/7, it's an awesome market.

We got lunch at a chowder place in Post Alley. It was so good. Ever since moving here, I have rediscovered how amazingly good Clam Chowder is, this place had all different types of chowders (I worry that once I leave Seattle Chowder just won't taste the same).

Cool bathrooms in Post Alley:

There are two places we never miss when going downtown, Beecher's mac and cheese, and Le Panier. Beecher's has the best mac n cheese I've ever had, and Le Panier has really good citron and some other good french pastries (I prefer the macarons here in Ballard at Honore).

Beecher's:

Hanging out at Le Panier:

One place we thought the kids would like is the Gum Wall, which Seth and I haven't been to since we came to visit a few years ago. I know it's gross, but I like how colorful it is.

Cannon looks a little unsure about it all.

Cool wall near the gum wall:

After that we did some shopping, and we found this cute Map store Seth and I never noticed before. We did end up buying a really cool map. We need to get it framed but we might wait until we move (it's a really cool map, did I mention that?)

Another thing we did with my family, that we haven't since we came to visit, was go to Gasworks Park. I don't know why we haven't gone here since living here, it's an awesome park, definitely something to do when you come to Seattle. You can see the whole city. It's just awesome. Plus, Seth and I had a really good time coming here the first time, revisiting it again years later was really, well, romantic. If you do go here, I suggest coming right before sunset so you can see the park, and then the city lights at night.