Awake 5:45am Partly cloudy Overnight @ Seattle, WA
By coincidence, we catch the same time frame bus # 194 @ 10:10am to
downtown Seattle. Today, we have less time to linger as the boys will be
attending the weekly Tuesday 1:00pm company meeting @ Isilon. So we stay
on the bus until 5th & Virgina, then start walking to the Isilon Company
down 5th and on to Mercer(45 min).
Walking the downtown streets of Seattle is comforting: cross streets are
timed for the pedestrian. @ our average walking pace, we rarely had to
stop @ a cross street before crossing.
Eriko walks downhill from the Queen Anne area to meet with the rest of us
@ 11:30am. Then it's a short walk to a lunch spot selected by Eriko &
Nick.....the Japanese restaurant: "Shiki" on West Roy Street. Nick & Eriko
eat here @ least once a week...I can see why, it's authenic Japanese food
& most delicious. We all enjoyed our meals.
After lunch, the boys go back to Isilon for their meeting...K & I walk
with Eriko back to their condo up the Queen Anne hill...then K & I walk
back to the downtown area & through Pikes Landing looking casually @ all
the vendors wares for sale + the fish market where they literally throw
fish from one counter to another to please the crowd.
Next we walk back to Pine St. & 4th Ave to Walgreens for Kathy's
Ricola(Herb throat drops)...then across the street to visit Bob @ Ken's
Camera & purchase 4 rechargable batteries after figuring out if my charger
can handle the higher milli-amp load for a longer life battery---which we
think it can.
And then, I introduce Kathy to the "City Kitchen" Store....loaded with
kitchen accessories. We spend 30-40 min just looking around.
And now, we visit a place in Seattle that has class.....a school! NO..
just kidding. It's the original & main store of Nordstrom....and again, we
are just looking but very amazed @ the high prices & quality of clothing,
many items actually made in the USA.
Then, more walking....back to the Queen Anne hill with a short stop @ the
Safeway store for a bottle of wine & mixed nuts before dinner. @ the Eriko
& Nick condo, we sip wine(not Eriko), look @ some wedding photos of N & E
not before seen by us, munch on nuts & have some good family chats.
Then Zack drives us 5 min to "Banjara Cuisine of India" restaurant for an
8:30 dinner in the Queen Anne area. Kathy & I share the the Tandoori
Salmon dinner with spinach bread...very good....& it's time for us to say
our goodbyes to Nick & Eriko for a few months. It was really "Great"
seeing & spending time with them again & we'll be excited to see them in
PA for the upcomming Christmas.
Zack agrees to drop us off @ 2nd & Pike again so we can bus it over to
Sea-Tac. We enjoyed our time with Zack as well & will look forward to
seeing him in PA in a few short months. We are back to our hotel @
10:20pm.
Lights out: 11:20pm
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