Awake: 6:00am Early rain....then sunny Overnight @ Seattle, WA
K & I eat an early 6:50am breakfast in the hotel...early because we want
to avoid a potential crowd in the breakfast room. This hotel is a mere 10
min walk from Seattle Center & obviously gets fully booked frequently.
Breakfast was good: Scrambled eggs, bacon, potatoes, waffles, English
muffins, cream cheese, bread, milk, cereal, hot chocolate, orange juice,
coffee, bananas, apples & pasteries. We didn't eat all of these things but
they were available.
After breakfast we pick up a newspaper & read the news a little before our
scheduled meeting with Eriko & the boys @ noon time. @ 11:00am Nick calls
& wants to meet @ 11:30 because Zack has a 1:00pm meeting back @ the
company....so now we have to hustle.
It's a nice morning & 20 min later, we are outside the main entrance of
Isilon greeting our sons & daughter-in-law. They all look quite healthy &
happy and Eriko is also looking quite pregnant.
We all walk 10 min eastward on Mercer Street & have lunch @ the restaurant
Racha Noodles & Thai Cuisine. Good food & talk...then it's back to Isilon
for the boys & back to the condo for Eriko.
K & I do some light shopping @ Larry's Market in the Queen Anne area then
walk down 1st Ave West, drop in to visit Mary Berry @ Cruise Specialists
Int'l but she had the afternoon off. From here we walk South toward
downtown, turn East on Bell & 3rd & ride the free bus a short distance and
get off @ Pike ST. We visit the City Kitchen Store for 30 min, Nordstrom's
Rack for 40 min, La Table for 15 min, Pikes Market for 50 min & then take
a breather @ the nearby park to plan our next move.
Just then, Nick calls with a plan already in motion: meet @ their condo @
6:15pm, bring wine if you want to, then Zack will pick up Todd, come back
to the condo & we'll have a social hr, then we'll all go somewhere in
Zack's car for dinner. "Good enough, we'll be there" we say.
We start walking...now the sun's hiding behind some clouds, the wind is
picking up but we're climbing Queen Anne hill so it's a comfortable cool.
We make a quick stop @ the Safeway Store;wine for us, flowers for Eriko.
We meet Nick & Zack @ 6:25. Zack stays with us in the condo for about 20
min before going into the city to pick up Todd.
It takes Zack a little longer for his city trip then expected & they are
back @ 7:40. Then our social hr continues until 8:20....now everyone is
hungry. Four blocks later, the "5 Spot Restaurant" has the remedy. After
a 30 min wait, dinner is served. K & I share salmon & shrimp patties. It
was worth the wait! We all walk back to the condo, say our goodnight to
Nick & Eriko & Zack gives us a ride close to our hotel. He & Todd then go
looking for a party for the evening. We walked a few miles today & we
needed that.
Lights out: 11:37pm
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