Seattle Public Market

Laura Domela — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:40:28 +0000

This afternoon I took a little break from work and walked up to the Seattle Public Market for some fresh seafood and produce.

City Fish Co. was calling my name (even though the guys closer to the main entrance who do all the yelling and fish-throwing are pretty entertaining):

I passed on the uni shots and opted for a dozen Kusshi oysters and a whole cooked Dungeness crab and my bill was $24. I think maybe I got the "Seahawks go to the Superbowl" discount or something, because those oysters are $18.99/dozen and the Dungeness crab was $10.99/lb and I think I had about a pound and a half crab. (Either that or the guy helping me REALLY liked our 2 minute chit chat about yoga.) I think we'll need to return in a few days and stock up before we head out to our next destination (unknown at this point).

It was gray and rained/drizzled most of the day, but I hear the weather is supposed to improve, and Thursday and Friday both look like possible sunny days.

Downtown Seattle by Boat

Laura Domela — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:34:22 +0000

I had WAY too many photos of our arrival into downtown. It's just so dang cool when the entire front windows are filled with big buildings…such a different scene than what we've been used to.

See, I culled it down to only three photos of our approach. Here's the third one:

The Bell Harbor marina is very small and has room for about 70 boats total. There we are, toward the middle of this shot, to the left of the piling:

We arrived around 4:30pm, washed the boat off with fresh water, squeegeed the windows, and then decided to walk the waterfront because, as I mentioned before, the weather in Seattle yesterday was off the hook beautiful!

We decided to take a ride on the Seattle Great Wheel (ferris wheel on the waterfront) because…weather, and almost sunset. It was a blast, and did not disappoint in the way of view.

Up….

Up…

Down…

There's our little Airship somewhere over there in the marina on the left:

Sunset was fantastic:

After our ferris wheel ride, we wandered into Miner's Landing (restaurants, shops, taxidermy, and old photos):

Back outside:

Great Wheel, reflected in puddle:

Back at the marina (a pretty sweet location!):

There we are, right in the middle:

Here's what it's like (from the back of the boat) today, for comparison:

Still lovely, just different. Most of the day today will be spent standing here working, but it was SO worth taking yesterday afternoon off!

downtown – Riveted

Seattle Public Market

Downtown Seattle by Boat