Our friend Ingrid met us at the boat yesterday at the end of the day, and we all headed over to her part of the city to have dinner at a spot called Marrow. The cocktails and the food were fabulous (dijon beignets with gruyere sauce and crispy prosciutto, squash…
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This afternoon we took a walk over to the LeMay Museum (about a mile from the marina). We've driven past this cool building countless times on the way to and from Seattle. It's just off of I-5 next to the Tacoma Dome, and is definitely worth a visit. The LeMay collection earned…
2 CommentsYesterday morning our friends Kathy and Pete met us at the boat and we cruised over to the town of Winslow on Bainbridge Island for some breakfast. The day was gray and the water was a bit choppy, but we had a totally fun cruise! We tied up at the…
Comments closedOne of the things on our "List of Things We Eventually Want For The Boat" was a new anchor. We really wanted a Rocna. I'll spare you all the details, but people LOVE these anchors and swear they work better than any other. We have nothing against the anchor that…
2 CommentsThis afternoon Kevin and I made another trip up the hill to the Public Market for some serious provisioning. This is a great place to provision if you don't mind not having the "one stop grocery store." We brought all our reusable shopping bags and went to a cool gourmet…
Comments closedI popped up and took a couple photos this morning as the sun was coming up through the foggy skyline. Oh, and the sea lion is back. I expected today that he be in a food coma, laying on a rock somewhere pattin' his tummy, but no. He's apparently still…
1 CommentIt was a gorgeous day again in the city today. I worked all morning (and watched my buddy the sea lion), and then this afternoon I took a break and walked up to the market to grab some lunch and a few things. I stopped at Beecher's Handmade Cheese get…
Comments closedThis morning I got up and walked back to my computer to start work (standing height at the back counter) and as I took at look at the city from the back window I noticed something floating in the water. It was big and my first thought was “whale” (probably…
Comments closedThis 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…
Comments closedI 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…
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