The nice thing about going back 'home' is the friends that remain there long after you've gone. This is the case with one such friend (who, ironically, I became friends with as a child in Montana and we both found ourselves--with our own families-- in Seattle many years later). We were all looking forward to a morning in the city together. It's nice knowing that my children are friends with her children, too. (Of course, the friendship is new with Emalie since this was their first meeting! But, Nikolas used to play with them when he was younger.) So, off we set early on a Monday morning to meet at the aquarium. One definitive strike against Seattle: the traffic. It wasn't too bad this particular instance (for us, anyway), but I clearly remember the hours it used to take me to get to work downtown from Whidbey (my personal record: 4 hours....one way). Also, I was pleased this morning to wake up to a nice Marine layer for 2 reasons, 1) how cool is it that there IS a marine layer ?! (after all, that means there's water nearby!), and 2) maybe the distraction of the sun the day before gave me a false impression of the region (although it's not as if we haven't lived here before....twice.....). Anyway, rain or shine, it doesn't matter when you're reuniting with an old friend!
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| We noticed the cranes got a make-over in the 6 years since we've been gone. Oh, how we miss seeing ships and all the activity of a port. |
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| My old stomping grounds. |
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| Our crazy kids! |
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| My friend, Chrystale, and I with our two girls. Chrystale-- do you feel older having an older daughter or do I feel older knowing how old I am to have such a young daughter?!?! LOL..... |
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| Classic Seattle. Love it! |
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| Seattle has seagulls. Denver has prairie dogs. Huh. |
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| Seafood above and seafood below. These gulls have it made. |
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| Iconic. You CAN'T go there and not photograph this (even if it is just a bad cell phone pic). |
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| The 'firsts' are always fun: Emalie's 1st time at the market! |
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| I'd never been to the original Starbucks. It only seemed fitting that since we'd toured China and made it a mission to collect a Starbucks mug depicting each Chinese city, that we finally go see the original Starbucks in Seattle. Are you kidding me? There were as many people in line to get into the place as there were on the streets of China. No thanks. I know what the lattes taste like. I'll just get one from around the corner!! |
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| The marine layer is gone and the sun is out in full force again. Oh, Seattle, how you tease me..... |
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| The gum wall. Cool but so gross! Watch your step! |
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| Huh. Would you look at that? Do you see the Ike life ring? I sailed on that ship! And there, in a waterfront antique store in Seattle hangs one of her life rings. I could have easily plopped down the $100 just to own a piece of my own history. My husband, however, could not. So, on the wall in the antique store it remains. Just kidding, Sven.... sort of..... But I can easily talk smack about it now, you know why? I'm sitting here typing this in Denver and where is my husband?? Seattle. Yep, Seattle. I guess that's a perk of working-- business trips. Where does a stay-at-home mom get to go on business trips? You guessed it-- the park (we have a 10' date, by the way). WooHoo! LOL.....I'm laughing.... I think I'm laughing..... |
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Ah, loved our day with you guys! Thanks for the new memories, I hope that we have many more years of memories to make as we grow up! Oh, and, yes, I do feel old having an older daughter but (this should make you feel old, too) she's older now than we were when we met in 5th grade. Maybe someday our daughters will be meeting up with their little girls in tow, wouldn't that be neat?
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