Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

The five of us got up this morning and walked down a cute street full of local shops towards Essential Bakery for breakfast. Already I could tell it was going to be fun having a bigger group of us, as there’s constant chatter and lots of joking back and fourth. We all piled into Alex’s car like sardines (actually though- Mat and Kat and I were overlapped) and made our way over to Pikes Market.

I had never heard of Pikes Market before and I fell in love. It was a long hallway packed full of all manner of homemade foods and goods. Lots of buskers along the edges created a happy musical atmosphere as literal fish were being thrown around by the fish merchants. Giant bouquets of flowers lined the hall in dozens of florist stalls. We bought some fresh pasta to go with dinner, as we had previously planned a really big meal for tonight.

All morning off in the distance we could see the space needle, like a Jetson’s tower jutting up into the sky. I thought it looked like a weird space mushroom and Matt remarked that ‘space dart’ would have been a better name- which we unanimously agreed with.

We’d been walking around for a long time and decided to grab one of Rob’s favourite treats from Old School Frozen Custard. Self explanatory. Also amazing. I never thought I would eat something that I would want more than ice cream but it’s basically just better ice cream. Fact about me: if possible I will always get coffee flavour with hot fudge. It’s my standard. A staple in my diet. A requirement for my sanity. Every time we’ve had ice cream this trip that’s what I’ve had. It’s been lovely. Also I’m gonna need new clothes if I keep this diet up!

We grabbed a huge amount of groceries and some beer for the weekend and beelined home to make dinner and avoid the incoming rain. I’m currently sitting on the couch writing, while Rob prepares the grill and Kat and Alex prep the veggies. (The kitchen will absolutely not fit all 5 of us or I swear I would be helping.) We have plans tonight to watch Sleepless in Seattle, since apparently none of us have seen it! No better time than when we’re sleepy in Seattle from such a long day!

Sav

P.S. There’s a bar / liquor store here that takes polaroids of every single dog that comes into their shop and one whole wall was completely covered and if I ever open a shop of some kind I am doing this.