This a blog about trying new things. Reaching beyond my comfort zone, exploring and making the most of life. My goal is to try 52 new things. One per week for a year.
Another day of sleeping-in on amazingly comfy hotel beds. We ate some snacks we bought at the corner market down the street next to our bus stop. Then we got ready for our day. Today we are going to the famous Pike's Place Market www.pikeplacemarket.org. We take Bus #12 which I think has pretty much taken us everywhere we have needed to go. Oh... and gave us a scare on the way back from downtown Seattle to our hotel. We were going up First Hill, our hotel is near the top. And the bus had to slam on the brakes due to a dumb driver pulling in front of us. Then... the bus died! We start rolling backwards as the driver tries to start it and then SLAMS on the brakes. I hold onto the seat in front of us. The driver tries again... Tries to start, rolls back then SLAMS on the brakes. Now, I'm starting to get nervous. Joel mentions something like, "I hope there are no cars behind us" A passenger stands up in a panic, "Open the doors and let me out, I don't want to die!" Finally she gets it going again. We all breath a collective sigh of relief.
We arrive a block or two away from the market and walk over. First thing we see is the famous sign with the clock next to it. We take some pictures and walk towards the fish counter. There are tons of people all around. We walk around a bit and try to get our bearings. We notice the "Huskers" all over the market. That weekend University of Washington Huskies VS Nebraska Huskers football game www.washington.edu. Since we arrived in Seattle we have seen them everywhere and they are serious fans. They are all wearing their Red and White Huskers gear. We walk back towards the famous fish counter and it sounds like they are getting ready to throw a big fish. They have a college girl behind the counter and one of the guys is giving her a pep talk about how to catch the fish. About 15 feet away towards the sidewalk another guy is holding a big fish getting ready to hurl it over to the college girl, a Huskers fan, of course. He calls out the kind of fish it is, the rest of the guys repeat him and then throws it and she misses. Thwap! Onto the ground. She turns to her "fish catching coach" and says cries out... it was slippery! She shifts her position a bit and they try again and she catches it. Hurrah! Everyone claps and takes pictures. Pretty cool. One of the other workers at the fish counter gives us a sample of smoked salmon, I try to pass but he says oh no, no, no, here take this, you HAVE TO TRY THIS. I have had salmon before, it's alright, I guess. But, this Salmon was the shiz-nit! Moist, smokey, melt in your mouth fabulous-ness! We start to venture out into the rest of the market. The flowers were amazing and cheap. There were samples of vinegars, oils, jams, fresh fruit, pasta and so on. Being from the Central Valley I was amazed by how good the fruit was too, I think of our produce as being the best in the world. We had gotten a recommendation from our waitress at Peso's to try a place called Matt's in the Market www.mattsinthemarket.com for lunch. So, we wandered over there but it was still early. They didn't open for another half hour. So we decide to go ahead to Starbucks. This isn't just any Starbucks. It's the very first one! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks And it's where I have my very first cup of coffee ever in my life. "And that's all I have to say about that"(My best Forrest Gump) I will be blogging about it in a few weeks though. We wandered around some more, bought some spicy chili oil and go back and buy some smoked salmon($29.99 lb) then head to Matt's. Everything on the menu is fresh from the market. It was already packed when we came back and almost didn't get in. I recommend reservations for this hot spot! The restaurant was on the second floor of a building that overlooks the main entrance of the market. As we sat there waiting for our food. I noticed that the clock on the famous Pike's Place Market sign was wrong. It doesn't work. Joel said, "it's right twice a day". The food was simple yet, delighful and pure. Just the way food should be. I had tomato soup, house salad with pine nuts and blue cheese and fresh potato bread with a iced lavender tea to wash it all down. The perfect place to eat at the market.
After lunch we headed to down a few blocks to see SAM. No, not Joel's brother Sam. The Seattle Art Museum www.seattleartmuseum.org. It was an eclectic mix of new and old, paintings and sculptures, rugs and masks. My favorites are always the 16th-19th century oil paintings. There are 4 stories to the museum. Most of the artwork is on the top 2. We wandered around for about 2 hours. Saw very few pieces that wow-ed me. A lot of the modern art well, I just don't get it I guess. There was this one sculpture. It was a giant black rat, it had to be 10 feet tall it was sitting on top on a man sleeping in his all-white bed. I gasped when I saw it and then... couldn't stop laughing. Right before we left for Seattle, we found a mouse in our bedroom. Eeeek! My nightmare had come to life right before my very eyes. It was so crazy, I just couldn't believe it.
To be continuted.....
Please see the pictures below.
Another day of sleeping-in on amazingly comfy hotel beds. We ate some snacks we bought at the corner market down the street next to our bus stop. Then we got ready for our day. Today we are going to the famous Pike's Place Market www.pikeplacemarket.org. We take Bus #12 which I think has pretty much taken us everywhere we have needed to go. Oh... and gave us a scare on the way back from downtown Seattle to our hotel. We were going up First Hill, our hotel is near the top. And the bus had to slam on the brakes due to a dumb driver pulling in front of us. Then... the bus died! We start rolling backwards as the driver tries to start it and then SLAMS on the brakes. I hold onto the seat in front of us. The driver tries again... Tries to start, rolls back then SLAMS on the brakes. Now, I'm starting to get nervous. Joel mentions something like, "I hope there are no cars behind us" A passenger stands up in a panic, "Open the doors and let me out, I don't want to die!" Finally she gets it going again. We all breath a collective sigh of relief.
We arrive a block or two away from the market and walk over. First thing we see is the famous sign with the clock next to it. We take some pictures and walk towards the fish counter. There are tons of people all around. We walk around a bit and try to get our bearings. We notice the "Huskers" all over the market. That weekend University of Washington Huskies VS Nebraska Huskers football game www.washington.edu. Since we arrived in Seattle we have seen them everywhere and they are serious fans. They are all wearing their Red and White Huskers gear. We walk back towards the famous fish counter and it sounds like they are getting ready to throw a big fish. They have a college girl behind the counter and one of the guys is giving her a pep talk about how to catch the fish. About 15 feet away towards the sidewalk another guy is holding a big fish getting ready to hurl it over to the college girl, a Huskers fan, of course. He calls out the kind of fish it is, the rest of the guys repeat him and then throws it and she misses. Thwap! Onto the ground. She turns to her "fish catching coach" and says cries out... it was slippery! She shifts her position a bit and they try again and she catches it. Hurrah! Everyone claps and takes pictures. Pretty cool. One of the other workers at the fish counter gives us a sample of smoked salmon, I try to pass but he says oh no, no, no, here take this, you HAVE TO TRY THIS. I have had salmon before, it's alright, I guess. But, this Salmon was the shiz-nit! Moist, smokey, melt in your mouth fabulous-ness! We start to venture out into the rest of the market. The flowers were amazing and cheap. There were samples of vinegars, oils, jams, fresh fruit, pasta and so on. Being from the Central Valley I was amazed by how good the fruit was too, I think of our produce as being the best in the world. We had gotten a recommendation from our waitress at Peso's to try a place called Matt's in the Market www.mattsinthemarket.com for lunch. So, we wandered over there but it was still early. They didn't open for another half hour. So we decide to go ahead to Starbucks. This isn't just any Starbucks. It's the very first one! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks And it's where I have my very first cup of coffee ever in my life. "And that's all I have to say about that"(My best Forrest Gump) I will be blogging about it in a few weeks though. We wandered around some more, bought some spicy chili oil and go back and buy some smoked salmon($29.99 lb) then head to Matt's. Everything on the menu is fresh from the market. It was already packed when we came back and almost didn't get in. I recommend reservations for this hot spot! The restaurant was on the second floor of a building that overlooks the main entrance of the market. As we sat there waiting for our food. I noticed that the clock on the famous Pike's Place Market sign was wrong. It doesn't work. Joel said, "it's right twice a day". The food was simple yet, delighful and pure. Just the way food should be. I had tomato soup, house salad with pine nuts and blue cheese and fresh potato bread with a iced lavender tea to wash it all down. The perfect place to eat at the market.
After lunch we headed to down a few blocks to see SAM. No, not Joel's brother Sam. The Seattle Art Museum www.seattleartmuseum.org. It was an eclectic mix of new and old, paintings and sculptures, rugs and masks. My favorites are always the 16th-19th century oil paintings. There are 4 stories to the museum. Most of the artwork is on the top 2. We wandered around for about 2 hours. Saw very few pieces that wow-ed me. A lot of the modern art well, I just don't get it I guess. There was this one sculpture. It was a giant black rat, it had to be 10 feet tall it was sitting on top on a man sleeping in his all-white bed. I gasped when I saw it and then... couldn't stop laughing. Right before we left for Seattle, we found a mouse in our bedroom. Eeeek! My nightmare had come to life right before my very eyes. It was so crazy, I just couldn't believe it.
To be continuted.....
Please see the pictures below.
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Since you are a coffee drinker...what's your favorite?