Exploring Seattle

Poor Akira is really a sicky today.  But, he is not going to let that illness slow him down.  Today, we went exploring into Seattle.  With only half a day at our disposal, we couldn't do everything and Mommy nixed the Public Market as being too cold for Akira and since we did not have much time....well, we saved it for our next summer visit.

We did get a chance to visit the downtown Nordstrom though....one of my mommy's happy places in the world  It was fun and busy and everything you would expect it to be.  We also took the monorail over to the Space Needle and the Seattle Center. Wow, that space needle is BIG.  Inside the Seattle center it was still decorated for Christmas and they had a huge model railroad system set up, complete with villagers ice skating, horses pulling carts of people and gifts, stables....you name it.  That was so much fun to look at.  And, Akira and I always love a good monorail ride. 

After that, we headed to Meg's house, where we will hang out hats for the next few days.  We have met Ms. Meg this past summer in Napa, but it was soooo fun to see her and Celeste again, as well as to meet Grammi, Ms. Meg's mom.  Meg and Cele live in a really lovely house on west Seattle, overlooking the lake, the ciy and the space needle.  They also have a great dog named, Zadie (named after Zadie Smith).  I can tell it's going to be one wild ride over the next days....so much to do, so little time.  Cele has the most fun toys....stay tuned!