When I met Rebekah for coffee last Friday she suggested I start a regular feature or two on my blog. So I thought I'd start with a Seattle-centric one: my seattle! Many of you know I love good, old-fashioned regional pride -- I try to celebrate whatever is local wherever I may be based. But I'm clearly biased to Seattle because not only is this where I'm from, but it's where, after taking a sampler platter of quite a few cities around the world, I've chosen to live.
I love the towering trees, the water, the mountains in the distance and, of course, the coffee. I also love how it's a big small city. There's a lot going on but it's never overwhelming.
Today Dan and I took Dan's family (visiting from New Zealand) around the city. Quite randomly, but fortunately, we stumbled upon Gas Works Park. I forgot how sweet this place is and I'm thankful that city planners had the foresight to preserve something that may have seemed hideous at the time it was closed down in the 1950s: a coal gasification plant. Who'd have thought?
I was so thankful the sun was out and the sky was blue for our visit -- textbook winter day.
I love the towering trees, the water, the mountains in the distance and, of course, the coffee. I also love how it's a big small city. There's a lot going on but it's never overwhelming.
Today Dan and I took Dan's family (visiting from New Zealand) around the city. Quite randomly, but fortunately, we stumbled upon Gas Works Park. I forgot how sweet this place is and I'm thankful that city planners had the foresight to preserve something that may have seemed hideous at the time it was closed down in the 1950s: a coal gasification plant. Who'd have thought?
I was so thankful the sun was out and the sky was blue for our visit -- textbook winter day.
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6 comments:
Joey and I loved going there on a regular basis- thanks for posting some great pictures!
Lovely to see more of Seattle - can't wait to visit one day!
That last picture you posted reminds me heaps of Twickenham! Who'd have thought?!! :-)
Joce, you were lucky you could probably have walked there! Did you go to the Essential Baking Company? We went there for brunch beforehand and it was yum.
Rachael, can't wait for you to visit either! I would have never had made the connection to Twickenham but will go look closer now. :)
OK, now I see it...
alisha- we ate essential baking company bread all of the time (i'll have to tell you the inside scoop offline). Next time you're in that area, go to Pacific Inn Pub (corner of Stone Way and N 35th St)- looks like a total dive, but it has the BEST fish and chips Joey and I have ever had- seriously amazing and cheap.
Ooh, Joce, you'll have to give me the inside scoop indeed! I'll add Pacific Inn Pub to my list of places to check out. :)
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