We are staying at an older hotel in downtown Seattle and they have these insane blackout curtains. So that helped us sleep in this morning!
Of course we did some research on the best brunch around Seattle and came up with "Local 360," which is kind of a hip-ish brunch place you would find in San Francisco. Except there was pretty much NO LINE! We had a reservation for 11:45 and because we arrived early, they had us sit at the bar to wait. The staff were extremely friendly but unfortunately, this breakfast really missed the mark. Some low lights include: a piece of chicken fried steak mixed in with chicken & waffles (and no apology, just an,"Oh, sorry about this! How funny!" no, not funny), a huge wait for our food, and overcooked pork belly. Real amateur hour. Don't worry, Yelp will hear about this!
I won't even bother with the food since it's not worth remembering (OH, burn!)
After that very unsatisfying experience, we headed out for a walk and a little bit of geocaching along the water.
We walked for awhile and as the cold was starting to get into our bones, we stumbled upon this little shop:
I know, aren't you so curious about the gems in this place?? I thought it was just going to be a tourist junk shop. Which it was, but it was also SO MUCH MORE!
This is just a few snapshots of the weird things in this crazy place. Shrunken heads, freak pigs (eight legs, three heads!), mummies, and other delightful curiosities. There were also old time machines (not to be confused with time traveling machines) like you would see in Musee Mecanique in San Francisco. What a strange place to stumble into! It was so weird, we had to love it. GZ found a sweatshirt he liked and after bundling up, it was back to the streets.
Continuing on our walk, we found ourselves in a number of different, cute Seattle neighborhoods. Eventually, we found our way to Pike Place Market, where we ate freshly fried miniature donuts, stopped by Pike Place Brewery for a sampling, walked amongst the seafood (too full to try any), saw some novelty shops, and of course, visited the very first Starbucks!
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| Look at all these crazy people (mostly Asian) |
Even though the line was long, it was kinda fun ordering from the original Starbucks (well not REALLY the original since it burned down but this is considered the original). It has a pared down menu (handwritten) and the drinks take a bit longer because the espresso machines are still mechanically pressed, instead of automatic. You gotta respect that. The staff there were SO friendly, GZ is guessing the all stars get to work at this location because of the sheer amount of people visiting on a daily basis.
While I waited in line for coffee, Greg went and go us a Piroshky, which is basically a Russian Hot Pocket. We had the Beef & Onion, Potato & Potatoes, and the Apple Cinnamon, which was heavenly.
Made a couple stops at the shops on the way back to the hotel, including a stop at Anthropologie (I had to). The best thing about this location was the Cozy Shelter, which they let you go inside of.
Yours for only $14,000! It would be the coolest clubhouse ever. (The first photo is not mine, it's from the good old internet).
We were SO FULL from our all day munching but still wanted to watch the Sharks game. We yelped some sports bars that might be showing hockey. We were at the doorway of the first place, when something felt wrong, and we headed to the Canadian bar instead. As soon as we pulled up, we saw a giant Canadian flag and a giant NHL flag outside. And through the window, we saw hockey on TV!
On the right is a Poutine Flight which included 3 types of gravy. Um, wut? YES. We also ordered a side salad to make a dent into the grease balls our stomachs have become.
Not only did the Sharks win but Bracken Kearns scored his first NHL goal! Wait, who? Why is that exciting? Well, it was only exciting because his brother was sitting at the table next to us! Right after Bracken scored, his whole table started screaming and yelling and we could not figure out why. Finally, one of the girls looked over and said, "That's his brother!" WHAT! Awesome!
We stopped by the Space Needle on the way back to the hotel. We had just missed the last ticket by 20 minutes, oh no! Seems like it'd be way cooler at night than the day so we are still debating whether or not to go back tomorrow. Until tomorrow, we leave you with this:
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