Saturday, July 5th, 2014

Greetings from Seattle!!

Elizabeth and I are enjoying ourselves quite a bit this weekend as we are visiting Christian and Emily out in Seattle!  We flew in yesterday and enjoyed a fun 4th of July at Christian's place.  He grilled some delicious cheeseburgers along with some really thick cut bacon... this seems like foreshadowing for a weekend that involves way too much good food!  Then we were able to enjoy a few drinks at his place before walking down and watching the fireworks from a boat (we stayed in the dock because it would have been too hectic to take it out on the water).

This morning we met up with Christian and Emily for a Mexican-themed breakfast at Peso's.  I had a chorizo and sweet potato hash with two poached eggs.  It was very filling, and actually we were all so full from breakfast that we didn't feel like having lunch until around 2:00.

After breakfast, we made our way over to the Pike Place Market.

Of course we had to check out the gum wall as long as we were over by the market...

Elizabeth blowing a bubble at the gum wall

I know... I'm gross!

After the market, we swung by Kerry Park to enjoy a scenic overlook of the city.    Here we have a good view of the Seattle skyline and the space needle, but it was too hazy in the distance to have a good view of Mount Rainier. 

This is the viewing room of the fish ladder at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks.  You can see all of the salmon as they make their way up the ladder   

After our time at the locks, we finally got hungry for lunch.  We headed over to Paseo which is a delicious Caribbean sandwich restaurant.  Here I am posing with their most popular sandwich, the Caribbean Roast.  It is shredded pork shoulder in their special marinade on a homemade baguette with aioli, fresh cilantro, pickled jalapenos, romaine lettuce, and large slices of caramelized onions.  We had to stand in line outside of Paseo for over a half hour during a light rain, but it was such a good sandwich that it was totally worth it!