Seattle wrap-up

Our weekend in Seattle was so jam-packed that I still have many more photos to share! If you can't tell from my two previous posts, we had a fantastic time. Seattle is a great city but it is even better when you get to enjoy it with good friends.

Here are some more pictures from Ballard, the neighborhood where Leigh and Tyler live. These are some sculptures at the heart of the neighborhood.

Katy captured this picture of our wonderful hosts, Leigh and Tyler, at lunch (remember the place where we had Bloody Marys and a Texas waiter?). And I caught Katy posing for the camera.
And now a regular Katy face:
On Sunday afternoon, after much shopping at the Farmers' Market and surrounding stores, we headed over to the Ballard Locks to see some leisure boats. The locks provide a link between Puget Sound and the local lakes. The first weekend in May was the start of the boating season, so many many boats were making their way up to Lake Washington.

I took this picture for my boys, who both love M&Ms. Will calls them "nem and nems" and Henry calls them MBMs. And yes, there is much discussion of M&Ms at our house, though we rarely eat them, because Henry knows that if he goes potty on the potty, he'll get some MBMs!

On the other side of the locks was a salmon ladder, but we only saw two itty bitty baby salmon trying to make their way up the ladder.
We waited forever, but they were really loading up the boats, so we never did get to see them lowered in the locks. But I did get Katy perched up here:

But Sunday wasn't over yet! That night we had dinner at Poppy. If you're a fan of Top Chef Masters, you may have seen the chef-owner of Poppy on the first show this season. The food was yummy and the service was fantastic!

Beautiful Poppy lights:

After dinner, we headed over to St. Mark's Cathedral to hear the Compline, a beautiful chant sung by their men's choir.

And on our last morning in Seattle, we visited the Pike Place Market. Isn't this view from the market just gorgeous?
And then Leigh took us down an alley below the market. Can you tell what this is?
Now can you tell? It's the GUM WALL and it is literally covered with thousands of pieces of chewed gum! I have never seen anything like it in my life!
And I'll leave you with one last photo of Heather's faithful companion, Steve, who journeyed with us to Seattle.

It's okay if you don't pack a Steve for your trip, but I do recommend that you visit Seattle if you haven't been there before! Oh, and do bring some friends along for the journey!