Days 1-3: Seattle
It's a quickie: up on a Wednesday, 70th celebration for SC on Thursday, back on Friday.
Sorry: no apple picking give-aways to share, it's the off-season and the orchards are loaded with snow, a lot of snow.
Weather: After 3 days and nights of rain, clearing in E-ville; after snowing in Seattle, it's clear and very cold when we land
Day 1: E-ville to Seattle
Southwest flight is very early, amazing given the recent weather, and we're fortunate to fly from Oak-town. Those coming from SFO ended up flying Oak-town as the runways were closed down for what seemed like two full days (the airports are probably only 3-4 miles apart).
We eat lunch in SeaTac airport, sandwiches at a brew-pub, with ice teas, $45. Visit a fave bakery and gallery near or hotel, Loews 1000, meet up with the b'day girl for a short visit and drinks, then walk to Serious Pie for an excellent pizza (yukon gold potatoes, rosemary, pecorino romano), green salad and oven roasted carrots with coriander yogurt, two drinks, $75.
Weather update on Day 1: Very light snow when we're walking back to hotel
Day 2: Seattle
Weather: Brrrrrrrrrr
DB and THB have excellent London Plane bread (extra sour with thick crust) and coffee for wake-up, then a visit to Fit Ctr. It's true, treadmills are out and elliptical style machines are in, plus there's a guy doing THB's 7 minute workout (he's doing the version on steroids, the 40+ minute workout, including skipping rope!). Breakfast at London Plane, it's 33 degrees out and feels colder than a lot of the Antarctica days.
Meet up mid-day with most of the attendees of dinner tonight for a run through of the Bellevue Art Museum biennial special exhibit that rotates through different media, this one focusing on glass. The tour is led by Ben Heywood, Exec Dir and chief curator, and the show is a revelation: lots of great pieces, some supported by fascinating videos.
Lunch at The Lakehouse, down the street from the museum. THB goes for a porchetta sandwich, everyone else orders salads (hey, there's big dinner coming). Lots of chatter, lots of laughter, lots of food.
Back to the hotel for a few hours to rest up and then we're off to enjoy another outing, this time with the full complement of guests for dinner at Lark.
We're upstairs and semi-private (we hear the folks dining in the main room, more as background noise than obtrusive), with lots of nice, extremely well-deserved things said about SC, who is a "oner" (and almost the same age as THB, we're only a few weeks apart). THB goes light at dinner and maintains a low profile, soaking up the good vibes.
Day 3: Seattle to E-ville
Not much to report: breakfast at London Plane, porridge again for DB, THB has the baked eggs with a huge chunk of toasted bread, one cafe au lait, $40.
Huge mob at SeaTac, if we didn't have TSA-PRE we'd still be in line; with PRE we're through security in less than 7 minutes.
Book Review: Raven Black, Ann Cleeves (novel): we heard Ann interviewed on Desert Island Discs and decided to give her Shetland Island detective series a go. DB hasn't read it yet, so no plot spoilers other than to see even a practically raised on-the-island-not quite person is considered an outsider. The insiders are inbred rumor-mongers. Recommended if you're into the police procedurals, otherwise Neutral (meaning: above average for its genre)
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| Antarctica attire comes in handy |
It's a quickie: up on a Wednesday, 70th celebration for SC on Thursday, back on Friday.
Sorry: no apple picking give-aways to share, it's the off-season and the orchards are loaded with snow, a lot of snow.
Weather: After 3 days and nights of rain, clearing in E-ville; after snowing in Seattle, it's clear and very cold when we land
Day 1: E-ville to Seattle
Southwest flight is very early, amazing given the recent weather, and we're fortunate to fly from Oak-town. Those coming from SFO ended up flying Oak-town as the runways were closed down for what seemed like two full days (the airports are probably only 3-4 miles apart).
We eat lunch in SeaTac airport, sandwiches at a brew-pub, with ice teas, $45. Visit a fave bakery and gallery near or hotel, Loews 1000, meet up with the b'day girl for a short visit and drinks, then walk to Serious Pie for an excellent pizza (yukon gold potatoes, rosemary, pecorino romano), green salad and oven roasted carrots with coriander yogurt, two drinks, $75.
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| Banh mi sandwich, fries are pretty much inedible |
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| Loews 1000 lobby |
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| Tahini choc chip |
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| Fay Jones, Blue Moons triptych, 1994 |
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| Robert (Bob) Jones, Magnolia, 2016 |
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| Room 1202, $550/night before all taxes and tourist fees added |
Weather update on Day 1: Very light snow when we're walking back to hotel
Day 2: Seattle
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| Bread in the room, then bread at London Plane with butter schmear |
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| Excellent porridge with a strong hint of honey in the creme fraiche |
Weather: Brrrrrrrrrr
DB and THB have excellent London Plane bread (extra sour with thick crust) and coffee for wake-up, then a visit to Fit Ctr. It's true, treadmills are out and elliptical style machines are in, plus there's a guy doing THB's 7 minute workout (he's doing the version on steroids, the 40+ minute workout, including skipping rope!). Breakfast at London Plane, it's 33 degrees out and feels colder than a lot of the Antarctica days.
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| Hammer theme: SAM and special exhibit |
Off to a quick visit to Seattle Art Museum to see the Jeffrey Gibson exhibit Like a Hammer, which just opened to the public today. Worth a detour! Bonus, there are only about 6 people (at most) walking around at 10am when the museum opens. The art isn't all that great, the art + concept is really good.
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| Jeffrey Gibson in a video interview |
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| In costume from a video accompanying a major installation |
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| Nod to Flavin: Quiver |
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| Lots of punching bags |
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| Lots of beading |
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| Keifer behind screens, this shot is taken while THB is riding the down escalator |
Meet up mid-day with most of the attendees of dinner tonight for a run through of the Bellevue Art Museum biennial special exhibit that rotates through different media, this one focusing on glass. The tour is led by Ben Heywood, Exec Dir and chief curator, and the show is a revelation: lots of great pieces, some supported by fascinating videos.
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| Ben Heywood |
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| Joseph Gregory Rossano and Martin Blank |
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| Janis Miltenberger: we have smaller (much smaller) work by Janis |
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| Etsuko Ichikawa |
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| They are vitrified balls with radioactive material inside, once popular in the 1930s |
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| Another installation with video, and the video is haunting! |
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| Anna Mlasowsky: Robe made of "armor" proof plates, complete with video and the dancer appears on First Fridays |
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| Carrie Iverson, wall installation of glass etchings made from items dropped by illegal immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border |
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| Terri Brant, Between Blue; this is an image of her daughter, Brant is an ER doc and makes pieces in her spare time...one or two a year as they are very time consuming! |
Lunch at The Lakehouse, down the street from the museum. THB goes for a porchetta sandwich, everyone else orders salads (hey, there's big dinner coming). Lots of chatter, lots of laughter, lots of food.
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| Huge place in the mall next door to BAM |
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| One of the appetizers...more like dessert! |
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| "BLT" with whole avocado and Dungeness crab |
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| Most ordered the chicken and apple salad |
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| THB had the porchetta sandwich: supposed to be spicy, and wasn't enough to THB's taste |
Back to the hotel for a few hours to rest up and then we're off to enjoy another outing, this time with the full complement of guests for dinner at Lark.
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| Lark main floor |
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| A long handsome table |
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| Even with a group of 14 Lark let us order off the menu...nobody ordered the Half Wild Mushrooms, this was a night for being totally wild |
We're upstairs and semi-private (we hear the folks dining in the main room, more as background noise than obtrusive), with lots of nice, extremely well-deserved things said about SC, who is a "oner" (and almost the same age as THB, we're only a few weeks apart). THB goes light at dinner and maintains a low profile, soaking up the good vibes.
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| The small portion of gnocchi; THB also had Hamachi Crudo and shared malt ice cream with chocolate sauce with DB |
Day 3: Seattle to E-ville
Not much to report: breakfast at London Plane, porridge again for DB, THB has the baked eggs with a huge chunk of toasted bread, one cafe au lait, $40.
Huge mob at SeaTac, if we didn't have TSA-PRE we'd still be in line; with PRE we're through security in less than 7 minutes.
Book Review: Raven Black, Ann Cleeves (novel): we heard Ann interviewed on Desert Island Discs and decided to give her Shetland Island detective series a go. DB hasn't read it yet, so no plot spoilers other than to see even a practically raised on-the-island-not quite person is considered an outsider. The insiders are inbred rumor-mongers. Recommended if you're into the police procedurals, otherwise Neutral (meaning: above average for its genre)
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