sunny seattle

After sitting in traffic at the US/Canada border for God knows how long, we made it to Seattle in time for lunch on Tuesday. We checked into our hotel, which was one of the coolest places I've ever stayed (the ace hotel). We were within walking distance to lots of shopping, and (thank you God) lots of really, really good coffee. At this point, we were totally in relaxed vacation mode -- yes, the day before we were heading home! It's pathetic, I know.




It seemed like we walked the entire city of Seattle that afternoon. Our feet were aching by the time we got back to the hotel. Upon the friendly man at the front desk's recommendation, we went to Cafe Flora for dinner. The atrium where we sat is kind of like an indoor greenhouse, and the food was incredible. I don't know if it was the wine or our exhaustion, but Jon and I laughed through most of our meal.



We found so many great shops with interesting clothes and home stuff. In a lot of ways, I liked Seattle more than Vancouver. It's not so urban, and also has these great neighborhoods where it seems like people know each other. Because it rains so much, the trees and grass and plants are SO green! Everyone told me that before we left, but I didn't realize how striking it would be, and also how ugly the landscape back home would seem. And every cup of coffee we had was pretty much perfect. Our favorite place was practically across the street from our hotel. It's supposed to be one of the best bakeries in town as well. We're not arguing.




It was lovely to sleep in our own bed last night, but I feel so differently about things now that I'm back. This area just seems, well . . . boring to me. Boring and lifeless. I also want to totally redecorate after being around so much inspiring home design in our hotels and the shops we found. I think I'll have to wait on that one though. The ball is officially rolling to get us out of here. .