Girl's Weekend in Seattle

Amanda had a buy one get one free flight that we couldn't let go to waste, so we booked a girl's trip to visit Jess.

She picked us up from the airport and we went to the city to play.

Mostly eat. First, piroshkys. 

Manda had to add her contribution.

A poster I liked

She wanted to see the Amazon building, which was impressive.

And the Fremont bridge troll. It wasn't too cold, but it was rainy so I stayed in the car and lazily took this picture out the window.

Jess took us to Theo's, where you can sample all the varieties of chocolate. I picked up some treats for John and Karen, who were watching the boys in my absence. 

Then we warmed up at my favorite--Hot Cakes. We shopped at some cool vintage stores and headed back to the hotel for Ivar's and Obama videos.

The next morning we went to the Seattle women's march. It was calm and almost eerily quiet before it started. We went to a bookshop and visited Jess' friend who lived in a cool studio nearby. We grabbed a quick lunch at the Wandering Goose and headed to Woodinville.

Amanda had some gift card money left and we decided I'd pay for a cheaper hotel elsewhere and she'd use the card for massages. It was heavenly. We used the steam room and outdoor hot tub, had snacks, water, showers, homemade cider. It was hard to leave.

But we wanted to get home to Bellingham and see this cutie!

The next morning we went for a little hike to the ocean.

Ced liked playing with his train in the sand.

Thomas had mud over his eye and Ced said, "Thomas is a pirate!"

So beautiful everywhere you look.

Cedric showed me where the donut shop was. Then he offered to share with everyone.

All tuckered out after playing.

Before we knew it, we had to head home again. 

We brainstormed for our next trip while Rick took us to the airport.