seattle. 2012

and im back.
spent the weekend in seattle with my mom and my sister.
happy birthday mom

it was a lovely clean fantastic city.
i had a cold, that wasn't lovely.


coffee flows through the heart of this city.
it maintains it's heartbeat, i swear.
coffee is everywhere.
i almost made it a mission to photograph people holding cups of coffee; but i didn't want to be that creepy annoying tourist...so i'll just let you all just imagine.
of course we visited the original starbucks....which was unique and rustic.

we walked everywhere, and that was fabulous, we made our way to bainbridge island for wine tasting and up to fremont and wallingford for cupcakes, a vegan bakery and some shopping.



a highlight of the trip for me was our coffee walking tour
the coffee tour was amazing; we went to several coffee shops/roasters and our guide called when we were on our way, and the coffee was ready when we arrived!
we had lattes and cookies at seattles best.

we had mochas and salted carmels at dilellante's mocha cafe


we had espresso and a latte art demonstration at caffe d'arte

we had macchiatos at cafe umbria


we had a french press demonstration at caffe vita
so so so good!


we also ventured into pioneer square for more coffee, and an underground walking tour.



seattle has maps on their sidewalks (aka drain covers) with little silver dots that mark your location. smart.

and the market...oh it was amazing
(i'd love to live near by to such a thing, fresh vegetables and fruit, beautiful bouquets of flowers, bakeries and cafes...ohmy!



i look forward to going back...to share the city with DB, he'd love it.
(and next time, i won't be fighting off a nasty cold)

we did see the space needle...but it was more magnificent from afar.

and we'll finish with a little creeper


instagrams from the trip