The Jewel of the Northwest, the queen of the Evergreen State, the many-faceted city of space, elegance, magic and beauty. Every major American city has a nickname: New York City is famously known as The Big Apple, Boston Beantown, New Orleans The Big Easy. Among the popular city nicknames, Seattle the Emerald City is by …
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Seattle, WA — Day 2 “Fat Bellies”
Sunday morning after breakfast we walked over to Pike Place Market. We were on a mission to find fresh seafood, for Mark is going to make us a dinner feast! At the market, we watched fishmongers carry out the freshest catch of the day and sampled the famous Russian pastries from Piroshky, Piroshky; we took …
Seattle, WA — Day 1 “Early Birds”
"The Lee's are early birds," Drew would say, as evident in the fact that we booked the earliest flight (7am) to Seattle and arrived when many people are just waking up (9am). We felt blessed that our trip had a lucky start: Seattle, having earned itself a rainy reputation, greeted us with clear sky. Also, …