Seattle for newbies

A few weeks ago, Andrew and I loaded up the kids and headed to Seattle for a family vacation.

Before we rolled into Seattle we made a very important stop: yep, the outlets! Even Matthew got into the shopping spirit and bought a spiffy jacket. No image available as MP isn't fond of having his photo snapped.

First stop in Seattle was the Fremont neighbourhood where we scarfed down on homestyle Thai food at Tawon Thai. We made a beeline to Theo's Chocolate Factory but, unfortunately, the factory tour was sold out. We still got to taste and buy a lot of chocolate including coconut curry and, my favourite, hazelnut crunch. We left happy and explored some of the vintage and secondhand stores in the area.

Next stop: downtown. We braved the gale force winds and walked around the shopping district. I did my sisterly duty and introduced Haley to Anthropologie. I would like to decorate our home like an Anthropologie store. Andrew isn't so sure.















The next morning we met up at the market for an early morning meander. Our collective purchases included fruit strings, market spice tea and milk chocolate pumpkin spice hazelnuts from Chukar's Cherries. Even broccoli looks fun at the Pike Place Market!















We sped over the bridge to West Seattle for breakfast at the Easy Street Records Cafe where we ordered off a menu that offered the Dolly Parton Stack, New Wave O's Rancheros and Hall & Oates. As a bonus, I learned that Rachael Yamagata was soon releasing a new CD, which I since bought and am totally digging.