Seattle Rocks

Seattle was very cool.  Check out our pics.  The highlight of our trip was definitely the Hot Shop inside the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington.  The museum itself was nothing to write home about, but the Hot Shop and Dale Chihuly exhibits were very worthwhile.  Danny Perkins was the guest artist while Dayna and I were visiting the Hot Shop.  We had the opportunity to see him work the glass from the very beginning while it was molten glass.  The Music Experience  was overpriced and just really not that great.  It was interesting to see the Bob Dylan and Jimmy Hendricks exhibits, but other than that, the only other worthwhile thing inside was the hands on musical instruments area where one could learn to play different instruments.  Seattle has some of the most fantastic restaurants around.  We enjoyed several different places, but I would highly recommend ... Saltys  , Icon Grill  and Trattoria Mitchellis.  We had a great time.  We kept things pretty low key since we were looking for a nice, quiet and relaxing few days off.  The Alexis Hotel was ok.  It was a bit pricey for what we got.  We had an interesting first experience with our room, but requested a different one and things progressed nicely after that.  We obviously drank lots of coffee while in town.  As a matter of fact, we saw the very first Starbucks.  That was kind of cool.  We also frequented a unique spice store in the Pike Place Market and bought a couple different types of tea for the upcoming cold fall nights here in Tulsa.  Well, it's back to reality now.  I'm taking off work next week as well so I can get some things done around the house before the baby comes.