Seattle
This is entirely too much to post to Facebook, so hopefully this links there.
First off, cue the 'omg it's so green!' reaction I have whenever traveling outside of the southwest.
But seriously. Flying in, we came over the sound, breaking through the layer of rainclouds. Green, hilly islands, calm water- this is how I like my coastline. Trees, random (unknown!) wildflowers, continuous views of water and green hills/islands on the way to Downtown...
And Downtown itself. The buildings are gorgeous. I keep thinking of Rayne and Maud- I'd love to go wandering with them, cameras in hand, and just start taking pictures. For me it would be all the pretty design elements on the buildings- lines of carvings on each floor and around the windeows, little decorative elements ~everywhere~ that you don't see in LA (or anywhere near it). And all the plants! Looking out the window of the hotel room, I keep thinking I'm in some sort of canyons, with the tall (carved, pretty) cliff-faces sparkling with glass, and lined with trees along the canyon bottom- and on the various cliff-faces and cliff-tops. The wind whistles through, and crows and seagulls drift through. There's the occasional buzz of traffic (and ding of public transit bells a block away), but it's quiet enough to hear the cries of those same seagulls as they go through.
Can't say much about the hotel, though. It is very clean, and well-stocked, and the staff is curteous and very attentive! Just that it is decorated in very contemporary modern- all in black, white, grey, red (red with a splash of 'schoolhouse brick orange' tossed in) and chrome. The bathroom is 'interesting'. The sink is a shelf with very shallow bowl, and there is no boundary between the shower and the rest of the bathroom flower. The shower itself is as big as the elevators in this hotel- which is a comment as to how small the elevators are, and a comment for how decent-sized the shower is! Ok, I suppose the decor is the last thing I should really complain about, but it wouldn't have been my first pick.
To balance the decor of the hotel, mom and I went to an Irish Pub near Pikes Place yesterday afternoon. That was worth it- probably the best restaruant food I've had in a while, and they can pull a Guiness that I actually liked.
We're off to hunt down breakfast.
First off, cue the 'omg it's so green!' reaction I have whenever traveling outside of the southwest.
But seriously. Flying in, we came over the sound, breaking through the layer of rainclouds. Green, hilly islands, calm water- this is how I like my coastline. Trees, random (unknown!) wildflowers, continuous views of water and green hills/islands on the way to Downtown...
And Downtown itself. The buildings are gorgeous. I keep thinking of Rayne and Maud- I'd love to go wandering with them, cameras in hand, and just start taking pictures. For me it would be all the pretty design elements on the buildings- lines of carvings on each floor and around the windeows, little decorative elements ~everywhere~ that you don't see in LA (or anywhere near it). And all the plants! Looking out the window of the hotel room, I keep thinking I'm in some sort of canyons, with the tall (carved, pretty) cliff-faces sparkling with glass, and lined with trees along the canyon bottom- and on the various cliff-faces and cliff-tops. The wind whistles through, and crows and seagulls drift through. There's the occasional buzz of traffic (and ding of public transit bells a block away), but it's quiet enough to hear the cries of those same seagulls as they go through.
Can't say much about the hotel, though. It is very clean, and well-stocked, and the staff is curteous and very attentive! Just that it is decorated in very contemporary modern- all in black, white, grey, red (red with a splash of 'schoolhouse brick orange' tossed in) and chrome. The bathroom is 'interesting'. The sink is a shelf with very shallow bowl, and there is no boundary between the shower and the rest of the bathroom flower. The shower itself is as big as the elevators in this hotel- which is a comment as to how small the elevators are, and a comment for how decent-sized the shower is! Ok, I suppose the decor is the last thing I should really complain about, but it wouldn't have been my first pick.
To balance the decor of the hotel, mom and I went to an Irish Pub near Pikes Place yesterday afternoon. That was worth it- probably the best restaruant food I've had in a while, and they can pull a Guiness that I actually liked.
We're off to hunt down breakfast.