We got up super early on Saturday. Found a grocery store with a Starbucks (thanks for those gift cards!), picked up some fruit and coffee, then headed for Pike Place Market.
Arriving very early made for very little traffic, and it was super easy to find parking! It was fun to walk through the market while the flower and seafood vendors were setting up and there were very few other people around. Downtown Seattle has some really interesting architecture, so just walking around was fun.
From the Market, we walked over to the Space Needle and the Chihuly Gallery. Both were still closed, as it was early in the morning, but we took lots of photos, found a museum we wanted to go to, then walked another mile or so to a crepery (recommended by Siri -- thanks, Siri!). A shout-out to Ruthie, whom we met at Citizen Cafe and Bar -- just wanted you to know we got our fitbits! Excited to start using them.
After a lovely breakfast of crepes and pumpkin bread, it was nearly time for the EMP Museum to open. Star Wars costumes were on exhibit -- very cool. I learned to play a song on the bass and Cassie had a guitar lesson in the Sound Lab. So fun! Other exhibits featured costumes and props from horror, fantasy, and science fiction films; a 12th man exhibit; and a gigantic tv screen with music and art.
Touching the turf from the Super Bowl. Aaaaah.
After the museum it was a nice walk back to the market, where we strolled through the shops, and bought salmon spread and hummus at a deli.
Picnic on the hood of the car in an empty parking lot. :-)
And some more pictures from Saturday that I can't figure out how to get in the right order:
Oh, look! Is that the Space Needle?
Queen Amidala's dress! One of many, many Star Wars costumes in the exhibit.
Cassie's guitar lesson.
One of hundreds of pictures I took of the Space Needle.
I think this was a hot dog stand.
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