A Day in Seattle
Don’t let these dreary skies fool you! An hour after this shot…it would be a glorious day!
Well, it was more like an hour and a half. 
But anyway…
We have house guests this summer and whenever we have visitors, we all turn into Seattle tourists! And all good Seattle tourists go to our famous Pike Place Market to watch the fish throwers!
More Pike Place Market highlights…
Rows and rows of fresh produce line both sides of the aisle.
Saba for “guess who”?
Dungeness crab is the crustacean of choice here at the market!
Gotta have mouthwatering summer berries!
“Rachel the Pig” is an icon of the market. There’s a long line to get a photo with her so I had to time this shot between posers.
Piroshki anyone?
There’s a “fungus among us”. 
Can’t forget the fabulous flowers!
Cherries. Cherries. Everywhere. I packed some beautiful blushing Rainier cherries in an in-flight bento for their trip back to home.
It cleared up just as we were leaving the market and look who popped his “snow cap” out to say, “hi”… Mt. Rainier!
The white arched building is Qwest Field where our Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders play. Behind that with the dark arches is our other sports facility, Safeco Field, home to the Seattle Mariners baseball club.
We had lunch at the Crab Pot where they displayed this 5 foot long, carved wood halibut OVERHEAD!
A pile of king crab legs! Our house guests enjoyed this feast. I skipped the this part of course and ate a huge mound of yummy french fries instead!
Out on the street I kept looking up because the sky was cloudless and so blue.
Sure, there were clouds sometimes. But gazing up at this site, I knew it was going to be a memorable day!
Another “Seattle Tourist must do” is ride the monorail which was built for the 1962 Worlds Fair as a demonstration for future travel! Yeah right. It never went further than it’s inagural 3 minute ride.
Now it’s just a fun way to travel the few blocks between the Westlake Mall at the center of downtown and the Seattle Center!
The Seattle Space Needle! The line was way too long to go up this day, which was a bummer because it was a perfectly clear day where we could see for miles.
This is the back of the “Experience Music Project”, our interactive music museum. The museum’s resemblence to a crushed electric guitar is a topic of hot debate.
It was Bastille Day at the center… or was it the Italian Festival?!
Caramel apples are appropriate no matter the celebration!
Then we went on a ride on Lake Union, but not your ordinary boat ride, we rode “The Duck” an amphibious vehicle that tours both the city and Lake Union. I wasn’t prepared when we passed yet another Seattle icon…but here’s part of our “Pink Elephant” car wash sign!
View of Lake Union from the Freemont bridge!
More of Mt. Rainier! The snow never melts atop it’s 14,411 foot elevation!
Now a shot of the city and the Space Needle from The Duck while on Lake Union.
Kite Hill!
The sailboats slipped past us in silence. That’s Gasworks park in the background!
Floating homes and houseboats! On days like this I wish I lived out here on the lake.
Here’s a snippet of our ride while the duck captain played an appropriate song to describe the day!
Later that evening we experienced this most spectacular sunset! A fitting finish to our whirlwind day in the city!
Would love to visit Seattle again. So beautiful near the waters!
wow…the view is breathtakingly beautiful.
I love the berries and cherries…!
I remember this great waterfront seafood restaurant in Seattle (can’t recall the name, unfortunately) that was terrific. And the market was fantastic; I loved the huge sunflowers! And the pig statues. And the hanging flower baskets on street lamps. Fantastic place! Can’t wait to visit again!
Incredible post, Debra–thanks for sharing the beauty of Seattle with us! So many gorgeous pictures to savor, amazing produce, flowers, crabs….ahhh!
You got some amazing photos there. Everything was so beautiful. The sunset was stunning. The shot of the space needle with the clear blue sky…how often can you get that? wow that was great. Seattle is a very pretty City. I love seeing Mt Rainier in the background. Sunday when we were driving up to St Pete for the Tampa Bay Rays game I was just telling my husband how all we need is some mountains in Florida, or at least some hills.
The market is awesome, I would love to see that too! Thanks for virtually bringing us along.
You’re making me homesick! Summer in Seattle is the best. Was your Ducks driver totally silly? When we went a few years ago, we all got the duck bill whistles. Almost as annoying as vuvuzelas.
Oh how I want to live in Seattle during the Summers! We could meet up at Pikes Place Market, eat, and shop!!!
Those berries look delicious! Thanks for sharing these pictures..
Hi Debra. I happened upon your blog unexpectedly tonight. I read the word “bento” on a totally unrelated blog … it got me interested … I found your blog and you would be happy to know that I browsed through your entire blog!!! right back to when you bought your first wooden bento box!!! I am totally fasinated with the whole idea of eating “bento”. I hate when you get or make a meal and there is only one thing to eat. I love the idea of eating a little bit of a lot of things!!! I doubt there are any stores in my area that sell bento boxes but I am totally going to keep my eyes peeled when I head into the city from now on!!! Thanks for the inspiration.
Hi Donelda! Thank you so much for your kind comments. Welcome to our blog and to the world of bento!
Debra, your seattle pics are great!! I have relatives there, and try to go up there as often as I can, Pikes is one of my favorite places to visit. Your pics really capture the city’s charm, I miss Seattle, and your pics brought a smile to my face. Hoping to go back again soon. I enjoy your bento blog, and love the ideas and creativity you share.
Hi Nancy, Thank you for your kind comments! Welcome to our bento blog and please come and visit Seattle soon!