This weekend S and I took what turned out to be a very short trip to Seattle. I had an interview saturday morning for an internship, and S was wonderful enough to come along. We were able to drop by the incredible market on Pike street before leaving, and I was blown away. And really envious. All of you out there who have never been to Seattle (like me until this weekend) should go if you get the chance, and all of you who have been to Seattle but never to the Pike st. Market should repent and go back. The market, on Pike st, just a block or two from the Puget Sound in Seattle's downtown, is located in several old brick buildings, like the old mill buildings I'm familiar with in the Northeast. There great website offers more information, but let me just say I have only experienced such a real market environment in a few places. One was in Vienna last November, with booths so close and so many people that you're constantly rubbing shoulders with other shoppers and all the vendors are yelling and holding up goods. The smells and sounds of the Pike Place Market were wonderful. Portland's saturday's market might feel closer to this if you crammed it all into several floors of an old creeky building, kept it open all week, and had the sounds of ocean water and docks just within earshot. Don't visit Seattle without stopping by for some fried shrimp or fresh vegetables, not to mention the thousand other options we didn't have time to try.
till next time friends,
S.
This weekend S and I took what turned out to be a very short trip to Seattle. I had an interview saturday morning for an internship, and S was wonderful enough to come along. We were able to drop by the incredible market on Pike street before leaving, and I was blown away. And really envious. All of you out there who have never been to Seattle (like me until this weekend) should go if you get the chance, and all of you who have been to Seattle but never to the Pike st. Market should repent and go back. The market, on Pike st, just a block or two from the Puget Sound in Seattle's downtown, is located in several old brick buildings, like the old mill buildings I'm familiar with in the Northeast. There great website offers more information, but let me just say I have only experienced such a real market environment in a few places. One was in Vienna last November, with booths so close and so many people that you're constantly rubbing shoulders with other shoppers and all the vendors are yelling and holding up goods. The smells and sounds of the Pike Place Market were wonderful. Portland's saturday's market might feel closer to this if you crammed it all into several floors of an old creeky building, kept it open all week, and had the sounds of ocean water and docks just within earshot. Don't visit Seattle without stopping by for some fried shrimp or fresh vegetables, not to mention the thousand other options we didn't have time to try.
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