I just got home last night from a quick weekend jaunt up to Seattle, one of my favorite places! It wasn't all for fun though (ah, who am I kidding, it was) as I was on a mission to bring home this cutie:
{ his name is Fatty, pleased to meet you }
We gave my aunt and cousins Fatty (our pick of the litter) when our Bell had pups this past fall. Unfortunately there wasn't a perfect match, so we found him a home here in Atlanta and I flew out to Seattle to spend some quality time with the fam and bring the beastie back home.
I was only there for 3 full days, so we made the best of it and had a good time, heading out to Vashon Island to check out an amazing lake property with a killer garden (cultivated over 20 years!), my little cousin drove(!! She'll be 16 soon!) us out to Ballard where we were on a wild search for food (we got out there late in the afternoon Sunday and tried 3 places before we got some food - they were all either closed or sold out! But we ended up at
Gabriel's Fire which was the best BBQ I've had out of the South - and better than some I've had down here, too!) and shopped a bit (I love love love
20 Twenty Vintage) and made it to
Delancey! We got lucky after being told there was over and hour and a half wait, someone didn't show up, so we only waited about 40 minutes (biding our time scouring the bookshelves at the new Value Village). Oh, the pizza was soooo good! I'm pretty much in love with the crust. Just for the record.
We also got to hit up the International District where I spent way too much money at
Kobo at Higo and
Kinokuniya (but I got tape! Beautiful tape! And cheaper than anywhere I've seen online!)
I will give you pictures now:
{ These are from Nouveau Bakery in West Seattle. And they were terrible. Stale tasting and with a gross texture... I had high hopes as they seemed very popular and were so cute. It's even more a shame since I was touting the beauties of macarons to my aunt and insisted we buy some... }
{ next to Kobo at Higo.. I wanted to go in but they were closed :( }
Oh, and for the record, Fatty is the best pup ever! He was so incredibly good on the plane ride - didn't make a peep! I had his carried opened so he could stick his fluffy head out and was as happy as could be.
