On Friday it’s time to look back and think about the good things in our lives. I’m joining in for Friday’s Fave Five with Susanne at Living to Tell the Story.
My Timeless favorites are all wrapped around Family, Food, Friends, Flowers and Fellowship!
Last Saturday Dear and I had to change our yard/house work plans because the roofers were still here. We headed to Snohomish to do some antique shopping eating a good breakfast on the way. On Sunday Josh and Laura came over and we barbecued a meal to have together and got caught up on our lives. The weather was beautiful in the Seattle area on Saturday and Sunday. It brought out the best in people!
On Wednesday a few of the girls from MGCC were on a tour of Seattle so I popped downtown and met them for the morning. Don’t be surprised with all the photos of the food I’ll be showing you that we indulged in. Warning: If you haven’t eaten you might want to step away and come back later. Food, fun and fellowship galore around the table!
Breakfast at the Edgewater Inn where the girls were staying. After breakfast they grabbed their umbrellas and I grabbed my rain coat and we headed to Pike Place Market.
First stop was the original Starbucks. We were already on coffee overload from our breakfast so we just stopped long enough for a photo.
Marg seemed to know someone at every stop we made. Before we headed into the Market proper we went downstairs so I could show them the famous gum wall below the market.
It was refreshing to see all the beautiful flowers in the main thoroughfare of the market after the disgusting interesting gum wall. Flowers at the market are one of the best things in my opinion. Because it’s April and tulip season in Washington the majority of the flowers were tulips.
The Market was easy to navigate because we did not have the summer or weekend crowds to contend with. This walkway in the market can be wall to wall people.
Marg and Judy
After the Market and before the girls had to be back at the bus to continue their tour we stopped a Macrina Bakery. We were just going to have some coffee and a pastry but in order to sit at a table we had to order lunch so…what’s a girl gonna do? We ordered a cup of soup which was delicious along with wonderful baked fresh bread.
Remember that pastry we were just going to have? Instead we ordered their pie of the day with lemon infused cream. We split it three ways cuz that’s what friends do to help each other…
We walked back to the hotel and the girls got their spots on the bus and I jumped into my car and headed home. On the way I got a little peek of the Space Needle that has returned to it’s original Galaxy Gold color in honor of the anniversary of the 1962 World’s Fair.
I hope to get a photo from a better angle before the World Fair Anniversary events are over. Hope you are focusing on good things to be thankful for this week, too. Blessings…
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
PIke Street Market is such a fun way to spend a day with friends…..and that gum wall! A lot of chewing!
Lots for which to be thankful in that post, Ellen! Now the wall of gum………I’d give it a pass!
I like all your F’s from the past week…especially the ones I was part of! Friends, food, fellowship and flowers. Oh…and did you mention food? LOL It was a good time…rain, gum wall and all. Thanks for coming downtown to meet, greet and guide!!!
You signed of with “blessings”…I am blessed that you shared this sweet day.
What a fun day! It all seems so enjoyable – well, except for the gum wall ….
Tulips are pretty well over with here in the heartland of America. I wish it lasted longer!
Please will you be my personal tour guide when I come to visit Seattle???? I think this has to be on our list of places to visit :). Great pictures!
I would love to be your guide when you visit Seattle Rosella…
You find such great places to eat!
I love those doubled up tulips that almost look like roses!
We’ve been to Pike Street Market many times but didn’t know about the gum wall. It’s true.. the flowers are a much better attraction. I’ve seldom seen more beautiful arrangements than those at Pike street. There are some very gifted florists there.
How fun to have friends pop by to enjoy the market with.
It is so nice to see familiar faces visiting Seattle, Ellen. 🙂 Seattle is a city on my “bucket list” so I always enjoy learning more about it. The food you all had looked delicious!
I chuckled over the gum wall–I saw a famous wall like this in a pizzareria in Chicago. In NYC gum is all over the sidewalks ..ick
Pike Place sounds like a great spot! Glad you were able to enjoy so much time with the MCC girls!
Your trip to Seattle sounds so wonderful, you did many things I would love to do if I ever get back there. And its so much fun to do it all with friends 🙂
what a great week you had!! love all the pics (minus the weird gum wall??? ICK!!!!) that bread pic is making my mouth water!! Have an awesome weekend
I appreciated your warning. I had a heaping bowl of scrambled eggs before venturing further in your post. Though, those eggs benedict look fantastic. Your visit to the market looks like lots of fun without the crowds.
What a lot of fun you girls have! I swooning over those colors of tulips. And over the thought of lemon infused cream!
I think you girls must have had a BLAST!!
Looks like another fun week you had. Love the tulips and food pictures. 🙂